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In the last seven weeks I made some progress and had lots of fun. I switched on my power plant and didn’t get any sparks or smoke. AND all the branch circuits operate as I had hoped. I took some pictures to document my wiring. I’ll post a couple. Setting my preferences, or programing the charge...

I have a fantastic menu that I developed with the help of a nutritionist at the VA. Plenty of produce, plenty of birds and fish, 45 carbs per meal and 30 more between, almost no sugar. I eat about 2,000 calories per day. Produce lasts around 10 days, so that's a constraint. I recommend...

Hey Gary. I've been keeping a journal for the past couple years. I wish I had realized earlier in life how journaling my thoughts, feelings, and ambitions helps me prioritize and organize. Journaling helps me reject some ideas, and tag others for further study. It improves my focus. When...

My project is my first time using propane. I'm using 2 bottom-vented propane boxes. The one in the attic fuels my water heater and there is only about 10 inches of hose from box to heater, and I have an alarm right there. The other box is under my kitchen unit and fuels both my camp stove and...

I've emailed all my national and state level elected leaders about this topic for at least a decade. I share with them each pertinent article I come across. I met personally with 2 congressional staffers who were amazing well read on many issues, but they both feigned ignorance of civil asset...

Beautiful work. How long have you been tinkering on this build?

I'm hip. Renogy groups their components into kits, so the components ought to be proportional and compatible. The dude at Explorist.Life is in a sense also selling Victron energy "kits." He gets a cha-ching every time we click on a product link, and good for him. I came across one of dude's...

You've documented your project very well. I saved it with my favorites so I can read it in detail when my data renews. My charger is the 12-12-30 model. At some point I might clean up my project journal and make it available. For now it helps me stay organized. When I need to fix or want to...

Yeah man, the diagram was worth every cent of the $10. I made extensive use of it. I still consulted tables and did the math, but in the end I had an answer key. On the inverter, I don't know yet. The unit provides "pass through" power - power that the inverter didn't make from 12 volt. I...

I've been working on a 14' U-Haul since May. I researched for a year and estimated the box build would cost $18K. It will actually cost about $20K in the end, and that's just what goes in the truck. And I'm still going to swap out the engine and transmission. Add an extra fortune for...

Hi Ethan. I have 3 x 200 watt solar panels. The first box they feed into is a dual-pole solar disconnect switch. I would have just run it straight to the charge controller. But it was part of the wiring diagram I used, and is apparently required by the governing body associated with...

Happy new year. The past 2 months of working on this project has been great fun. I love a project. My primary project has been assembling my power plant, but I've also been working on flooring, and the bathroom. The power plan required lots of study. I got a wiring diagram from...

I got a 2007 Ford E450SD non-running mechanic's special 14' U-Haul truck. I did that in May. The bad is that I haven't accomplished the mechanical restoration. My mechanic is having some life issues and I may have to go elsewhere for help swapping out my engine and transmission. The good is...

In the last month or so I finished the cab floor with truck bed liner.  I installed the wallboard with Loctite silicone adhesive on the ribs and silicone caulk around the edges.  I thought that I had cleaned to white the plastic body panel back of the cab.  But next to my white wallboard it...

Here’s what I’ve done in two weeks.  I installed the accordion gasket in the pass-through opening.  The plastic rear wall of the cab was a little thick for the gasket to grab onto, so I tapered it down with the Dremel.  I massaged the gasket into the corrugations in the wall and attached it with...

I haven’t accomplished very much on the truck.  No mechanical work for about 2 weeks, the engine and transmission are about ready to pull.  So I’m tinkering in the meantime. I completed my wet room base.  I wanted to get that done before framing because the framing will be a little different...

My truck is insured as a commercial vehicle for personal use. Once I get all my appliances installed I may insure them with renter's insurance. My labor and materials will be uninsured. I've never truly experienced a shortage of good luck - I thought I did a couple times, but in the end it...

I know, right? Maybe that's part of the lure to leave Louisiana. At my last duty station, Ft Polk, my Soldiers lived in 4-year old (new) barracks and about half the rooms had a leak of some sort. Was it low-bid materials? Low-bid labor? I don't know, but I need to do a much better job on my...