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frater_secessus [power in the "van"] 		rv:build:cardboard [2024/04/09 11:24] (current)
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 Ideas:   Ideas:  
-  * **Everything that is going with you must fit in this bathroom-sized space**. Seriously.  Your van's steel walls will not let you cheat.  Your van doesn't care what you want to bring.+  * **Everything that is going with you must fit within this space**. Seriously.  Your van's steel walls will not let you cheat.  Your van doesn't care what you want to bring.
   * start moving your possessions into the space.  Realize [[lifestyle:downsizing|how much stuff has to go]].((like 95% of everything you own)).   * start moving your possessions into the space.  Realize [[lifestyle:downsizing|how much stuff has to go]].((like 95% of everything you own)).
   * make aggressive use of vertical space   * make aggressive use of vertical space
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 ===== power in the "van" =====  ===== power in the "van" ===== 
  
-[[https://amzn.to/3ptHIbX|{{ https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61FOAk4UA5L._AC_UL320_.jpg?75}}]] 
-If you are going to run 120vac ([[electrical:inverter|inverter]]) loads, get a power strip and plug it into [[https://amzn.to/3ptHIbX|a kill-a-watt meter]].  Note what every device draws, and how much power you consume every 24hrs.  Add 10%-20% for inverter losses, depending on which inverter you buy.  
  
 For 12v loads, get your bank set up and charge it only in the daytime.  At night it gets drawn down just like in a real van when the sun goes down and the solar stops working.  [[electrical:12v:battery_monitor|A battery monitor]] will be helpful. For 12v loads, get your bank set up and charge it only in the daytime.  At night it gets drawn down just like in a real van when the sun goes down and the solar stops working.  [[electrical:12v:battery_monitor|A battery monitor]] will be helpful.
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 +[[https://amzn.to/3ptHIbX|{{ https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61FOAk4UA5L._AC_UL320_.jpg?75}}]]
 +If you are going to run 120vac ([[electrical:inverter|inverter]]) loads, get a power strip and plug it into [[https://amzn.to/3ptHIbX|a kill-a-watt meter]].  Note what every device draws, and how much power you consume every 24hrs.  Add 10%-20% for inverter losses, depending on which inverter you buy. For added accuracy actually run all your 120vac loads off the inverter from your bank.  
  
  
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