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Well, I screwed up. The rig has been parked for a couple months but I spent a night in it a month ago just for giggles. Of course I made sure everthing was off before leaving it, but I forgot the damned cell booster. Well of course we have had snow for the last couple weeks and "knowing"...

Well, four weeks ago I replaced 4 group 27 marine so called "deep cycle" batteries with 2X Trojan T105. I then added a Bogart Engineering Trimetic monitor. Tomorrow (Amazon willing) I will be installing 2x Grape Solar 160 watt panels tied to the Bogart PWM 2030 charge controller. I am seriously...

I will be speaking in generalities here, but this has me a bit stumped... I am putting together my second solar system, the first on another van was a 200 watt kit that really did not perform all that well, non-adjustable controller, shortened battery life, never fully charged (Sternwake's...

I am considering moving my batteries from an underdeck box to inside my living quarters. I have 4 group 31 "marine/RV" batteries that I bought before I knew better and have gotten five years out of them. As the 4 GC2's I will be installing are even taller, I know full well I will neglect them if...

I am not sure if this is allowed or not, but I would like to pose a question to gauge interest. Mods can remove if this is against the rules, but I am thinking this would not be opportunistic. I have 20 acres of land on a major river in British Columbia and am thinking of ways to supplement my...

I already have a similar one built only bigger. Some of you may have seen it already ( http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Anybody-convert-one-of-these?pid=177029#pid177029 )  This one is in Vancouver and while I have not seen it personally, it looks like it would be a steal!!! Propane...

Here is a 2 minutes and 22 seconds youtube video that I think sums up the whole point of this life and all other lives well lived.

A quick question for the collective here.... After 4 years of weekend only use where I could recharge via shore power, I am finally going to put a solar system into my home built cube van for what will hopefully be some long term off grid travel. I plan on 600+ watts or thereabouts for panels...

I just spent the weekend in Vancouver BC visiting my daughter as she has a new place in Mt. Pleasant. I don't generally do much looking around in the residential areas, but man o man are there ever a lot of vans on the streets; conversions, cargos, beaters...it seemed endless. Most had curtains...

With a recently installed 100 watt panel and now my second charge controller (the first one was all over the map with voltages) I have a question concerning float voltage...it seems that the controller floats at 14.2 as shown on the controller and also as measured at the terminals and the...

A question for the brain trust here... I spent the last couple of days building, painting and installing my van roof platform on which I am mounting solar, and for generally cargo carrying.After three days late delivery, I installed my basic 100 watt Renogy kit, only to find that it is dead in...

So here's the Cole's notes (Cliff notes?): -46 -Divorced -14 years with new woman -Good job...hospital maintenance supervisor, better half; hospital housekeeping supervisor. Gross income well over 100k. no mortgage, no savings due to: -5 kids (combined) of divorce, mine are 18 and 16, hers are...