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woody with a view
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first off, just assuming you drove many hours to baja and are camping out, unless you use your headlights at night and listen to the stereo you should
have a charged battery by the time you arrive. it should be able to sit for weeks and start right up.
if you are worried about the battery in a garage without a window to the south, can you remove the battery and put it in the yard with the panel
charger? or just plug in your trickle 110v.....
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David K
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Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Dave K- I remembered your warning about this, and checked the manual at CostCo before buying this model.
The compressor runs off the internal 18 Ah battery, not via 12V. It is limited to 10 minutes run time, then a 10 minute cooling break. Not sure how
long it will take to fill tires.
The 12V plug is to operate items that can run off 12V. You can also recharge the battery via the 12 volt connection from the car lighter outlet -->
battery outlet, though that's not to exceed 2 hours. The preferred charging method is via AC.
Mainly I took a gamble on this because CostCo stands behind their products, and if anything doesn't work as promised, they will take it back and
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OK, I thought I saw a cig lighter plug, so that's why I mentioned it. If you were mainly concerned about a dead battery, then I guess this is fine.
But, if you want to add air back to tires, then you may want to pick up the small but fast pump I mentioned or another option given above.
When the Tacoma battery is about 3 years old is when it gets a new battery, and then no worries on a Baja trip.
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DavidT
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From a post on big waters edge about a Bahia Asuncion trip.
One of the guys used his cigarette lighter plug in pump to air up, the harbor freight fuse didn't blow and it melted his dash wiring harness.
$3000 owie.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/showthread.php?t=20520
Some nice fish porn though.
David
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David K
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Nice fishing forum... I saw Mako Bob's comment about Harbor Freight fuses, but didn't see anything about a Harbor Freight or other air pump, on that
post?
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TLBaja79
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How many tires will a 9gal tank fill up from 20psi to say 60psi? 5gal tank? 11gal tank?
I have always seen SCUBA tanks used but thats much more pricey and harder to recharge.
I have standard AT tires on Toy Tundra
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willardguy
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Quote: | Originally posted by DavidT
From a post on big waters edge about a Bahia Asuncion trip.
One of the guys used his cigarette lighter plug in pump to air up, the harbor freight fuse didn't blow and it melted his dash wiring harness.
$3000 owie.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/showthread.php?t=20520
Some nice fish porn though. | the fuse in the power plug is there to protect the wiring to the appliance, it
was the car fuse that failed, good chance it had blown prior and someone stuck in whatever they had on hand (overfused). these are typically 10 amp
circuits.
[Edited on 1-10-2014 by willardguy]
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chuckie
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I ALWAYS throw away the lighter part and use alligator clips to the battery. Those small pumps get hot hot....
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Barry A.
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Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I ALWAYS throw away the lighter part and use alligator clips to the battery. Those small pumps get hot hot.... |
Ditto, Chukie!!!
Barry
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David K
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Amazon has a special on the Tsunami MV-50: $59
as well as the faster MF-1050: $84
[Edited on 4-2-2014 by David K]
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DavidE
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Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
My pump is similar to the Tsunami model....the +ve battery clamp wire heats up within a minute to the point where it melts the plastic coating where
the wire attaches to the clamp....little flames are the first indication of an overheating issue 
Anyone have any insights or solutions to this issue? I haven't blown a fuse yet....well, the pump hasn't.....maybe I have when I discovered this
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Well hell, ya got pumped-up didn't ya?
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Doug/Vamonos
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Yep. A set of Trailhead Tire Deflators makes airing down SOOO much easier, especially with large tires. Just screw them on and drive away slowly for a
mile or so till they stop deflating. Awesome stuff. And LarryC!! I dropped off my scuba tanks last month and it's great to know who can fill them for
me!!
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