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 > Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries can live a long life **if they spend a lot of time in float** in order to balance with each other.  Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries that have a deep daily DOD and spend very little time in float will die young with big imbalances between strings.  Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries that get cycled deeply, but also spend a lot of time in float – will be fine. -- Marc Kurth((https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/420834#Comment_420834)) > Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries can live a long life **if they spend a lot of time in float** in order to balance with each other.  Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries that have a deep daily DOD and spend very little time in float will die young with big imbalances between strings.  Battery banks with multiple parallel batteries that get cycled deeply, but also spend a lot of time in float – will be fine. -- Marc Kurth((https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/420834#Comment_420834))
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 +> Adding more battery capacity is akin to opening a new bank account without increasing your income. - Peter_n_Margaret((https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/battery-bank-and-charger-recommendations.241565/post-3143139))
 ===== consumer culture ===== ===== consumer culture =====
 > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058)) > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058))
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 > There is a famous saying that "no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy".  A vanlife corallary is "//few vanlife dreams survive first contact with math//" -secessus((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/hzzl2q/can_i_fit_a_shower_in_a_mwb_transit_like_this_i/fzmysnj/)) > There is a famous saying that "no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy".  A vanlife corallary is "//few vanlife dreams survive first contact with math//" -secessus((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/hzzl2q/can_i_fit_a_shower_in_a_mwb_transit_like_this_i/fzmysnj/))
  
 +> vandwelling won't solve any issues that lie between your own ears. Van life is just life, in a van. It's not a magical cure for "life".  -- lennyflank((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/16c65hs/having_an_incredibly_hard_time_pulling_the/jziphnz/))
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 +> The road to vandwelling is paved with the shards of crushed and broken dreams. It is a lifestyle that chews the fantasy-prone up and spits them out. Watching it happen all the damn time gets disheartening after a while... But, sadly, some people just HAVE to piss on the electric fence for themselves.((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/1747oif/ive_officially_gone_full_time_start_your_timer/k48itz8/))
 ===== forums ===== ===== forums =====
 > I need to remember to stay on topic. It's like laying sod, "green side up, green side up..." --  dusty98((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=12834&pid=135542#pid135542)) > I need to remember to stay on topic. It's like laying sod, "green side up, green side up..." --  dusty98((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=12834&pid=135542#pid135542))
  
 +> [You're] adding new constraints to the solution. Be specific, and don't hide information. -- jgh((https://diysolarforum.com/threads/high-charge-rate-batteries.82596/post-1070046))
 ===== frugality ===== ===== frugality =====
 > "The best way to save anything is to not to waste what you have already." - jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-The-Value-of-Time?pid=191442#pid191442)) > "The best way to save anything is to not to waste what you have already." - jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-The-Value-of-Time?pid=191442#pid191442))
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 > If you're going to live as a nomad, you have to be willing to give up materialism and sentiment; you can't carry everything with you. -- cajunwolf((https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/all-in-one-inverter-charge-controllers.46182/post-571072)) > If you're going to live as a nomad, you have to be willing to give up materialism and sentiment; you can't carry everything with you. -- cajunwolf((https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/all-in-one-inverter-charge-controllers.46182/post-571072))
  
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 +===== newbies =====
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 +> [newbies] have no idea what they are doing, and have no way to tell who here knows what they are talking about and who doesn't. So they tend to just accept whatever "advice" tells them what they already want to hear. -- lennyflank((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/1bvsxej/what_are_the_biggest_myths_truthbombs_of_van_life/ky2jlna/))
 ===== planning ===== ===== planning =====
 > "...slow may be better in the end, because the most important time is the thinking time, and that's best not rushed." -- MsNomer((http://www.promasterforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=359474&postcount=6)) > "...slow may be better in the end, because the most important time is the thinking time, and that's best not rushed." -- MsNomer((http://www.promasterforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=359474&postcount=6))
  
 > Most of these answers have to be provided by you if you want a system that meets your needs. You can't just hand this off without knowing what you want - vanprof((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/xc9doz/worried_about_electrical/io5aer7/)) > Most of these answers have to be provided by you if you want a system that meets your needs. You can't just hand this off without knowing what you want - vanprof((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/xc9doz/worried_about_electrical/io5aer7/))
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 +> The biggest problem you're going to encounter is that very little will go according to plan. You'll think you're going to accomplish a task in one way . . . then you'll get halfway through, realize it won't work at all, and have to start over completely from scratch. Probably multiple times. - Princess_Fluffypants((https://www.reddit.com/r/VanLife/comments/1ajr4dt/full_time_vs_parttimeweekender/kp3qbq7/))
 ===== procrastination ===== ===== procrastination =====
  
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 > "the man who … organizes every day as though it were his last, neither longs for nor fears the next day… Nothing can be taken from this life, and you can only add to it" - Seneca > "the man who … organizes every day as though it were his last, neither longs for nor fears the next day… Nothing can be taken from this life, and you can only add to it" - Seneca
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 +===== toilet =====
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 +> Drink cups never go as low as the floor, pee cups never go above it. -- tatertom((https://www.reddit.com/r/VanLife/comments/16pnq1k/advice_for_starting_out_on_the_road/k1ssfoi/))
 ===== trailering ===== ===== trailering =====
 > "If you are towing and don't know the area, drop the trailer and look around." jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-How-important-is-four-wheel-drive-and-ground-clearance?pid=120357#pid120357)) > "If you are towing and don't know the area, drop the trailer and look around." jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-How-important-is-four-wheel-drive-and-ground-clearance?pid=120357#pid120357))
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 ===== water ===== ===== water =====
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 +>"The problem is water..." -- Mark Watney (while stranded on Mars)
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 >"You can live three weeks without food, three days without water, and three minutes without air." -- anonymous >"You can live three weeks without food, three days without water, and three minutes without air." -- anonymous
  
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