The Issue of TV is pretty common in the RV world, and while I dont use it much, I like having the option to watch streaming movies and shows on netflix or amazon prime. In my quest for Energy efficiency I needed a low draw solution and I wanted to keep the space consumption down to a….
I returned home last night to find all my Amazon toys arrived. I set about getting the new stuff installed before heading to work. The coolest new addition has got to be the Cradlepoint 3g router which I got off amazon for about the same price as a usual home router, but its wayyyyy better….
Here is the preliminary rundown on my solar rig for the curious. The gear I’ve got is 2 sunmodule mono 250 watt pv pannels (roughly 250 watts @ 31 volts each for a combined total of 500 watts @ 31 volts) 4 trojan t105 deep cycle golf cart batteries (6volt @ 225 amp/h in pairs….
Here is some before and after shots to give you an idea of how much work has went into the vaxrv so far. Here is a shot of the kitchen before I went to town on it. I know it looks like a 16 year old got loose in there with some paint. Here it….
And the website is born. 1975 Dodge Sportsman chassis Tioga Motorhome 360 v8 engine 500 watts of sunmodule solar cells on top 450 amp hours worth of trojan deep cycle batteries in the house Xantrex (soon to be a mppt) charge controller Prosine 2000 watt invertor for my 110 needs. It all starts as….