by Bob | Jul 8, 2022 | Electrical, Reviews
YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW I’m a big fan of Bluetti power stations. This time I’m going to look at two of them: the EB70S and the brand new EB3A. Here’s why I prefer Bluetti. First of all, they use LiFePo4 batteries. Those are good for up to 2,500 life cycles while the...
by Bob | Jun 23, 2022 | Electrical, Emergency
AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, I LIVE IN AN AMBULANCE. It’s based on a Chevrolet truck with a 6.6 liter Duramax diesel engine. It’s a fantastic engine, but my batteries have died on it. I think they were just old when I got the truck. They were struggling and I was in the middle...
by Al Christensen | Jun 12, 2022 | Electrical
AS IF WE HAVEN’T HAD ENOUGH BAD ECONOMIC NEWS ALREADY, now we need to worry about lithium battery prices going up. It’s a classic case of increased demand for an insufficient supply. The massive jump in lithium demand comes from automobile manufacturers as they switch...
by Al Christensen | May 18, 2022 | Cooking-Refrigeration, Electrical
LET’S SAY YOUR NOMADIC HOME DOESN’T HAVE a lot of solar power and battery capacity. Maybe you have one of the smaller LiFePo power stations. Or perhaps something like a 100 Watt folding solar panel, a 100 Amp hour battery, and a 400 Watt DC-to-AC inverter. Let’s say...
by Bob | May 4, 2022 | Electrical, Solar Power
THIS IS MY REVIEW of the Bluetti AC200MAX Expandable Power Station. The AC200MAX is the upgrade of the AC200P, correcting some of its shortcomings. It has a massive 2,048 Watt hour LiFePo4 battery rated for 3,500+ life cycles to 80%. Not only that, the system can be...
by Bob & Suanne | Apr 25, 2022 | Bathroom, Boondocking, Clothes, Communications: Mail & Cell, Conversion Details, Cooking-Refrigeration, Electrical, Entertainment, Minimalism, Staying Clean
IF YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE IN A CAR, there’s room only for yourself and the essentials. So, what are the essentials? Suanne Carlson, the executive director of the Homes On Wheels Alliance, lived and traveled in a Prius for several years. Here she shares everything she...
by Al Christensen | Mar 10, 2022 | Electrical
Sometimes the power grid is down, the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing, there’s no flowing water, you’re out of fuel, you don’t drive a hybrid or EV, and all the batteries in all your devices are dead. It’s not likely all those things would happen at once,...
by Bob | Sep 15, 2021 | Cooking-Refrigeration, Electrical
Everyone loves microwave ovens, even those of us who have plenty of time on our hands. But the convenience of quickly heating a burrito requires a lot of electricity. How much? Let’s see. Before getting too deeply into technical details, here’s the quick answer for...
