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Since the late summer of 2016 I have had a 12 volt trolling motor battery as the starter battery and house battery in my Ford Windstar.   It was a Sams Club Duracell 24DCC group size 24 flooded deep cycle battery.  It was $80 and lasted 4 years.  A month ago it died.  It suddenly became an...

I bought a 12 liter ICECO Go12 tiny 12 volt fridge.  Where I am in Florida the dew point has been 70 to 72 degrees the last few days.  The little fridge sweats all the time.  According to my infrared thermometer the skin of the fridge is 65 to 68 degrees with one spot that's 62.  Since it's so...

In the absence of THE charging enthusiast it seems that full charging hasn't been encouraged enough.  With that thought it seemed appropriate to do something about it.  Here's my attempt. During the day with solar does the battery get fully charged most days?  I mean fully charged as the...

Sine wave inverters cost more than modified square wave inverters.  The cheaper modified square wave inverters must be bad.  Here are two posts from this forum: the modified square wave dosen't run the compressor at full power, greatly reducing efficiency, ie has to run longer for the same...

My van has two plastic Sterilite 3 drawer units.  They are tied in place using coat hanger wire like a wire twist tie on a loaf of bread.  My fridge is tied down using a 1 inch wide cargo hold down ratchet strap.  The strap hooks into the floor things where the second row seats used to attach...

I am male.  I have solar.  I have a hair blow dryer.  I occasionally use it on the inside of the windshield.  When you first start the engine the defroster blows cold.  It even turns on the ac compressor.  I find the hair blow dryer handy when I must drive right away and the windshield is all...

In another thread it was suggested that a "best connector" discussion should be in a thread of its own rather than embedded confusingly in a a thread about something else.   Please include the unit of measure by which you mean best.  I think it is fair to point out what is bad with one...

My efficient refrigerator uses very little electricity.  During the period of 10/1/17 through 11/2/17 the average consumption was 10.2 amp hours per day.  The highest 7 day period average was 12.13 amp hours per day with temperatures in the low to mid 90s.  The lowest 7 day period average was...

It's just aRRound the corner.  Don't let it slip by.

When adding insulation to a fridge or ice chest has anyone left a pocket where a laptop could go?  Inside my van it often gets to 105 and I think it is going to kill my laptop.  The battery is already toast.  I don't want to refrigerate the laptop, just put it where the temperature is 20 degrees...

Today I checked the current used by my fan.  It is a Maxxair 00-05100K MaxxFan.  It is the non remote 10 speed variety.  The amps did vary with wind gusts. off .005 1   .13 2   .20 3   .30 4   .45 5   .63 6   .865 7  1.13 8  1.46 9  1.89 10 2.65

My first wife's 2006 Pontiac Torrent, similar to Chevy Equinox, had a head gasket failure.  According to the interwebs this 3.4 liter V6 has this failure often.  First a freeze plug leak caused a low coolant level, that caused an overheat, then the coolant had lots of bubbles and it used a pint...

In a prior thread, https://vanlivingforum.com/Thread-Portable-Power-Banks it was suggested that the starting battery be upgraded and also used as a house battery.  My starting battery is nearing the end of its useful life.  I am considering  a deep cycle 27 or 31 to replace it and letting the...

I saw this in the Yahoo van dweller group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/VanDwellers/conversations/messages/179164 You need a Yahoo account to see it.  I will paraphrase. Get an evaporative cooler that lets you connect a 2 inch or so hose to the outlet.  Get an oversize shirt and connect...