Step one. Bought the van.
Hello Everybody, First post. I camp a lot in tents but after spending three days straight in a tent in the rain at Dolly Sods I swore I'd make a change. Here it is. Bought it Wednesday. Dro...
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Did manage a weekend trip in November.
Solar Power. There's something both neat and creepy about having a whole campground to yourself. Especially at night.
I've not posted much lately but have still been making improvements to the van. Some odds and ends but mostly working on the house batteries. Just got this part working in the past few days. It's a fan enclosure that power vents the lead-acid batteries to the outside.
It uses two small 12 volt muffin fans.
They produce enough of a draft to almost blow out a match.
Planning for the fans to only run while the battery is charging since that's when the hydrogen gas is produced. Want to use a programmed microcontroller for this task. Problem is I've never messed with microcontrollers before so will have to learn how first. Full write-up when I (hopefully) get it all figured out.
Solar Power. There's something both neat and creepy about having a whole campground to yourself. Especially at night.
I've not posted much lately but have still been making improvements to the van. Some odds and ends but mostly working on the house batteries. Just got this part working in the past few days. It's a fan enclosure that power vents the lead-acid batteries to the outside.
It uses two small 12 volt muffin fans.
They produce enough of a draft to almost blow out a match.
Planning for the fans to only run while the battery is charging since that's when the hydrogen gas is produced. Want to use a programmed microcontroller for this task. Problem is I've never messed with microcontrollers before so will have to learn how first. Full write-up when I (hopefully) get it all figured out.
