What’s your quarantine project?

The fact that it was 65 when I got home was great. My living room hardly ever sees under 75 during the Summer even on a cool evening. It won't always be at 65 though, that was just a test run.

 

Something I want to do, was this a new install?

 

Made a little bench for the wife's garden, all out of a pine I cut down milled and now made a bench.

 

By any chance did you mount this in a 3rd gen Tacoma? I just bought one and I'm trying to figure out the best location. I'd like to put it behind the mirror, as high up as I can (but under the frit) and to the left of the front lane departure camera. I know this dash cam has a 117-degree field of view, so I don't want it to pick up any part of that black camera housing. Just curious how you mounted yours....Thanks!

 

DIY wedge camper was my quarantine project:

 

nope - mines a second gen. Just mounted it up behind the mirror. Can’t see it and I forget it’s there sometimes.

 

Okay, thanks!

 

Modding the taco and test n tune the 91 Z28. I love all the boost.

 

I am new to TW as I just purchased my '21 Taco, but I had a few "covid boredom" projects from the last year.

The first, which also kicked off more 18650 projects was my solar panel and charge controller addition to my shed. It started off as a 12V SLA battery with a 12V inverter and ended up (today) being a 12V SLA battery that feeds a DIY 24V battery made from 168 18650 cells that runs a 24V inverter (much more useful). I also built some ammo can battery packs along the way and rehabbed a rusted old craigslist find vice that is certainly older than I am. Some photos below, not really in chronological order, but you can figure it out.


These are the battery before spot welding that went into the ammo can below


Made another battery for inside the ammo can or a separate can (haven't done that yet). One has the BMS inside other is outside the wrap


24V battery prep and build / wrapping


24V battery all done. (I've since add it to a plastic box with some lights for warming it up above freezing for charging when its cold)



Vice before:

Vice during:

Vice after:


Early wiring in the shed / solar: (12V inverter) arrows for another post to a different forum showing direction of wires)


interior shed lights



Exterior lights:


Solar Panel:


There were some mistakes along the way:




a blown fuse here being fixed.. spot welder touched the wrong area:




How the shed system looks today. 12V and 24V fuse boxes. 12V - 24v boost device will push 100W for charging 24V battery from the 12V SLA. Renogy SCC was sold and replaced by a Victron SCC, Raspberry Pi in the upper right logs data from the Victron SCC and SmartShunt. 24V inverter on a 2nd board on the bottom:


And I built a few battery packs along the way as I learned:

 

Been bringing this back to life and cleaning it up.

Old school very cool.