Electric Power Update – Trying to Avoid Tripping the Generator

  Plan A: 2800w peak generator Didn’t work. Well not sufficiently that it was worth carrying around such a big generator. Plan B/C : Charge cable from the truck alternator. Works and is great if you just need to get a bit of power and it’s cold and raining outside. Running a 6.7L motor is …

Solar

We need internet and power for laptops from 3pm to 9pm five days a week for the kids school. I wired all our routers including the Mofi cellular router and our voip phone to the 12v battery through voltage converters however the kids laptop batteries don’t last 6 hours.  We tried cheap inverters from Walmart …

We Bought a Truck

Success at last.  After weeks of trying to get quotes I have finally found our truck. Earlier in the year I was told not to order before September, so I got some quotes from dealers in Oregon and was satisfied that they would confirm new pricing in September and order my truck. Then we decided …