Recent content by Zythophile

Duplicity as in multiple ways to charge one's batteries? (Or do you mean something else? I'm not familiar with the term in this context.) I've done a fair bit of research on that stuff, and yeah, always good to have options. In this case, I was more specifically curious about solar charge...

A semi-related question: I understand the need to get a solar charge controller that is rated to handle the output of one's solar panels. Is it a bad idea to get a higher rated solar charge controller than is needed at the time? With the idea of future upgrades, possibly adding a panel, or...

The recirculating shower designs I've seen have been very good about filtering. Most use a spin-down filter to get the bigger stuff, then a pair of cylindrical filters (sediment, then carbon) in shells that look like water bottles, and then a UV sterilizer, all before pushing either straight to...

There's varying solutions for that normally - rim tape or even huge rubber bands essentailly. And yeah, if the rim-end of a spoke is exposed, it can cause a failure in the tube. I like this solution; dirt cheap, and involves re-use of a dead tube! Back on the general topic; with my eventual...

I've been poking around on this topic in recent days and have come to the conclusion that a recirculating shower with hot water is a very doable solution. Main trick is you'd have to have a semi-dedicated space inside, with a shower pan that isn't rigged to drain to gray water. It largely comes...

I had considered that sort of solution, but I don't see it working with the design I have in my head. That said, after chatting with a friend on the topic, I think I've come upon an easy solution - plan is to use a simple slide latch, sort of like on bathroom stall doors. Just mount it pointing...

I never knew there was such a variety in drawer slide designs!

Nice, thank you for those links! I'll have to look into those. The trick that I see with those, potentially, has to do with something I neglected to mention in my above post, and didn't think about until just now; the basic plan is to lay the slides flat, so the top sliding portion is only as...

I've got an idea for something that drawer slides would be ideal for. But I'm not sure if drawer slides can be sourced that would suit this use. Basically what I need are drawer slides that are lockable, but at two points. I know slides exist that when fully collapsed (what's the proper term...

Man Busted Cooking Chickens in Yellowstone Hot Spring https://laramielive.com/man-busted-cooking-chickens-in-yellowstone-hot-spring/

(I have no connection to the seller; this vehicle showed up in FB Marketplace for me because it's just a few miles away.) This one's not a grab-it-and-go by any means, but maybe there's someone out there who's been looking for an RV like this and has the time/resources to put into it...

My thoughts are to have the electric system all planned out in advance; all the devices I intend to install, all the voltages/amps calculated out, all the necessary wire gauges etc. All this topic is about is basically doing a test setup, outside of the vehicle in an environment where its far...

Oh, I'm not planning to do this immediately, or even in the near future. I'm not taking any steps until I know I'm going to follow through. This whole idea is not so much a "do it months in advance" thing, more maybe days/weeks ahead of that phase of a buildout, and as a precautionary strategy...

Like I said above, I'd ensure all the wiring used is as long as it would need to be installed in the cabin - or rather, a little longer than that in case of bad calculations, to avoid coming up short. I would expect to have specced out the correct gauge wiring at that point as well.

The primary reason I have in my head for doing this is for testing purposes. Making sure everything's working, that the system is pulling in the desired amount of juice, that the gear being powered is drawing the desired levels of juice and not something wildly unsustainable. It would be far...