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Part of being stealth (a.k.a. blending in and trying to not draw extra attention to yourself) is about protection from criminal activity. If someone knows you are living in a vehicle, one can easily assume that the vehicle will have more valuable items inside, than a regular parked car. Once...

How a moderator doesn't know what a "thread crapping" or "thread hijacking" is, I have no idea:  "Thread crapping occurs when a person comes into a thread and posts something contrary to the spirit/intent of the thread, often derailing the discussion or turning it into an argument." "A thread...

Ton of jealous & uneducated people, who have never been to a charging station, love to spread the rumor that it is theft (no buddy, you stealing WIFI from McD without eating there is theft) not realizing that you have to either have a (paying) membership or use your credit card to use most if...

Interesting. They are probably talking about professional upfitters (re: conversion companies for ambulances, recreational vehicles, refrigerated conversions, etc.).  I know there is an option to buy a MB van without seats and send it directly to an upfitter (i.e. Sportsmobile, etc.) for...

The issue I have with the stated value or replacement value insurance policies is that you need to itemize the items in the vehicle. My fear is that they will take your money while underwriting the policy and long after (until you have an accident of any kind) but when it is time to pay will say...

Not too long ago, I found myself in a very bad (health) condition and had no option but to find the nearest hospital ER in the middle of the night. When I got there, the ER parking lot was completely full and I didn't know what to do, while I was still in excruciating pain. When I finally made...

Just to clarify: The one I pointed out is a pure sine inverter as well, not modified. I do not know anything about the brand comparison though. That is why I asked.

What kind of 300w pure sine inverter? What is the difference between the one you are using and the one that can be purchased for $33?

Unlike inverters that are wired directly to a car battery, a cigarette lighter inverter draws power from the cigarette lighter circuit. You can’t put a load on this type of inverter that draws more current than the cigarette lighter fuse can handle (typically about 10 or 15A) or you’ll blow the...

Do you know the voltage of those high-voltage batteries (i.e. is it ~47v or ~360v)? Is it dangerous to sleep in a vehicle when you are close to that level of high voltage (i.e. is there an increased fire hazard)? Do you know the cost of replacing those high-voltage batteries?

I love the sunroof. Everyone I talked to says aftermarket sunroofs leak and I shouldn't do it. I am curious to see how her experience was with the sunroof (and leaks). Did she give you any more info on the sunroof?

Where did you get the Volt battery, eBay? $1200 is great price for that level of power. I watched a few videos on DIY electric vehicles, including a DIY Tesla (one guy built, for $6400, via 2-3 salvage cars), and got the idea that maybe you can mount the Tesla battery pack underneath the van...

My initial thought was to have an Inergy Kodiak, which is portable (re: you can take it with you to an office and fully charge it in a few hours with a fast charger), connected to a stationary AGM system. Then I found out that wouldn't be so efficient because AGM additions would limit Kodiak's...

If you wanna go really portable, paid version ($1.99) of the CamScanner phone app does a great job. You take a picture of the document; it scans/adjusts/enhances; you mail the file as a pdf.

I am aware of the lithium setup videos but haven't found a lot of van conversion videos with reclaimed electric auto batteries. That set up could help me to understand whether it is possible to have an EV-chargeplug on a van conversion and change my entire conversion plan (i.e. prius...

I agree OP's 'free electricity' title and overnight boondocking suggestion might be a bit misguided but the website he suggested is useful to many vandwellers nonetheless. If you actually go to that website and do a 120v-plug screen, you will see that most of those locations charge a fee (i.e...

Could you talk a bit about these adapters? With those adapters, could you charge a lithium battery bank from an EV set up? In other words, do these adapters adjust the high voltage coming from an EV-station to a safe loadable power for your lithium battery bank  ... or are they just...

Is there a generator that would fit under the hood and autostart when the house battery is low?

Check out one of the Best Compact Microwaves site. Lists a few 900w (even one 700w) microwaves.

Found out it is called "Voltstart" but proprietary system only used in Hymer vans. Anyone with a DIY Voltstart experience, feel free to chime in. Also people who may have used hybrid or electric car technology in their van conversion.