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From thinking about things, the best case scenario for me would probably be to set up something a lot smaller scale than I was originally planning for just going on trips and trying to find an apartment or something to rent. Only issue with that is I only have twoish months of rent in savings. I...

Just posing that question. I have a good setup already selected for my solar, battery, and heating systems to convert my old econoline. The only problem is now I'm questioning whether or not it's a good idea for me to try living in my van full time since solar and mobile internet is going to...

Yeah? Do you have some links of where I can find the 60 cell panels? I'm just about ready to move forward with this I think. I know I'm rushing into things quite a bit, but I need to get something up and running soon.

They are charging $175 in shipping for up to 8 of them.

I went out and measured to get a concrete answer to the dimensions of my van. The top of the van is 155"x60". I found a good solar panel here for pretty cheap. It is 78.3"x40". I could squeeze two of those on the top of my van with a tiny bit of room on the side. That would give me (rounding...

Do you have a link to the solar panels you have? I could make 2.5kWh/day work.

Okay guys, I want to look into something completely ridiculous and unreasonable. Can anyone help me find 1500w of solar panels that will fit on my van?

Well... over 4kWh/day. However, I will say that this is more than I would use in my van because I would have to get rid of a couple of things that are drawing electricity such as a very large flat-screen tv.

So, looking at the data I've collected so far from my meter, I need to figure out a way to cut my power usage drastically to even reasonably consider being able to generate my own electricity.

Hey man, hook me up. I'm all for a tiny nuclear reactor in my van. As far as how much power my computer actually uses, I have an 800w power supply in it. I have a meter on the way that should be able to measure how much it actually uses. I also have a few other things plugged into the same...

Also, if I was going to do a mostly genny setup for charging my battery bank, how well do you guys think this would work?

What do you guys think about these batteries? I was thinking I could go with two of those guys and have 430ah. That should net me in the ballpark of 5 kWh capacitance. Only thing I don't like is that those batteries are 120lbs each.

Definitely a good idea. I wasn't interested in gas or diesel generators at all because I though they far less fuel efficient. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to look at a large generator and small solar setup.

I can't increase my budget. For the time being, I think I'll have to just find some way to decrease my power use.

I have a 3500, so I shouldn't have many problems with weight stuff. My pc has an 800w power supply which is pretty needed for running multiple instances of visual studio and virtual machines to do my job.

Hello people. So, I am looking into converting my 2003 ford econoline xlt into a comfortable living space. There certainly is enough room for it. The only problem that I forsee is that I use a lot of electricity. I have a high-end computer that I'm on most of the time and I like streaming video...