What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Dual Grenny Guy]

I'm in the same boat as you, no Facebook, twitter or whatever is the latest thing, just this. A phone is for ringing people not texting, i make so many mistakes typing on phone, having to delete and correct. I am very thankful for the people that put their time into creating this website and have absolutely no idea how they did it, but well done & thank you.
Learning emoji's so not always sure I've got it right, just know not to use an aubergine or is it egg plant in USA?

Thank you!! I thought I was the only one. The texting part is sooooooo true. I had to learn and adapt to that as my kids are now grown and it seems sometimes that’s the only way to communicate with them. We still have our weekly lunches (so grateful they want to see me weekly still, ), but if I want to hear from them quick or just to say hi, you got to text! Man I miss when they were children and needed pops for so much more. It literally only seems like yesterday they were riding on my back pretending to be a cowboy and me their horse. Anyone with kids will know this to be the most true statement in any country, “your kids grow up into adults so fast, almost in a blink of an eye”!

Sorry moderators, I will stay on topic this time, , and sorry to make this post longer but true story. Today I wanted to check out the start/stop function and test out what others have posted. I usually have the A/C on recirculating & #2 fan speed at least (I’m in Louisiana it’s usually hot & humid), but turned it off to see if it would engage more. So went into a store and ran into an old friend so we chatted for a while then he wanted to check out the Grenny (like lots do and he loved it as well). So maybe my mind went blank for a bit, but when I went to leave and started it up it was hot as hell inside so I tried to turn the fan speed and cold degree up but nothing blowing. I swear I was like ok I’ve been the biggest proponent for this vehicle on this forum and claiming zero issues and now I got one and was just about to text Trevor’s cell (the service manager at my dealership) and as I was typing up the text my mind kicked back in and I remembered I turned the A/C off. So turned it back on and bam problem resolved. I know, but hey I am getting older in age, but that’s what I did in my Grenadier today …….

 

[pmatusov]

What do you have on the body contact side of the supports to prevent scratches?

Multiple layers of liquid electrical tape. Seems to work well.

 

[Tom D]

Went to the most westerly point of the UK

 

[holdmybeer]

Went to the most westerly point of the UK

Had to look that up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soay,_St_Kilda ?

 

[Tom D]

No. I should have said mainland UK

Ardnamurchan peninsula.

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

No. I should have said mainland UK

Ardnamurchan peninsula.

Nice. Did you visit the distillery? I’ve been meaning to get there for ten years!

 

[Tom D]

We tried but it was closed.

 

[drpete12]

Went out for a 30 minute drive. Car battery charged from 73% SOC to 80% and power station charged from 60% to 80% is a result. So far so good. It is a smart alternator. I think the key is to connect the negative lead to existing earthing point and not directly to the negative terminal which has a battery monitoring system attached.

Thank you for that info. I have one more question, you may not know but I will try...lol.. Is this a "universal" charger in the sense that I could use it to charge a bluetti? I know you can chose the voltage to bring it down to match the various ecoflow units, but if you broght it down to the 500 watts (as an example) can the solar connector cable(dont remember the name of the connector) could that be used with bluetti?

Also I did some google and found that the alternator is 250 amps, so this should be really good for this style charger as they say the charger shoulnt be more then a 1/3 of what your alternator can do. Does the unit get hot while charging? is it ok to keep under back seat or would it be better mounted to say one of the Bison molle racks that fit in the back where it would be open for cooling?

Thanks again, still deciding on which ecosystem I want to bite the bullet and invest in.

 

[Nadir5]

Installed a set of Baja Designs LP4 and a small LED inside the bumper to light the winch a bit.

Nice! Did you wire the lights to one of the auxiliary switches, or are they connected per the factory lights?

 

[Skydance]

Thank you for that info. I have one more question, you may not know but I will try...lol.. Is this a "universal" charger in the sense that I could use it to charge a bluetti? I know you can chose the voltage to bring it down to match the various ecoflow units, but if you broght it down to the 500 watts (as an example) can the solar connector cable(dont remember the name of the connector) could that be used with bluetti?

Also I did some google and found that the alternator is 250 amps, so this should be really good for this style charger as they say the charger shoulnt be more then a 1/3 of what your alternator can do. Does the unit get hot while charging? is it ok to keep under back seat or would it be better mounted to say one of the Bison molle racks that fit in the back where it would be open for cooling?

Thanks again, still deciding on which ecosystem I want to bite the bullet and invest in.

The BLUETTI charger 1 can be used on most BLUETTI and other products too which uses a MC4 solar charging cable. The voltage input depends on the power station. It’s normally stated on the front solar port (12-28v). The manual states that it needs ventilation and recommends it’s at least 20cm away from anything. It does get hot depending on load or volts going through. There is a fan inside to keep it cool. It’s not loud, often drowned out by the engine anyway. It’s a smart charger so it was designed not to flatten the battery.

The BLUETTI will power other brands with a MC4 connector. Whereas the Ecoflow alternator charger will only power Ecoflow products.

 

[Tazzieman]

Airport. 2 weeks Nth island New Zealand coming up wish we could take Gimli with us!

 

[AaronS]

Nice! Did you wire the lights to one of the auxiliary switches, or are they connected per the factory lights?

The amber back light and the small LED inside the bumper are wired to EXT 1.


The "full power" LP4 lights are wired to EXT 5.