July 2024 I'll finally be freed from my extortionate Verizon contract, have been aiming for Starlink but...
(Me= vanlife.)...
experiment: $6 quasi-swampcooler from walmart ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
a swamp cooler and humidifier of this design are doing the same thing: blowing air through a wetted, porous medium. The goals are different (humidification vs cooling) but the mechanism is the same.
cheap solar panels at Home Depot, with a catch ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
TL:DR: I saw a set of cheap panels with weird specs at Home Depot. I bought some to experiment on and to use as portables to augment my mounted solar....
Capitan, NM, betting dinner on the weather ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
... in which I camped in a spot infested by mule deer, picked up spent brass, and trusted the local forecast enough to do my cooking off solar....
tale of woe: solar troubleshooting ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
in which I bumblefsck through figuring out why my solar setup no worky
solar harvest during 2024 eclipse ( img.mousetrap.net )
I was outside the zone of totality, so was still making some power....
Adjusting an IMUSA hotplate with a router speed control ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
I did this because the hotplate was a bit more than my offgrid rig could handle comfortably. Been using it at ~500w to very good effect.
Nomad tip: have accounts at more than just one bank ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
This is probably worth considering in general, but dealing with financial lockouts on the road is a particular kind of dumpster fire....
Trailer brake circuit breaker advice.
We're preparing to move about 1000mi....
Trailer Park America highlights the crimes of capitalist housing ( www.cpusa.org )
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1863958...
(Nevada) Community advocates decry ‘twisted logic’ of new Sparks ordinance prohibiting car camping ( thisisreno.com )
... up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine....
installed an Aili-style battery monitor yesterday ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
Like an idjit I smoked my old shunt by shorting it while moving stuff around. I eventually replaced it with the Aili type....
New Florida initiative may ban RV stealth campers ( www.rvtravel.com )
House Bill 1365 was filed in January. It prohibits camping or sleeping on public property without a permit. The bill would give local municipalities the power to designate specific areas for sleeping or camping. Such properties must have restrooms, running water, security, and access to health care for mental and physical...
San Diego settles lawsuit challenging laws that punished people living in cars and RVs ( www.sandiegouniontribune.com )
2023 vanlife in review ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
This year was more tumultuous than usual. A couple things were literal once in a lifetime events.
Have been living this lifestyle for 3 solid years and today for the first time I conquered another societal hurdle I'd been afraid of!
This month November I intentionally "moved" to the highest cost of living state for 3 reasons:...
Made it to El Paso; terrible day of solar ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
I believed the forecast, which said it would be partly cloudy. In reality it was overcast all day, no blue sky at all. It was lightly raining most of the time. Pic to the right (PF parking lot) shows how low the cloud cover was. Clouds were obscuring the top of the nearby Franklin Mountains.
Living in a Van Down by the Instagram ( itsgoingdown.org )
two years with lithium ( mouse.mousetrap.net )
I just realized it’s been two years since I installed the LiFePO4. No regrets.