Recent content by jeff613

Okay, good answers all, and based on your knowledge and experience even if there was no definitive answer. I see at least that if I am going to be leaning towards electric heat, I'll need to make sure the van or power source can handle the wattage. I also get the drift that I'd need something...

I was just wondering what the nitty-gritty numbers are when it comes to how much of a heater you'd need, wattage-wise, to heat a van in those temps. Assume the van is reasonably well insulated and there is a somewhat thick dividing curtain between the front and back. Also assume this is a...

Um, yeah, i looked around but could not find the post on how to install the window unit, so if anyone has that info or a link to a tutorial, thanks.

Okay, good suggestions all. Can i please grt a link to thre how-to and/or pics regarding the window unit install? Thanks, shalom

Concerning the matter of air conditioning and staying cool, well, I hate to mention this again, but I do not tolerate heat well, and I know that staying cool is going to be an issue for me when I'm out there doing my van living. I have yet to come up with any viable solutions as to how I'm...

Someone here not too long ago said it was "impossible" to run out of or displace a critical/needed amount of O2 in a van with one person inside it, everything closed up. Um, are we sure about that? And i mean "bet-your-life" sure? What says that can't happen? Where is the granite slab with that...

Well? I hope it does when i attempt it. Depends on tbe returns i get on this one if i do or not. Of course the question is somewhat irnc because we may have found new life by beng FREE from a lease.

I have a few comments and observations regarding the issue of heating. I should state that i'm not yet livin'n the van life, but i intend to, and hopefully in a nice Ford E150. The E150 is one of those things which, to me, all but cinches it as far as whether G-d exists or not. Like all of us...

Do any of us have or use gasoline powered external generators? Been thinking i may need or at least be better off with one. Maybe something merely sub-2k watts. Not for routne use, but for when you really need to have that ceramic heater going and you're nowhere near an external power hookup...

When you think about it, our music, pictures, mail and books all fit into essentially zero space these days. But our clothing does not. So it comes to pass that the only ligistical problem i can really see concerning van life is that of finding enough space to keep about a week's worth of clean...

WWW.NOKERO.COM. Check out their solar powered light bulb. They also have a youtube vid. Seems like one of those ideas that brings together a few modern technologies in an affordable, durable, ecologically responsible and extremely practical product which completely changes the game, at least in...

Must admit i have not read all the posts on this, but...... DON'T DO IT!!!!! For one, you are attracting attention to your van, and ANY attention is bad attention. But if you really want to go through with this, whynot just put on the side a sign saying THIS IS A WORK VEHICLE WITH TOOLS LEFT...

The problem w the one with the awning is that you have to open it up to get at your stuff or make use of all your stuff. As one vandweller reccomended, you should be able to stay closed in your van for 24 hours at a stretch wifh no problem, and once you are in your sleeping spot and ready for...

Kevin: nothing. So with luck i can be doing this or at least be ready to in 6 mos. All others: thanks so much for the welcome, good to be here! This place is great because unless we meet up online or have prearranged meets on the road, we could be stealthing it right next to each other and not...

I do not handle heat well, so my van, when i get it, is prob going to also have some kind of AC that is NOT the factory-installed AC. Fasctory AC is only for when i'm driv g thbe van. Sooooooo....this thread is not about-nor should it turn into-a discussion about factory installed...