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Old 12-17-2017, 06:31 AM   #381
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Well that about does it for the trailer.


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Old 12-17-2017, 08:52 AM   #382
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I've seen "Porta-Potties" before, but that one takes the cake!
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You know, eventually you're going to want a roof over that potty. That's not meant for while the vehicle is in motion is it?

Sorry, it's early over here.
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Old 12-17-2017, 11:35 AM   #384
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Could be especially tricky/interesting when a passenger wants to use while on the road.
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Old 12-17-2017, 02:43 PM   #385
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Come on everyone it's the fully public gender less bathroom? But they might need a better way to secure the toilet paper?
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Old 12-17-2017, 03:03 PM   #386
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Oh, you city folk use toilet paper?

I do like how the toilet is mounted in the rear of the trailer. That way the wheels won't splash anything.
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Old 12-17-2017, 03:20 PM   #387
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Some wet tree bark pieces might hang out on the trailer but a stack of leaves ain't gonna hang out to long.
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Old 12-17-2017, 03:55 PM   #388
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Well, whoever is back there is just going to have to grab leaves from low hanging branches as they pass by.

Is it my imagination or is this site pretty much super quiet lately?
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Would a battery box like this make a sealed lead acid AGM battery safe to use inside? Or would I still need to vent the battery to the outside somehow?


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Old 12-17-2017, 04:42 PM   #391
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Presumably you are going with more than one house battery?

By the time you have cut holes to connect the batteries together you would be better off building a battery enclosure to house them all. Yes, it still needs venting.
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Old 12-17-2017, 06:27 PM   #392
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Presumably you are going with more than one house battery?



By the time you have cut holes to connect the batteries together you would be better off building a battery enclosure to house them all. Yes, it still needs venting.


Was going to start with 2 100ah batts and see how it goes. Also have generator. How many do you recommend?


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Old 12-17-2017, 06:47 PM   #393
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Was going to start with 2 100ah batts and see how it goes. Also have generator. How many do you recommend?


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Can't answer that. You need a power budget, then an idea of how long you'd like to stay off-grid.

That will give you an idea of the reserve amp hours you need ... Double that figure for battery capacity.
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Old 12-17-2017, 06:54 PM   #394
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That's been my question for a long time too. I keep getting these cryptic answers like "It depends on what you're going to run". That's a complicated answer depending on the time of the year. I took my fridge out of the bus. My house battery power draw would be centered around entertainment. Would it be bad to use an electric blanket off of house batteries?

So far I'm able to duplicate most of my systems with other fuel sources when off grid, except TV and internet. I did appreciate the recent thread on mobile internet dishes. Mobile satellite TV has been on the market for a number of years.

I'm not one that can be hiking and doing activities all the time, so I do like my TV. I don't care for a generator to be running just to watch TV.

It's my understanding that most RVs use four house batteries. I don't know what would run on those batteries or for how long. I do know that I can weld with three batteries in series, but that's another story. There is nothing cheap about having power, and I'm not even attempting to go solar.

Would four batteries run a tv and dvr for a weekend or for a week? Would an electric blanket draw to much power? The math isn't making sense to me.
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Old 12-17-2017, 07:10 PM   #395
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That's been my question for a long time too. I keep getting these cryptic answers like "It depends on what you're going to run". That's a complicated answer depending on the time of the year. I took my fridge out of the bus. My house battery power draw would be centered around entertainment. Would it be bad to use an electric blanket off of house batteries?

So far I'm able to duplicate most of my systems with other fuel sources when off grid, except TV and internet. I did appreciate the recent thread on mobile internet dishes. Mobile satellite TV has been on the market for a number of years.

I'm not one that can be hiking and doing activities all the time, so I do like my TV. I don't care for a generator to be running just to watch TV.

It's my understanding that most RVs use four house batteries. I don't know what would run on those batteries or for how long. I do know that I can weld with three batteries in series, but that's another story. There is nothing cheap about having power, and I'm not even attempting to go solar.

Would four batteries run a tv and dvr for a weekend or for a week? Would an electric blanket draw to much power? The math isn't making sense to me.
Spending $600 on one of the Honda copy generators would give you a way to rapidly charge the batteries if you fell short.
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I have a Yamaha geny, but it's about equivalent to the ubiquitous Honda. It's actually about as noisy as a Honda too. I just went through the carburetor and it's running great.

I'm thinking of getting the four house batteries, for longevity, with some kind of a battery meter that will tell me how much battery I've been using and when I need to recharge. I think those fancy transformers have that stuff built in.

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Old 12-17-2017, 07:50 PM   #397
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I have a Yamaha geny, but it's about equivalent to the ubiquitous Honda. It's actually about as noisy as a Honda too. I just went through the carburetor and it's running great.

I'm thinking of getting the four house batteries, for longevity, with some kind of a battery meter that will tell me how much battery I've been using and when I need to recharge. I think those fancy transformers have that stuff built in.

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You might want to read this if you haven't already. Specifically, the sections on battery charging and monitoring:

https://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/
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I agree a solar system would be a good source of power for the house batteries. I do a lot of driving on logging roads, and if you could see the scrape marks from limbs on the roof in my new paint job you would likely agree about my avoidance of anything protruding beyond the bus skin, except the mirrors.

I don't mind charging with a generator for a couple hours if that handles my power needs for a day. I don't know how much time it takes to charge up.

There's lots of time when I don't want to set up the generator. I can make a pot of coffee using gas when I'm sitting on a mountain top. After having all I want of the view I want to set down, relax and drink that coffee. Sometimes it's nice to lose your thoughts in some TV for a while.
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Old 12-17-2017, 11:40 PM   #399
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Now all you need to do is have someone on there and be running about 85 m.p.h. and hit a 9 inch chuck hole......

Can anyone say "catapult"?????

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