I got my setup pretty good now camping off the grid. We can run several different 120VAC items using my INVERTER as well as direct connected 12VDC items. I got my battery bank big enough to handle all of what we use so that by 8AM the next morning I am down to around 12.0 VDC on my batteries. That is when I fire my generator up during breakfast in the morning when allowed. I also make up my daily needs for coffee then and pour it up into my thermos. When they only allow 2 hours of generator run in the morning then I have to run it again in the early even allowed run time to get my batteries back up the 90% charge state.
Back in the late 60's early 670' I lived in the Tempe AZ area did alot of camping up in the high country. Back then it was off-road JEEPS and trailers with all your camping stuff in it. Would go in groups alot... That was lots of fun back then. Pretty much went to bed when the sun went down...
Today with all the modern things you can have sure works against the old traditions of camping. We still do the hiking and roaming around during the day but when 8PM comes we like to settle-in after supper and watch some HDTV, check in with the kids on the internet, kept tabs on the upcoming weather storms in the area. Being in the off-road popup it's not nice to get caught in some of these storms especially with high winds... Traditions have changed for sure.
We are always aware of others however in everything we do....
My next mods will hopefully include some solar charging during the day and that will extended out the times I need to run the generator at all. Can't replace the generator however and solar doesn't charge the batteries very good when its cloudy or raining for five days straight haha...
I'm also a ham radio and emergency comms guy so that eats up my batteries too...
We don't have many of those dispersed areas here on the east side. Its camping areas, camp grounds, and designated camps in the forest areas. Not much wide open spaces left here on the East side of the US.
Used to go deer hunting in West Texas and never see another person. Here you can throw a rock into the woods and three or four rocks come flying back at you and sometimes a loud "Watch it Fella" haha..
Roy Ken
