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The only thing that I dislike about some of the less expensive charge controllers is the slow rate of cycling.

I use a 12 1/2 foot collapsing ladder to check mine. I generally clean them two or three times a year unless I notice a issue with charging or running a device.

I use my solar cookers and sun ovens that I teach with. I can do just about anything in them as I can in a gas or electric oven. The sun ovens are bulky but then again they can hold a whole turkey or multiple pots of food. The prices sky rocketed during covid last year but now I see the whole...

We use a Gardens treasure propane fire pit, $100 at Lowes.

Axel, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers by answering the question you posed by asking "Why complicate things with a large and expensive system when doing it the old fashioned way works just as well (albeit with a little more attention)." That said it seems that you didn't want a answer to...

It is interesting what people do not take into consideration. One thing is what you can do when you build a system to run something but are not running it. In my case I wanted to run a air conditioner. What I can do with the power generated by a system big enough to run a air conditioner is...

The way the heat pad in a LifeBlue battery works is it will only warm the battery if you try to charge it when it is too cold. The pad heats the battery until it is warm enough to charge safely. I seem to remember them saying that the pad pulled 20 amps so it's really only viable on a generator...

LifeBlue was the first to offer self heating batteries years ago.

The outlet in a inverter as well as the output of a hardwired inverter charger is protected by a internal circuit breaker rated for the output of the inverter. On a 2000 watt inverter you will be protected by at most a 20 amp circuit breaker no matter if it's just a inverter that you plug into...

There are lower BTU A/C units out there. They are made for dog houses, truck cabs and computer rooms. There was even a portable 3000 BTU mini split as well as the second generation Zero breeze. The problems with them are that even though you are getting fewer BTU's they use as much or more power...

I am currently in the Flagstaff/Williams area. I will be back south early fall. You can reach me at my site or at [email protected]

That’s my point. In a van or cargo trailer you are camping and living in a hard sided tent. The work around function but it can get old.

I think people lost sight of the roots of this whole van dwelling concept. It's not choice, it's necessity. Bob's original message was to people that had no choice. That it was a option and how to do it as comfortable as possible. It's not good or bad, it's just what you deal with in this...

I wonder who was the first to say that the sky is falling when it comes to alternators. Who was the first to hear it and spread the word until it became fact? It happens a lot, think Y2K. Yet the only ones affected by Y2K were those that prepared themselves and woke up New Years Day learning...

I use this as a positive bus bar because the fuses sit on it instead of being a separately mounted holder/s Blue Sea Systems MRBF Surface and Terminal Mount Fuse Blocks This works well for the battery fuse as well as the iscilator fuse Terminal Mount Fuse Block

Wait 250 watt panels on a PWM controller? 30 amps is good for only 400 watts What else besides the fridge is running? It would be interesting to see what the actual voltage of the battery is when the alarm sounds. It may simply be a case of under wiring. Also looking at your pictures I see...

No one wants to see that the dream sucks. That this is just a different form of existing with it's own draw backs. They want to see a commercial for how wonderful it will be once their dream comes true. It is after they get out here that they wish they had seen videos about the reality.

I am not sure just what Maxxair fan I have but I love it. It's so quiet on low that people have sat on my couch and insisted the it wasn't running until I turned it off and they saw the blades stop. So quiet that I walk directly under it when I close up the trailer at night and still forget to...

No, but you can have them fixed so that they can not multiply.

Many off brand generators can be paralleled. Propane conversion kits can be bought for most any generator too. For me the question is how often will it be needed. Day in and out for hours on end? Pay the money for the Honda or Yamaha. The piston sleeves last longer under constant use. Need it...