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Also got the Zivan NG5 charger installed behind the seat, wired up, receptacle installed and the pack charged for the first time! It's on the drivers side which is best as that is where your gas cap is on the S10. There's room there also to mount a DC-DC converter beside it. In the photo you're seeing the sub amp beside it. I didn't think to put the DC converter in there. If you install it here it frees up room under the hood to keep the control board uncluttered. It also keeps it out of any water under the hood.
Figured out the mystery of making the bed tilt. This was another task for my fab-challenged abilities. Had to do a lot of evalbum searching to come up with something workable. I used two 90lb 24" stroke Gas Strut's from Surpluscenter.com but I just checked and they're not selling them anymore but they do have a lot of useful stuff there and cheap!
We're almost DRIVING now! The control board is installed and the wiring about half finished. Had to stop tonight to go do the family thing. My 78yo mom is here from out of state and I hope to get it driveable on Friday so I can take her for a spin.
LED turn signal/tail lamps and side marker lamps replaced old energy hog incandescent lamps! Don't know how much this will help but free power is a bonus in my mind however you look at it. Since it is being built for city driving the turn/brake lights will be on often. When the original 1157 lamps are on high as in braking or turning, they consumed 2.6A each for a total of 5.2A total. The LED's reduced that to 0.4A total, saving 4.8A at 13.5V or so which is roughly 65 watts. An LED tidbit: On this truck the side markers are #194 and the LED'S I bought were polarity sensitive meaning when I installed them one way they wouldn't work. They can plug in two ways so I had to reverse them if they didn't come on right away.
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