Earlier this year we returned to our boondocking roots for a month in the deserts of Arizona in our bus. It was oh so wonderful to be out in nature, on our own and feeling abundant in the systems we had long ago setup on Zephyr. From water management, tanks, solar and lithium – in […]
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What Killed Our RV Lithium Batteries? 8.5 Years of LiFePo4
In what seems like another world now, last December we replaced our dead lithium batteries in our vintage bus, Zephyr. We originally installed our GBS lithium cells back in August 2011 – and as far as we can tell, we were amongst the first motorhomes to have a lithium house battery system, and we were […]
Tour of our Boat’s Electrical System – Solar, Lithium & Inverters!
As technomads – our mobile electrical systems are the lifeblood of our various nomadic homes. After all – we need to keep all this technology powered up somehow. And while stock RV and boat electrical systems are often perfectly useable (if somewhat limited) – whenever we embrace a technomadic home we just can’t resist diving […]
Lithium Batteries for RV & Boat House Systems
Lithium Batteries Disclaimer This blog is our personal space – not a business pursuit. These articles are our gift to you and we frankly have no interest in convincing anyone to follow this path. We are NOT selling these batteries, we regularly turn down advertising requests and we’re not electrical/battery consultants/experts. We may however have affiliate […]
First Impressions of our 2016 Winnebago Travato 59G Camper Van
Back in May, we serendipitously purchased a camper van – a 2016 Winnebago Travato 59K we’ve named Coopernicus. Quick recap: We wanted a van to replace our Mini Cooper, which we had towed behind our 1961 vintage bus conversion since 2011 – and now used to hopscotch between marinas during our boating season about our […]
Y-Not – Our 1999 Bayliner 4788 Motor Yacht
Meet Y-Not Y-Not – from the day we purcharsed her in March 2017. In March 2017, we purchased Y-Not, a 1999 Bayliner 4788. Our original intentions were to slowly explore the American Great Loop seasonally over a few years. Reality has been, we just love cruising and are enjoying ‘generally’ following the Loop going at our […]
Running an RV AC off Solar, Batteries, and a Hybrid Boosting Inverter
We’re currently driveway surfing with friends in coastal Georgia, where it’s pretty darn hot (and crazy humid!) as the summer fast approaches. They only have a 15A power outlet on a front porch available for us to plug a long extension cord into, which for many RVs would mean blowing breakers or limping along without […]
Wild Horses Couldn’t Keep Us Apart – A Rendezvous with Dear Friends at Assateague State Park
As much as we could have easily settled in for a few more day at Lums Pond, we woke up on our departure day full of excitement. Today was the day. The day we would rendezvous with dear friends at an exciting location! When we last parted ways with Nina & Paul of Wheeling It in […]
Tesla’s Lithium Powerwall – Awesome, But Not For RVs
Oct 31, 2016 Update: Telsa just recently announced the Powerwall 2, and we’ve started getting questions on it too. Here’s our take on it: From an RVers perspective, I don’t see any practical difference between the PowerWall 1 and PowerWall 2. The big change with the PowerWall 2 is that the inverter is integrated and not […]
Eastward Bound: The Florida Panhandle During Spring Break
We love the Florida panhandle, and I had dreams of some time on the beach at one of the many fabulous state park campgrounds on our way across. Times in the past we’ve stayed at Grayton Beach and St. Andrews State Parks, and would have liked to check out some of the other coveted spots […]