Category: RV
Several months ago I wrote up the installation of my RV network. While that has generally worked well, it had a number of components that were 120 VAC: A TP-Link router to act as a bridge between the cellular hotspot and network. Synology DS116, which is used both as my media server and a general file server. A small Lenovo…
If there’s one weakness on Outdoors RV trailers, it’s the electrical system. While digging through the trailer’s wiring to do my battery upgrade, inverter installation, and solar panel mounting, one common issue I kept encountering were poor crimps. Some were so bad they even pulled out of the connector when lightly pulled on. The wiring is concentrated in two spots:…
This is the fourth of several posts about upgrading an RV power system for better off-grid use. Now that I’ve written about the final stage of the hardware installation (at least for now — I may add more panels), I wanted to go into more detail with configuration of the software. I touched briefly on it in the post about…
This is the third of several posts about upgrading an RV power system for better off-grid use. Last time I wrote about installing the inverter and other system components. This time I’ll be covering phase one of the final portion of the physical installation: mounting the solar panels to the top of the trailer’s roof. Research My original plan, the…
This is the second of several posts about upgrading an RV power system for better off-grid use. I work remotely. We have no central office, and it’s without exaggeration to say that I can work from anywhere with an adequate internet connection. I’ve worked from my home, a Marriott lobby in Utah, and from the dinette in our trailer in…
This is the first of several posts about upgrading an RV power system for better off-grid use. RVs operate primarily off a 12V DC, battery-backed system. When on shore power, this is energized by an AC-DC converter. When not, it’s the batteries that power it. Batteries are not included by the manufacturer. Instead, like the propane tanks, it’s something the…
At home I normally stream most of what I watch — there’s very little on Netflix that interests me that I haven’t seen at least some portion of. This doesn’t cope well with the significantly bandwidth-constrained internet access I have in the travel trailer. I’d likely use up all or most of the high speed portion of my “unlimited” bandwidth…
In the summer of 2017 we purchased a travel trailer, part of the motivation being that we could travel more (really, to avoid the summer forest fires if for no other reason) while simultaneously working. Since I work remotely, I am able to work anywhere I have sufficient hardware (usually my laptop and local test server) and an internet connection.…