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--- opinion:frater_secessus:cheap_build [2020/08/25 22:49]
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 If you read nothing else:
+  * don't try to [[opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes#heating_and_cooling|heat and cool stuff with solar power]].
   * avoid flexible solar panels, AGM batteries, and solar generators.    They are all niche products with niche (ie, doubled) prices, and very few vandwellers need them.
-  * don't try to heat and cool stuff with solar power.  If you need big power[[electrical:generator|a generator]] then get one.
 ===== expectations =====
-  * It is cheap to think of the camper as a camping tent on wheels.  It is expensive to think of it as a mobile apartment.
+It is cheap to think of the camper as a camping tent on wheels.  It is expensive to think of it as a mobile apartment.
+Pre-van experiment:  read the product label to see wattage draw //before// operating or plugging in any appliance in your home. The object is to learn how much power things really consume.

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