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Old 12-21-2015, 09:49 PM   #41
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I'm curious about cooling. Are there baffled intakes or is it run with the lid open?

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Old 12-21-2015, 09:53 PM   #42
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Phil, I assume that's a fan on the inside of the driver's side wall of the box, exhausting through the grill visible on the outside, and provided to allow the generator to be run while inside the box. Like Ron, I'm wondering if you run it with the top closed, and if so, where does the air come in and does the exhaust just go out with the cooling air?
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Old 12-21-2015, 10:50 PM   #43
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The fan on the side is for the exhaust. There's a grille opening on the side towards the trailer for air intake. when it's real hot, like in august in Texas, I also run another fan on the other side of the generator opposite the exhaust fan.
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Old 12-21-2015, 11:24 PM   #44
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Box added to three factory installed hitches.
Curious, and have to ask......is this another of the infamous "not on the build sheet", but ETI factory mods ?

If so, if you don't mind, what was its cost ?

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Old 12-22-2015, 06:00 AM   #45
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Material cost was about $600.00. The fans and aluminum frame for the box were scavenged from an old computer cabinet from work.
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Old 12-22-2015, 06:23 AM   #46
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ETI added them for me on the build. The cost at the time was the same as adding the bike ready option for each receiver.
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Old 12-22-2015, 10:53 AM   #47
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What is the situation with any vibration, or noise, felt or heard, within the trailer while the generators is running?
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Old 12-22-2015, 11:15 AM   #48
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What is the situation with any vibration, or noise, felt or heard, within the trailer while the generators is running?
The noise is baffled by the box so it is quiet. The vibration is barely noticeable even when sitting at the dinnette area.
The original plan was to put some kind of fireproof insulation inside the box to suppress the noise but no need for it after trying the first time.
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Old 12-22-2015, 12:55 PM   #49
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Rails slid into factory installed receivers

Picture of Rails slid into factory installed receivers
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Old 01-03-2016, 07:23 PM   #50
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I just have the single bike hitch receiver and I worry about slop in the cargo carrier causing damage. I've driven a wedge into the hitch receiver to try to prevent it from rocking side-to-side.
Hey gbaglo I've discovered a way to eliminate the slop in the cargo carrier. Instead of using a wedge, head down to your nearest automotive store and grab a 3 1/2 inch muffler clamp.
Because the metal is a bit soft I used some over sized washers to spead out the pressure of the tightening nuts. There is now appsolutly no rocking side-to-side or up and down. the only thing I need to do now is apply a good coat of black rust paint.
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Old 01-03-2016, 07:55 PM   #51
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Thanks. I'll have a look.
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Old 01-03-2016, 10:47 PM   #52
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There is a bracket made to prevent the hitch from moving. I bought this one from Northern Tools.
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I had the storage problems also. I got tired of worrying about the chairs banging up the inside of the trailer. Where to put a generator and gas can. And like I said before I really enjoy a larger grill. The stuff is really not that heavy but bulky.
THank you very much for pointing out a undocumented factory provided solution to the same issue I had also been thinking about. I do believe our trailer has grown another line item. I do appreciate it.
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Old 01-06-2016, 06:58 PM   #54
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Three two inch bars. I would guess 15# each. Aluminum box 80#, gen. Lock hold down about 15#, gas can holder maybe 2#. Generator guess 60#, full tank gas 40# so less than 250# but it's a guess for now. Drove 1200 miles for hunting with no problem.
Static load is probably not a problem. Seeing the box cantilevered out as far as it is, I would be very concerned about the dynamic load. Driving over a bumpy road could cause the welds on the three receivers to be overloaded, and one will always load up more that the others. If you put an accelerometer in the box while traveling it would show the dynamic loading, and the further back it is, the worse it would be.

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Accelerometer, don't even know what one is, but you can get an app for your phone to do it.
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An accelerometer can tell you if there was any humping in transport.
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"What is an accelerometer?
An accelerometer is an electromechanical device that will measure acceleration forces. These forces may be static, like the constant force of gravity pulling at your feet, or they could be dynamic - caused by moving or vibrating the accelerometer.

What are accelerometers useful for?
By measuring the amount of static acceleration due to gravity, you can find out the angle the device is tilted at with respect to the earth. By sensing the amount of dynamic acceleration, you can analyze the way the device is moving. At first, measuring tilt and acceleration doesn't seem all that exciting. However, engineers have come up with many ways to make really useful products with them."

My year of college physics is way too long gone for me to figure this out...
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We used to use them on train cars when shipping large transformers, like 240kV to 138kV, to see if there was any jarring or humping that might cause damage.
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Driving over a bumpy road could cause the welds on the three receivers to be overloaded, and one will always load up more that the others.
Uneven load distribution is one reason that I wouldn't use three recievers. Two mounting points (the outside ones, skipping the one in the middle) would not be an issue.

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Accelerometer, don't even know what one is, but you can get an app for your phone to do it.
That's an interesting idea - run a suitable app, leave the phone strapped down in the box for a test drive, and see how rough it is.

Modern smartphones all have accelerometers so they can detect motion, and determine which way is up; the app just monitors and records the data from them. I just spent a couple minutes looking for suitable apps in the Google Play Store, and there are several free choices which look like they would work well for this purpose.
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