Some Details About R1T 12V Jumping and Jump Boxes (after an accident)

Morgan · 2024-12-22T17:10:59+00:00

Now that I've installed the SnapPlate front license plate holder, I finally filled out the EveryAmp review. Here it is. Hope it helps others: Shipped promptly, so the license plate holder arrived well before we picked up the car. Engineered and built VERY precisely to hold the plate very close to the front bumper without scraping. Installation instructions were clear, would have benefited from one more picture showing how to find the center slots in the grille. Grille Depth Adjustment instructions were also clear; with one half-turn adjustment of three screws, the license plate holder fit PERFECTLY in place. Check the EveryAmp web site for photographs of how much their product blocks the front camera image at every setting. After reviewing the photos, I chose the center setting. I find the camera interference at that setting is trivial for me. There's a lot of competition for the front-of-R1 real estate. My understanding is that Rivian's front plate holder requires drilling a hole in a perfectly good vehicle, and can also block a small part of the camera image. Tow hook mounts take a tow hook out of commission, and can block a sensor. EveryAmp's mount is designed to protect the grille by snapping off when attacked by a car-wash brush, so you have to dismount it (relatively easy to do) and remount it before washing. I'm still happy with the EveryAmp product, which we have installed in our R1S and now R1T. Very best wishes!

Vincent

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Thursday at 6:56 PM

This is a thread I was supposed to have posted a long time ago. When my truck was first towed and died (HV pack unavailable) I had tried a NOCO GBX75 jump starter on the wires near the trailer hitch. It did not work. However, a larger CAT jump starter did. Unfortunately I did not record the part number since I borrowed it.Today I did some testing as well as grabbed some things I forgot. There appear to be two modes of start up.

PARTIAL: Locks (doors, frunk, tail gate, and gear tunnel doors) and blinkers work but displays are dark

NORMAL: as if it was working

Rear wires:

- With NOCO GBX75 nothing happens even with override on (blinking white light.)

- With a larger jump starter, vector 1200a, to the rear it goes to PARTIAL and I can access the whole vehicle.

Direct to battery:

- With NOCO GBX75 it actually does go to PARTIAL (doesn't last long though- a few minutes but long enough to unlock everything)

- With larger jump starter it goes to NORMAL

When in NORMAL it eventually goes to PARTIAL before the jump starter fails. So, I'm thinking whatever they put in between the rear wires in the battery is reducing the voltage enough that the Noco does not work and the larger one can only get to PARTIAL. Or something like that.

Note that it is useful to have it in NORMAL to do things like unlock the camp speaker and review footage. Also note I don't recommend the vector. I just had it around.

Anyway, I hope the extra detail is helpful.

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