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  1. RvNaut

    Don't Camp in a wash??

    Over on FB a person was " everything here is a wash" when advised not to camp in a wash. A wash is the low ground in a desert area where water can collect or, turn into a river. The area of high ground surrounding the low areas is called the notwash. Heavy rains are predicted in the Quartzsite...
  2. RvNaut

    I bought an SUV now what?

    Youtube is your friend
  3. RvNaut

    I bought an SUV now what?

    Mock up your space with cardboard to see how it all fits and if it will work for you.
  4. RvNaut

    Roll Your Own!!

    Battery.... roll your own Lithium Battery bank... why? Because it is less expensive and you will learn what it going on inside the box. Ok, yes... if you have zero mechanical/electrical knowledge this path might not be for you. . Almost 2 years ago I built a 48volt, 15Kwh battery for my RV...
  5. RvNaut

    The next time someone tells you solar panels aren't recycleable.

    This video popped up today in my feed...
  6. RvNaut

    Pirate Camp Winter Season '23-24

    ...am bring a quadriplegic turkey to roast... and cheeeeeesecake for xmas dinner... Brian is bringing a Ham (currently resting peacefully in my fridge) . the howa caravan is next door... 17 peeps at their fire the other night.... . I have champagne and OJ... mimosas at noon!
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    Pirate Camp Winter Season '23-24

    !!!!!!!
  8. RvNaut

    Micro Inverter

    here are full specs http://www.solardesigntool.com/components/microinverter-grid-tie-solar/Solar-Bridge-Tech/322/P250LV-208-240/specification-data-sheet.html ..and here is your answer... google is our friend!! :D https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/9rvjn0x8
  9. RvNaut

    Pirate Camp Winter Season '23-24

    What does the diesel heater show for how many watts it uses while running? Let's say it is 100w. for every hour it runs, it consumes 100 watt hours. But your battery isn't rated in watt hours, it is in Amp Hours... because the industry says f-you.. ;) If you have a 100 Amp Hour, 12 volt...
  10. RvNaut

    Lithium batteries and fires

    When I see discussion like this, I have to reflect on how I live compared to how I used to live. . I sold the house in Maine and was lucky to walk with enough to buy a 20yo class A, and get my butt to the SW with said RV... I had enough extra cash to build my battery and over the following year...
  11. RvNaut

    Lithium batteries and fires

    RvNaut said: IMNSHO - every single flat-topped comm This is not my text... so yeah... just saying.. :)
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    Lithium batteries and fires

    Until the industry figures out where and how to store spent fuel, Nuke is a piss poor idea. Maine Yankee Atomic Power. Ran for about 25 years, cost ratepayers a lot, sold as "energy to cheap to meter".... every bit of fuel run through the plant is still sitting there, in Wiscasset Maine... the...
  13. RvNaut

    Resetting BMS on my LiFePo4 battery

    So.. you are not using a charge controller? ...and you are connecting the panels directly to the battery?
  14. RvNaut

    Social security

    ...and in many ways it can be a better quality of life... compared to Maine, this area is better for me at this stage of life.....
  15. RvNaut

    Lithium batteries and fires

    Also consider that a Lithium based battery has a lifespan of a couple of decades when porperly built and operated....
  16. RvNaut

    Social security

    The big ENTITLEMENT lie.... attacking my SSI is a really ignorant thing to do.
  17. RvNaut

    Lithium batteries and fires

    Here is some serious information, facts and case studies.
  18. RvNaut

    first set up help

    You should have a breaker to be able to shut off the solar panels when you need to work on the system. I used something similar to this...
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    RvNaut

    Wooosh,,, and Tgiving is over and '23 it right behind.... it occurred to me the I will hit my 2yr nomadiversary in a couple of months... phew! . Below is a link to the video tour I made of the Horse camp. It was a good summer and I will be returning. . I spent about a month in Pahrump, learned...
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