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Thank you for sharing your work.

I've been trying to get you to say how you were connected. You never come out and say that. I deduce from all that you wrote that you are measuring voltage in the cab from the harness or some of the cab equipment. If so, I agree that you are measuring the aux battery only during a stop/start...

Your conclusion that the dash voltmeter is measuring the aux battery voltage seems based on coincidental findings. First of all, at an ESS stop event, the batteries are isolated from each other, but not from the system. Any voltage measured from any point in the system will be affected by the...

This is gotta be coincidental. The truck voltmeter is giving volts under load. The only way to measure the aux battery is to isolate it from the truck (no load). I have 2 2020 Jeeps, my gladiator and a Wrangler. Lately, as I drive either one, I'm noting the amount of time before the...

I ordered my Rockhard bumper form Rubitrux in Boone, NC. Shipping was included.

2020 on Mount Princeton.

To find the center of gravity, first weigh your vehicle. MY truck (gas, Rubicon, Decked System in the back, winch and full width bumper in the front) has a small weight bias towards the front (2780/5360 = 51.9%). The wheelbase on a Gladiator is 137". Measured center would be 68.5" from...

Thanks for sharing. Good photos and good narrative.

I would be curious what your battery voltage is in the accessory position - truck not running. Check it after a drive and then check it again after sitting for 8 hours. I have a theory that when the main battery gets near half life (12.4v steady state), the ESS system will not work. I...

Thanks for your input. You were critical of the first tech that worked on my Jeep. I agree with you. Funny to me is the 3rd visit, the one where I was supposed to get a level 3 tech, the paperwork shows the same guy. I did some charging and testing at home before I took the Jeep to the...

Thank you for the work you and done and for sharing it here.

I've recently had some battery trouble. I went to the dealer because my Jeep was still under warranty. It took 3 trips to the dealer to resolve the issue. While the dealer worked on my Jeep, I studied the threads here. First impression? Durn, this battery poop is complicated. Even the...

I put a Rockhard patroit full width bumper on my Rubicon. The package as shipped might have weighed 137#s. The bumper did not seem that heavy when I installed it. I also put on a Harbor Freight Apex winch. I ended up using both of the included sets (4 each 1/2" & 1") of spacers and I...

Back to the dealer for the 3rd time. Stop/Start and Remote Start not working. The first 2 times, my Jeep was OK for one day. I let them have the Jeep for a week while I was on a trip. They changed the main battery. Seems to be OK now. Glad to be spending warranty money.

I went to North Georgia for some woods therapy. The trip was spiced up a little, first by Hurricane Nicole, and then by some cold weather. Nicole turned out to be a non-event in Dillard, Ga. The heavy rain was at night, and the winds were never threatening. The morning after, the surf was...

Scofield Pass, Tin Cup Pass, Mosquito Pass, Haden Pass, Medano Pass, Mount Princeton Rd, Tomichi Pass, Black Bear Pass, Imogene Pass, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Lower Engineer (AKA Mineral Creek), Engineer Pass, Corkscrew Pass, Hurricane Pass, Stony Pass, Wheeler Archeological site, Rat Creek Rd...

It's my turn to pick the vacation location. I always go west. :) We went to Moab and then Colorado. I'm just going to share Gladiator photos because I'm sure youse guys do not want to see the photos I took of the hippies at the nude hot springs. One interesting non-Gladiator...

In May, we headed for the northeast part of the country. This was strictly a vacation kind of trip, no Wheeling was planned. We intended to stop at Gettysburg, PA, Gloscester, MA, East Point, ME, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Fuel prices made us change our plans. This is a sign from...

Here are a couple of movies from Corkscrew Pass near Ouray. They are both from 2019. The snow was heavy that year and there was a lot of avalanche damage. These were done around AUG 1. Corkscrew is easy; a good pass for new Wheelers in the San Juan’s. The scenery is tops.