Where to from here?
We live in an apartment currently and do not have an RV. That means no camping on weekends even, no camping at all. Our apartment is roughly 1,000 square feet, we have loud neighbors that fight, smoke marijuana in their...
Tag: power
Devising a Power Plan
We currently live in an apartment in Florida. We pay all utilities which is really just electric, water, and communication. Our temperature is controlled by electricity. Our water is heated through electricity. We have nothing on propane or natural gas....
7 Uses for a Raspberry Pi while living off grid
Off grid means different things to different people. At the very basic, it means off the power grid. For some, it means completely removed from all technology, but we aren’t talking about that. Because we are using technology and it...
How the Watchdog Protected Our RV!
Tonight, our power went out. We are in Florida and there is a tropical storm hanging off the coast that caused something to happen somewhere, so all power was lost to our current campground. A few hours later, it came...
Power Demands Off Grid
We want to have land and a house and a place to have a garden to grow our own food as well as some animals to reduce our dependency on anyone else. We have a meager income, but if we...
Winegard ConnecT 2.0 – Apparently Dead?
I went to turn on the ConnecT 2.0 this morning to see if I can reach the campground wifi network now that there are less RVs blocking the signal. The wifi SSID is not showing up at all. I'm not...
What is the next step in our journey?
We've owned our 1988 Tiffin Allegro for two years now. We moved in over a year and a half ago and have plenty of issues. Our journey took us from Wisconsin to Florida, back north to Kentucky and again south...
Food Preparation Off Grid
As I discussed in an early post, we have a lot of technology to power. Those devices and electrical demands are all for ways to make money, entertain ourselves, and communicate with the outside world. The topic of this entry...
A Plan for Going Off Grid
We have a rather large roof on our 1988 Tiffin Allegro. The RV is 33 feet long with a solid aluminum roof, much of it free of anything. If we want to put solar panels on it, I'm sure there...
Off Grid Power Requirements
I want to figure out exactly how much power we use a month in our RV and then figure out how to reduce that amount and prepare for living off grid on a solar and wind system. That means breaking...