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My hobbies require using the trailer at lower temps. It wasn’t worth the investment to chase down a Canadian design trailer. I already had a newer 1/2 ton truck for towing And the heavy trailers needed a different tow vehicle. Everyone optimizes their camper choice at purchase. I’m just...

It’s awkward conversing about “solar by choice” when the conversants live in different worlds. Our exploratory visit to SE AZ was quite eye opening. I just fiddle with this stuff for fun.

People have different goals for their RV projects. For me, it’s just one month or less of Glamping. For others, I understand it’s their home. But my wife and I can’t live in essentially a cardboard box with the windows all blacked out like people do. Not gonna happen. My energy bill for six...

I think depending on circumstances, there’s a point of diminishing returns. In this case, because of the Azdel, aluminum frame, and foam insulation, I knew what I was getting into when I bought it. This isn’t a particularly price sensitive project. Though I do think that the flex model is over...

We leave the bath fan running and the vent cracked. My wife gives the windows a once over with a microfiber cloth and that’s about it. We use the area under the bunks as cold storage, but I’m thinking about lining them with half inch insulation but I probably won’t. We don’t live in it...

Wild! That looks exactly like what I’m doing. Even including the flip up lid on my wife’s bunk. I’ve gone with Renogy for all of the stuff, I’m only living in it a few months a year. When I went to 60 pounds of propane on the tongue, I’ve never run out of propane in less than a month. That...

I’m just duplicating the flex model layout. So there’s an outlet pair on the end of the bed, the inverter and the batteries are underneath the bank and then in my case I’m bringing the wires up the side of the trailer next to the slide and then up onto the roof. We absolutely love the 2108 TB...

I think somewhere on the site, I read, 4/0, but when I looked at a piece of it, the M8 terminals would be so tiny compared to the cable size, it seemed ridiculous. And then the 3000 W pure sine wave inverters, recommended a much smaller wire, that’s why I posted back. It didn’t seem reasonable...

Well what do you know, Winnebago came out with an off grid optimized trailer called the flex addition. They more or less decided to do exactly what I am half through doing. But I have a technical conflict that I thought I could solve here. The flex model is optimized to run the 1100 W...

No no, I get it. People get frustrated. People get tired of answering the same question over and over. it takes a person with the heart of a teacher, too continuously Guide in the best direction in the face of seemingly endless ignorance. With a new crop every time Amazon has a sale. It’s just...

So you guys don’t think newbies recoil when jumped on with both boots in reply to their first inquiry? Who wants that kind of initial experience? Guide. Don’t beat. Grow the club. I am replying to this thread for personal reasons.

I’ve been on the electronic informational forums since the early 1980s. Every information exchange for the last 40 years follows the same Pattern. Helpful contributors get tired of answering the same questions over and over, migrate through hautily demanding guests use the search function...

The big benefit of a dedicated cellular router is that they allow for external antennae. I suggest subscribing to the mobile internet resource center channel and use their recommendations.

All in. Trailer included. It is well appointed.

Thank you for the reply. My energy audit was pretty predictable. I’m not the first person to want to use a camper in cold weather. Though I must say, in reading on this site, and watching lots of YouTube videos, it appears most people just head to warmer climes rather than try to deal with...

I’ve been poking around the site a fair bit, and following up on leads for LiFePO4 batteries where ever the lead takes me. It’s pretty clear they are settling into quality bands, and evolving into a commodity product. The evidence to me, is in the broader effort to private label batteries that...

I saw those I couldn’t tell if there was a mix of 12 and 120 v draws in his list. I‘m not familiar with all the different styles of devices. My 1000w 120v convection microwave uses 8.4amps at 120 volts. Which means (with inefficiencies) almost 100amps off the inverter. It’s becoming clearer to...

Hi. I am working out similar details, but have taken a more modular approach. I used a free spreadsheet I downloaded off explorist.com. Mostly because it is constructed in the way that I think. So it seemed natural for me to use. More importantly, I liked that it separated out loads into two...

Good morning everybody It being the season and all, I completed my energy audit, and, checked it twice! Ho,ho, ho! I rigged up a cheap, shunt based battery monitoring device, and item by item tested their 12v draw. My results were bang on. But because it hasn’t been cold here, I couldn’t...

That’s the hitch. A 12$ electrical part died on the generator the night prior to camp breakdown, and left me scrambling out in the forest. Thankfully, this isn’t a particularly price sensitive project. It is a thoughtful one. Once I get back to town, I’ll run the spreadsheet of the energy audit...

There is a proximately 9 feet 6“ x 30“ available on either side of center, lengthwise. And then, at the rear, there is a space between the bathroom skylight, and the television antennas, that can have two additional panels of similar size. That’s why I purchased 10 panels, eight for this...

Winnebago 2108TB It’s not huge, it’s Winnebago’s take on a rough service trailer. My power needs are primarily to keep things from freezing. As far as solar goes, the technical complication is I live in the Great Lakes region where it is forested, and mostly cloudy, most of the time. I...

First, I would like to thank everyone who responded so quickly. Secondly, in the interest of brevity, I only provided skeletonized information in the first post. I have much more detailed material forth coming. I am not planning to live in my trailer. I just use it for a few weeks at a time...

My first solar project of some complexity, is upgrading the solar system on a brand new Winnebago 2108TB, travel trailer. It arrived with a 27 series lead acid dual purpose battery, a flexible 100 W solar panel, and a Go-power PWM charge controller. The immediately observed problem, is that my...

Hello, my name is Greg. I am a beginner solar aficionado. I have really enjoyed Will’s channel on YouTube, as well as reading on this site, for a long time. I am embarking on Understanding and installing solar charging systems on two cabins, and a travel trailer. With the travel trailer...