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It appears I lost it. Anyone able to post it? Thanks.

Thanks John.

I finally became a nomad Thursday and am now unwinding a bit with my 2 dogs and cat at a great rest stop outside of Deming NM I'm hoping I can find a spot there Sunday and meet some of the tribe. I delayed cutting the chains for 2 years and I feel pretty darn good. Free at last!

Thanks for the replies folks. Looks like I have what I'll need, but will add solar and install reflectix and stay somewhat close to town.

Does anyone spend summers in the AZ desert without AC? With plenty of shade, good supply of water etc and fans I'm wondering how difficult it can be even though I like a hot/dry climate......absolutely hate cold. I spent a week in Mesa at a Best Western one summer and was very comfortable in the...

Happy Thanksgiving to you also and the rest of the forum.

Thanks for the heads up rvpopeye! I'll keep that in mind. Another reason to go foam.

Thanks for all the replies. Foam it will be! I've used 3 air mattresses every night for the past 4 yrs, not on the road but in a warehouse space waiting for my disability approval and then buying a CT and gradually converting it to live in full time.....almost ready now. Each mattress had...

I just built a simple wood frame platform for my air mattress out of 2x4s and the top surface was going to be a layer of well supported cheap luan covered by canvas for puncture resistance, but I was wondering if instead of luan a layer of polyiso with foil side up would work to insulate as...

That's good news on the voltage rebound....what I was hoping for. SG is climbing slowly into green. Thanks.

Yeah, I was mostly cycling for the sake of it and learn (I guess what not to do). After I get back to green or cusp I'll keep them on float. I need to check that fan's amp draw....probably did go under 50%, but after pulling the fan off the batteries the voltmeter was reading 12.30 after an hr...

Every weekend I discharge the batteries down near 50% in about 6-7 hrs using a strong circular fan plugged into an inverter, then hook up the PD and let it go thru it's stages and finally float at 13.2v until the next weekend. It looks like the batteries really have never gotten a full 100%...

Thanks for the reply. I made a mistake in my post re PD voltage....boost is 14.47v, not 14.6v. While I've been waiting to to hit the road I've been cycling 1 x per week and floating the rest of the time and noticed a few weeks ago the sg was in the white after 12 hrs after charge so the PD...

For "quick" recharging my 2 US2200 deep cycle batteries. My PD only maxes @14.6v makes for too long to recharge. I looked up the RSP-500-15 you use, called a vendor and was told about this.

Thanks....good idea and info.

Welcome! Another item to consider for warmth day and night is a good pair of insulated coveralls. I've also had good results having a heating pad against my lower back off and on while awake (probably not a good idea to sleep with one). I read when the kidneys are kept warm the blood stays...

Heavier.

PD is sending a free pendant since I'm having trouble with their 9245 seller.....good folks there!

The cell fluid levels were 3/4" maybe more below the well base yesterday so I did add some distilled water to each untill 1/4" below. I think my PD is pushing 13.7ish. Started at 13.6 then rose. So I guess the float and boost charge will be higher as well. Given the US Battery recommended float...

My bad. As I wrote I was going by a reverse false memory. It was sticking at the bottom to the wall which caused the float to be at an angle with air bubbles. I rinsed it out well with distilled h20 and got .oo5 higher numbers @ >80 degrees. Being on the floor it's hard to get used to using it...