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That is great to hear! Their name is pretty much unsearchable because it is so short and hyphenated so I can't find much in the way of references here or elsewhere.  What remains to be seen is how much this is all going to cost. :)

Well, I've been an early adopter of a lot so this would be par for the course. Sometimes it even goes well. :) As luck would have it, I think I have found a solution as a side effect of buying The Expensive Battery. I contacted AltE who makes it and they have everything I'll need from solar...

For a sense of how space-restricted I am, here is a picture. This picture is 100% of the space I have to work with. Keep in mind that there will also be a 3'x3'x2.5' box for the generator up against the far wall that will stop just shy of the seat on both sides.  Everything past the seat is...

I wish I could have gotten a bigger vehicle. Unfortunately, I need to fit it in the parking space behind where I live. A 20' vehicle just won't do that. That meant this was literally the only type of van currently on the market that would work. I wanted a 159" WB, but had to go with the 136"...

In case you smell something burning, that would be me thinking very hard about how I can do this such that I get something resembling what I want and which unpalatable compromises I want to make. :)

Hey, two cars ago I had a 96 Suburban. That thing would not die. It rattled along to 300,000 miles before I sold it. Indestructible and powerful. There are things I miss about it. :) We definitely should. I would love to meet everyone.

I do appreciate the time you've spent on helping out. I don't mean to be unappreciative of that. You've given me a lot of information that I can use and given me some good reasons not to try things that looked good at first glance. I'm not under any Dunning-Kruger delusions. I know how little...

The generator is only going to be running when I need the AC running or the chair charged. The house battery is intended for everything else. As you suggested, I gave up on running the AC from batteries.  600ah of FLA batteries is what? 300lbs? that's a lot but not unmanageable. What it isn't...

There are too many acronyms and abbreviations I don't know here.  :)  The battery I was looking at (the big, expensive, KiloVault one) has a charge rate of 150a. That seems pretty high.

Why buy drop-ins or why buy lithium?  1. I would buy a complete 12v LFP battery because I don't want to have to string together and deal with balancing 4 separate cells. Having a single box that does all I need it to do is valuable to me and I don't want to spend more effort than I have to...

I've not seen any information on that at all. I don't know if there are specific rules for that if you are officially a resident. Of course if you're just touring NE, you could always just drive a couple of hours back. The Eastern states are much smaller. You can drive across all of New...

I used to camp in a Korean-war-era GP Medium back in my medievalist days. That thing was bulletproof and treated with chemicals that are definitely not OSHA approved. You could put that tent away wet for a year and nothing would grow on it. Setup was a beast and it weighed at several hundred...

Well these seem to come in multiple sizes and configurations if you want one stop shopping: https://www.amazon.com/WindyNation-VertaMax-Inverter-Battery-Off-Grid/dp/B01BBCK25I/ref=sr_1_sc_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1538587386&sr=8-8-spell&keywords=windy+nation+solar+kit+agm These are tempting for their...

Here is the relevant section of the Masshealth page: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/covered-services "Out-of-state emergency treatment MassHealth is a health-care program for people living in Massachusetts who get medical care in Massachusetts. In certain situations, MassHealth may pay...

A belated congratulations! I'm so glad to hear about people near me doing this too. Usually it's all about the West. :) I'm building mind now. Maiden voyage in my (incomplete) van next week.

So, are all drop-ins created equally poorly? Or are there some good, ready-to-go 12v LFP batteries one can buy off the shelf with BMS? I mean they can't *all* be terrible, right?

This is very informative. Thank you. You've given me a few of the pieces I was looking for.  What you're saying matches up well with what I've already read, but I'm wondering what device you use between your alternator and the battery to handle charging? What about when charging via shore power?

Excellent advice, especially for those of us who die without health insurance.

Mass Health is partially funded through Medicaid but is its own thing. I have it at the moment and it is a life saver. I'm not sure how strongly they enforce residency requirements, but in-state coverage is excellent, better than many paid programs. Also, having zero or very low copays makes...