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...
Category: Technology
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...
Beginnings of a Smart Home
From a static apartment with nothing in it, we’ve slowly grown to a somewhat smart home. It’s starting, beginning, but growing a little at a time. While I won’t be going into great details here about specific devices we’ve used...
Watchdog and RV Whisper Update
Our Watchdog recently protected our RV from damage, but took damage itself and is apparently dead. I was able to contact Hughes Autoformer, told them what happened, and they sent out a replacement for me. I got it a few...
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...
Changes to the Blog
In the coming months, we are moving from the RV and into an apartment. Its been a long few years with a lot of stress and no space, so we’ve made the decision to go back to standard housing and...
Hughes Autoformer Voltage Booster Review
I received a Voltage Booster from Hughes Autoformers for review. In the most basic sense, the voltage booster senses when the voltage of the campground is getting low, and while keeping the watts the same, lowers the amps and increases...
RV Whisper Review
I bought an RV Whisper for our RV to use as a temperature monitor station as well as to connect to our Hughes Power Watchdog. For the cost and space it takes it, it is definitely worth it. I was...
Winegard Rayzar Update
I broke the Rayzar. Well, sort of. Actually, I broke the control panel. This is an update about the Rayzar and what not to do. On the back of the control panel, there are three female coax ports, Ant-IN, Cable-IN,...