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    Refilling Coleman bottles from a 5 pound tank?

    That's a nice thing about the refillable ones, you don't have to overcome any opposing pressure build-up as they fill. They have a tiny venting valve near the top you open with a small allen wrench so any pressure is relieved as the liquid flows in. Plus you know when it's properly full - when...
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    Refilling Coleman bottles from a 5 pound tank?

    Amazon has some tanks that are cheaper than the Ignik brand and even have the ability to be delivered to an Amazon Locker, if that makes a difference to anyone. The 10lb is too big, which could make sense of course but the cute little 3lb'ers are no problem. Oddly enough, the 5lb without a...
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    Converted my fantastic vent fan to a PWM speed controller, cheap and highly recommended mod

    I have used cheaper PWM's for a couple projects and never even knew the frequency might be an issue. I've never heard any whine from using them and just checked now to learn that they are in fact 10khz. I have never noticed any radio interference either but my experience is limited to FM radio...
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    RvNaut

    How much has Starlink's service degraded in the Quartzsite crowds? I imagine that would be the toughest test for it, after hearing about cellular services being degraded to the point of uselessness. Assuming those tales are not exaggerations, of course. It has been fascinating to see the...
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    Fire Extinguisher and CO detector

    Ever since I've been a kid the solution to the smoke alarm sounding when something is burning in the kitchen has been to pull the battery out. Afterward you just put the battery back in so it can do it's job again going forward. Getting rid of it altogether just because it works even when you...
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    Thermo-Electric Generator technology (TEG)

    Both of the Amazon units you linked to do in fact use fans according to their descriptions.
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    Starlink - The Movie - Is Starlink Any Good? Good For Nomads?? From a Nomad using 6 months.

    Speaking of July updates, I'm pretty sure the Starlink coverage map has been getting updated. Pahrump for example has just a single hex cell of "Waitlist" over it and I thought it had several recently. And Quartzsite has definitely changed. Just recently it looked like Scaddan Wash could be...
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    Is public drinking water safe?

    Standard reverse osmosis systems waste a lot more water down the drain than than what you get to actually keep as your finished product. Perhaps doable when hooked up, but not very practical if you're boondocking.
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    Options for maintaining car insurance with no physical address

    Progressive has yet to hassle me for using a UPS Store address for both mailing and garaging.
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    Starlink - The Scoop From A Nomad

    I was replying to a post that specifically asked for opinions of the company named Nomad Internet; the question was not about the general topic of internet for nomads.
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    Starlink - The Scoop From A Nomad

    Be aware of positive reviews that include referral links - they get credit for having convinced someone to try the service. There are also negative reviews on youtube, and they have no incentive to post those - they post them because that is what they truly feel. Make sure you check other...
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    Starlink - The Scoop From A Nomad

    Not digging Robin's "review". Seemed much more an ad for her service which is actually more expensive per month, albeit there is a difference in equipment cost. All that Starlink de-prioritization talk when she has no actual experience with how it actually affects service? Comments under the...
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    very thin cotton

    A search for cotton UPF shirt on Amazon reveals some of the sun protection rated shirts are cotton blend at least, if that helps.
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    The Cadillac of Ambulances for sale in New Jersey

    LOL, it's literally a Cadillac. I've never seen one before! https://www.ambunet.com/used-ambulance-for-sale/1993-cadillac-fleetwood-ambulance-9328979-221-miles/
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    Netbuddy rumors? The web site is gone

    They have been at netbuddy.co since I remember hearing about them in 2018.  The website is up for me as of today. Apparently AT&T is enforcing equipment usage terms on those old unlimited plans now.  A more thorough explanation...
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    Yellowing plastic in old RVs

    I've never done it myself, but there are videos of it being done over at YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=restore+yellow+plastic
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    Solar panel fusing

    But don't modern panels have diodes these days that prevent current going back toward the panel or something like that?
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    Straight Talk Blocked Hotspot Usage

    My LG Stylo 3 factory hotspot still works, however I've been careful to never exceed the 60 GB limit.
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    Yummy instant potato find

    A vandweller or fulltime RV'er will commonly refer to houses and apartments and such as S&B, sticks and bricks construction. Shoppers will commonly refer to physical stores they can walk into as S&B (still meaning sticks and bricks), as to be contrasted with buying online from an e-tailer...
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    Cheap 6V Deep Cycle GC Batteries!

    The phrase "deep cycle" has been added by golf-carts-etc.com.  It is not part of Exide's description.  It sounds like another case of a mistaken assumption that just because it's described as "golf cart" means it absolutely MUST be deep cycle. If you look at Exide's own web page...
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