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I'm installing a circuit off my battery bank to run two plugs: a standard 12v plug and a plug with two USB ports. I'll have a fuse box between the batteries and the plugs. Three questions: 1a. What size fuse do you recommend for the 12v plug? I'm thinking 15 A, which is what my van's fuse...

This is a question for the future rather than today. I want to plan for next time, should such a situation come up again. My van broke down in West Texas. Now I'm in San Angelo, Texas, and my van is parked in a dealer lot while I wait for a part to get shipped in. Daily, I'm blowing money on...

After more than a year of planning, a 4-month trial run, and just getting out from under my house, I am now a full-time vandweller! Hurrah!

I just switched from contacts (which were costing me $$$ per year) to simple eyeglasses. When I was contemplating the change, I figured there *must* be cheaper ways to get glasses than the hundreds usually charged at most optometrists' offices. There are. The option I just used was America's...

Over the last few months, I've discovered that pharmaceutical pricing is as wildly varied in price as any other medical service. Let me give you two crazy examples from one of my medications, of which I take 225 mg a day ... Case 1: This medication was prescribed by a specialist, who was no...

Today, I picked up three parcels, which were delivered to me at the Hawthorne, FL, post office as General Delivery. The post office insisted on charging me for the two packages from UPS on the grounds that the Postal Service had not otherwise been paid for handling them. Basically, they charged...

I ran into this table from the USDA breaking down average weekly and monthly American food costs by age, sex, and liberality of diet. It's a good place to start budgeting and/or to compare your spending to average. I found this useful because I was feeling out of control on food spending (and...

"13,235-Mile Road Trip for 70-Degree Weather Every Day" Or just look at the maps: Alaska included Lower 48 only

Hi, All: Are Aapalachicola National Forest campgrounds packed in November? How about Conecuh National Forest in Alabama? I'm in Sumter National Forest, South Carolina, now, and could stay ensconced, but the Florida Panhandle averages a tad warmer. I need a place in the Southeast to hold over...

If anyone else has covered this ground, I apologize. I've been getting good results for cleaning up with No-Rinse Body Wash. I first used it when caring for a bedridden friend, and now I'm using it myself when I can't find a regular shower, at least for the pits and crevasses. Works great for...

Hi, All! Thinking about the Big Bend region of southwest Texas this winter? I’ve just been tooling around the region (in August!) and have some info. Big Bend National Park allows boondocking along some of the graded desert roads for nearly free. You can go up to 14 days for a $10 backcountry...

OK, I didn't technically see this live, but it's a pretty damned cool concept. I think a roof hookup like this could work for a lot of small cars. Wonder if current bodies have the strength, though ... I think the old bugs were steel. [video=facebook] A commenter at the Facebook page wrote...

I came up with a simple conversion design for the 2015 Promaster City, which is a mini cargo van. The design is basically just a twin bed with lots of storage (for a tiny vehicle), a cooking area accessed from the outside back, a solar system, and a nice, big awning. It's a van to "live out of"...

I've recently seen some really great articles on Facebook all traced back to this site: onlyinyourstate.com. The navigation isn't great, but you can narrow it down by adding /[state name] after the homepage URL, for example onlyinyourstate/texas for Texas stuff. I've lived and traveled in...

This makes it more clear to me! :)

I'm getting ready to build my van, and I've been crunching the numbers on my devices and intended usage. But even after Bob's wonderful articles that have made electrical systems clearer to me than they ever have been before, I'm still a little confused. (And yet I've been doing my own taxes all...