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--- opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2020/01/03 10:26]
frater_secessus [failure to assess interior space]
+++ opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2020/01/03 10:32]
frater_secessus [power]
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 Power in the camper is misunderstood by some and blown off by most.  It's mainly math with some extra reading required, so I get why it's not a fun topic.  But it's **central to the build** and rewards good research and good planning.
-**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to start from nothing then decide what specific you need to make your vanlife workable. This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. A counterproductive approach is assuming you can have everything you had in a house or apartment, then start cutting out devices until you can possibly, maybe, in the best possible scenario actually run them.
+**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to **start from nothing** then decide what you need to make your vanlife workable. Prefer non-electric approaches to electric ones.  This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. **Wanting everything you had in a house or apartment** will cause disappointment, great expense, or both.

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