I am trying to figure out our plans for the upcoming year. We are currently in Tennessee, waiting for parts to come in so we can replace the headers and manifolds in our 1988 Tiffin Allegro and hopefully be back on the road soon. There are things I want to take care of though, things that we should have taken...
This review has been a long time in the works. Our original plan was to go to Florida last Thanksgiving and add solar panels, a much larger battery setup, an inverter, and the other parts required for running our RV completely off the grid and unplugged. If you've been following along, you'll know we didn't make it to Florida until...
We've hit another roadblock. These past week or so has been difficult, and if not for the support of our parents, I'm not sure where we'd be or how we'd be surviving. We have had a few trials and setbacks, and its led me to reevaluate what is important and what we need to do with Sleipnir. I have so...
It should be obvious that we are stuck in Kentucky waiting for a nice day out to get towed to the transmission shop to get our transmission installed. We had one window, but weren't able to make it since we didn't want to be stuck there overnight and have to deal with freezing rain the next day. It then snowed...
We have a lot of projects being worked on at the moment, so this is a list and update of what we have underway. We've received a few items to do instals of, but due to the weather right now, we can't get much of it done. The Smart Home on Wheels project is going strong though, and we should...
While we continue to wait on the transmission to get fixed, we are busy with other projects such as solving the power issue. Today, we received a TrippLite 2000 Watt Inverter/Converter. I'm going to be hooking it into the power system as soon as I can, but a few comments on it first. When everything is completed and in place,...
Research is good, research is very helpful in making smart decisions. I've gone through several ideas, several manufacturers, several apps, trying to find the best, most robust and most affordable solution for the Core Unit. I still want to use openHAB, but I am struggling to find a computer that meets all of our requirements, is small enough and quiet...
Technology searching continues. I really want to make this whole RV setup with affordable technology. Not everyone can afford expensive electronics and many others who can may not be comfortable assembling everything themselves. I am thinking about becoming a traveling Smart Home on Wheels installer. I could easily buy all the parts in bulk, have them set up in with...
The search for a computer to build as a core unit for the Smart Home on Wheels has been difficult. I spent hours scouring the internet for a solid, small, and useable computer that I could use for the hub. I didn't want Windows, so that narrowed it down. I would have like a Mac, since the rest of our...
We wanted to name our RV, but what to name it? It came to me in a flash! All of our electronics in our RV are named after Norse Mythology. My computer is Fenris, the wifi network is Yggdrassil. We have Valkyrie, Heimdall, Mjolnir, and Loki. There was at a time Asgard as well, plus some others. I think we...
