Recent content by Handsome

Sorry i havent been near wifi in the past couple of days. The reason im headed towards the redarc is that i can get it at a much cheaper price than usual - close to 30% off. i plan using it in conjunction with some kind of current shunt battery monitoring system so i can detect my batteries...

Hello mattkcc. As frater said above, when the coil of the solenoid is not energized there shouldn't be a load on your battery if there is no normally closed contact. What we can't tell here on the internet is how the solenoid is wired. it could be wired to the start battery or be linking the...

Hey team. I am redoing my electrical system this year an am looking at using lithium for my house/leisure battery. For me the discharge curve outweighs the potential of fire as i will be using a  dedicated lithium dual charger (solar plus a 12v input.) called a BCDC1240D from an Australian...

@highdesertranger, yes - a guy did his masters(for got which path he chose) at a prestigious college in the US. He cut his costs by living in a van during his school time living on college property then went to Fairbanks Alaska to work as a park ranger to fund his year and chip away at his loans...

google "Walden on wheels". its a good e-book that goes into beating student loans while in a van good luck

Hello Tina - I am new as well. Good luck with your car camping adventure - my older family members are so stuck in their lifestyles that they dont want to do it so i congratulate you in taking a leap of faith.

I saw this an an add on Facebook - looks neat and would be great if you had a makita 12v chager. But gas here is super cheap and a coffee peculator is as well so i think it would be a luxury for me personally

Hey there cheap RV living team I'm Handsome(or so my mother tells me) and i live and study withing a mrk7 ford transit in New Zealand. By education and by trade i am an electrician (currently studying towards working on cruise ships, but mostly vehicles before that - we call it an auto sparky...