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Yes, they'll stop drawing power if they're shut off. Especially those with a physical switch instead of a button that toggles power on/off. If you're looking at something in the sub 500-watt range (which you should be), your alternator can handle it, no problem.

I bought a 2003 truck camper almost a year ago. The roof is exceedingly questionable. I *think* it's some sort of rubber roof, but the camper has so many other issues that I'm not bothering to do anything about the roof. If you can find a truck camper without a rubber roof (aka, a fiberglass...

What about a jackknife sofa with seatbelts run lengthwise in the van?

If you can do the CPAP on 12v directly, that'll certainly help. In general, my thoughts on solar: Try to reasonably balance the solar wattage with the battery amp hours (various calculations exist on this), but overall, go as big as you can on both.  You'll never say, "oh, I wish I didn't have...

And the moral to the story?  Communication, communication, communication.  Absolutely required to keep any relationship going.

If you're going to hang around Las Cruces, there's various BLM options near the Organ Mountains.  Personally I really like that area.

There's so many ways to do a solar set up and depends on so many factors. At minimum, you'll need an extra battery besides what's under the hood of your van.  The size you'll need depends on a lot of factors. If you drive frequently, then a battery isolator might be a good investment because...

If she's not sure if she's going to keep it, and she killed the last set of batteries, wouldn't it make sense to buy whatever the cheapest battery out there that will fit in the space? If she decides to keep the RV and doesn't kill this set right away, then eventually she can make other...

It's a fantastic use of space, that's for sure.

Did you use any kind of underlayment? Everything I see in the big box store says that underlayment is required for laminate hardwood flooring, and I have zero experience with this part of a build-out.

That site would have been really handy on my last trip! Awesome resource, thanks.

I'm building a cage for my holding tanks, and I want them to be very secure.  They're living on the inside of my cargo trailer because I have enough room for them and I want them to be freeze-proof since I'm building a 4-season unit. My question is this: What do you suppose the maximum negative...

I've gotta admit, that's an impressive amount of work that went into trying to figure out how much solar we'll be able to actually pick up. Thank you for the effort you put into it!

I can't speak to AZ at this time of year, but I have a total of 320 watts on my roof. The *only* time I ever see the full 320 watts coming in was while in Texas in the middle of the summer. I expect that getting half of your rated output on flat-mounted panels probably isn't too far off. My...

I have an ATC trailer, and it has a v-nose.  You can check out a 3D diagram of my trailer and its prints here: https://rvtrek.org/2016/10/26/lastest-prints/ Thus far my experience with ATC has been positive.  There was a manufacturing defect on some custom design work, which they completely...

For anyone that's interested, the Sportsman generator is $199 at home depot for a black friday sale. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sportsman-1-000-Watt-Gasoline-Powered-Digital-Inverter-Generator-802085/300792167

There's no such thing as too much solar.

I have a dumb question: if you use bleach to kill the bacteria, do you really want to then drink bleach-tainted water? Surely there must be a safer way to purify/sanitize water (I'm certainly not the expert).

Link to Bob's video where he discusses the schedule in detail:

Yes, start your generator. It's much better to know now whether it works or not. It also needs the exercise, so it's time to start it anyways. Unplug from shore power, start up your gennie, and let it run for a few minutes. Once it's been running for a while, put a little load on it and make...