Technomadia
Adventures in Nomadic Serendipity
One of the thing that we’ve been most wanting to incorporate into our blog posting has been maps.
After a lot of late night experimentation with a lot of Word Press plugins of (ahem) varying quality, I think I am at last happy with the results I am getting from the Wordpress Geo Mashup plugin. See what the maps look like…
Into the Wild tells the true story of Christopher McCandless and his tragic quest to challenge himself and rebel against modern society by journeying alone and almost entirely unprepared into the deep Alaskan wilderness in the summer of 1992. There is a lot I admire about Chris. He went to extremes to break free from […]
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now… A few months ago, I received the following comment on this photo found in my Flickr set: Hey did you guys know this pic is in a jeep commercial? I was thinking about getting a tab and have seen your pics before and as I […]
We just mailed off our deposit for our new Oliver Trailer. It’s now officially on the way – and I hope to soon be posting construction updates and photos from the factory. I must say that I have been incredibly impressed by the sales and ordering process. Over the course of the past month the […]
There are a few important things to know about electricity when wiring up an RV or solar electric system. Electrical energy (Watts) is is determined by multiplying voltage (Volts) by current (Amps). This means that as you decrease the voltage on a wire, the current required to send the same amount of power increases. For […]
Boondocking or “dry camping” in an RV without a battery monitor is like driving a car without a gas gauge. If you fill your tank up everyday and never drive further than to the corner store, this strategy can work just fine. But if you are going to do any sort of serious camping without […]
I was just emailed this picture, along with this description: “Thought you might like to see one guy’s solution to limited roof space. It is from a poorly scanned photo … but you’ll get the gist of it. Those are the old Siemens 55 watt panels times about 34 = 1870 watts plus two 300 […]
Solar panels are only half the battle… You next need something to take the sun juice and squeeze it into your batteries. There are plenty of reasonably priced basic solar charge controllers, and if you have small panels or you are not overly concerned about every last drop of efficiency – a basic charge controllers […]
One of the biggest challenges to living a solar powered technomadic life in a trailer as small as the Oliver is the lack of roof space to mount solar panels. The Oliver’s fiberglass roof isn’t just small, it is not even flat. It rises up in the middle to allow for interior headroom, and it […]
Here is my current rough outline of upgrades (and downgrades) we will be asking to have done to the Oliver Travel Trailer that we are ordering… Downgrades: Satellite Television Antenna: I need to clear up roof space for the solar system, and I really could care less about television. That’s what Netflix is for… Entertainment […]
