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0. THE BINDING CONSTRAINT — READ THIS FIRST
1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
2. HARDWARE — ALREADY OWNED (No Cost)
3. CARPUTER — HARDWARE TO PURCHASE
4. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE — THREE TIERS
5. POWER ARCHITECTURE (the keystone)
6. ESP32 NODE NETWORK (Tier 0)
7. CAMERA SYSTEM + NVR
8. CAN BUS INTEGRATION
9. SOFTWARE STACK
10. THERMAL MANAGEMENT
11. HOME RAG SERVER (HP Z440 #1)
12. OFF-GRID MESH + REMOTE ACCESS (Phase 2/3)
13. PENDING ACTIONS
14. PHASED ROADMAP
15. COST SUMMARY
16. ARCHITECTURE AT A GLANCE
17. MASTER PARTS LIST (BOM) (rev 3.43)
▣ Wire Diagrams
Full Wiring 1 — Power: generation, storage & heavy runs
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Fit
100%
wheel / pinch = zoom · drag = pan
fw1_power
FULL WIRING SHEET 1 — POWER: GENERATION, STORAGE & HEAVY RUNS (§5.9, rev 3.55)
every + fused at its SOURCE · trunk fused BOTH ends (125A) · negatives NEVER fused · star ground = ONE chassis bond, FRONT − bus only
wire (pure copper only): 16 AWG loads ≤10A · 6 AWG DC-DC / MPPT / computer feed · 2 AWG trunk / battery leads / bond
B-rev: combiner control = BED board (§6.5) · ΔV sense = Modbus DC Monitor 33931, not a divider/ADC pin · red 12V (width ~ gauge) · black − / ground · orange V-sense · magenta RS485 · purple dashed DO→coil
cluster_starter
STARTER SIDE
factory · out of scope except the DC-DC tap
cluster_bedctl
BED CONTROL BOX (sheet 8)
combiner state machine runs LOCAL (§6.5)
close only in the ΔV band (sheet 6)
cluster_comb
BED COMBINER
cluster_bedbus
BED BUS BARS
own +/− sub-bus-bars · ONE trunk pair to the front
cluster_front
FRONT (hood)
the star point — the ONE chassis bond
alt
Alternator
factory
sbatt
Starter battery
lead-acid · factory
alt->sbatt
factory cable
wbuf
2nd lead-acid
winch buffer · starter side
= the DC-DC input tap
sbatt->wbuf
starter-side feed (per winch install)
dcdc
VEVOR 40A DC-DC
alternator-only · LiFePO4 14.4/13.6
ignition / V-sense = no parked drain
input FUSE 50A at the buffer battery
wbuf->dcdc
6 AWG
winch
12K winch — OUT OF SCOPE (§5.11)
starter battery ONLY, never the LiFePO4
own circuit · 300–500A breaker
sol
400W solar
4× 100W Newpowa
mppt
EPEVER 30A MPPT
TracerAN · mounted in the bed (cool)
sol->mppt
10 AWG panel wiring
fpos
FRONT + BUS BAR
dcdc->fpos
6 AWG · FUSE 50A at front + bus
fneg
FRONT − BUS BAR
THE STAR POINT
dcdc->fneg
bedbank
BED BANK ~600Ah — REMOVABLE
2× Dumfume 300Ah LiFePO4
per pack: MRBF fuse at + post → 275A rotary → SB175
bpos
BED + BUS BAR
mppt->bpos
6 AWG · FUSE 40A at bed + bus
bneg
BED − BUS BAR
NO chassis bond here (ground loop!)
mppt->bneg
cont
CONTACTOR 150–200A
continuous-duty · NO = fail-safe OPEN
stud A = battery side · coil ← O5 via RLY-O5
bedbank->cont
2 AWG → stud A
bedbank->bneg
2 AWG dedicated −
esp
BED ESP32-S3 BOARD (8DI-8DO)
board dead / Cat5e cut →
contactor drops OPEN (fail-safe)
dcm
Modbus DC Monitor (33931)
16-bit 0–36V · ch1 ← front + bus / ch2 ← stud A
sense taps 22 AWG · 1A fuse at the tap
esp->dcm
RS485 Modbus
esp->cont
prech
PRE-CHARGE bypass
RLY-PC Bosch relay + ~5Ω 25–50W resistor
bypasses the contactor (sheets 2 & 6)
coil ← O6 · pre-charge FIRST, then contactor
esp->prech
cont->dcm
cont->bpos
2 AWG
prech->cont
bpos->esp
fused feed (sheet 8)
bpos->prech
16–18 AWG
inv
Inverter 800–1000W
WZRELB pure sine · camp/tool AC only
NOT the OptiPlex path · do NOT chassis-ground
fed 2–4 AWG per manual · FUSE at bed + bus
bpos->inv
trunkP
TRUNK +
2 AWG · FUSE 125A at BOTH ends
(force-merge surge ~120A — never smaller)
bpos->trunkP
inv->bneg
trunkN
TRUNK −
2 AWG (match +) · NO fuse
= the dedicated bed↔front ground
bneg->trunkN
trunkP->fpos
trunkN->fneg
fpos->dcm
cbox
Computer fuse / relay box
SHEET 2 · fed 6 AWG, FUSE 40–60A at front + bus
own cable (star — never off the inverter)
fpos->cbox
b100
FEENCE 100Ah LiFePO4
hood house battery
MRBF FUSE 100–150A at the + post
b100->fpos
2 AWG
b100->fneg
2 AWG dedicated −
frame
TRUCK FRAME
clean metal · the ONLY chassis tie
(reference for CAN / DI senses / GreenYi)
fneg->frame
2 AWG bond
cbox->fneg
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