Plex Server Update
For those on a budget, here are the parts we used to get a computer to run Plex off of well and for a pretty decent price. It is not complete yet, but getting close. To make our Plex box,...
Category: Technology
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...
Winegard ConnecT 2.0 Update
We have had the Winegard ConnecT 2.0 LTE and Wifi Extender as our backup internet connection for several months now. As it is not our only source of connecting to the outside world, I cannot attest to its complete reliability....
Winegard Rayzar Antenna Update
I installed the Winegard Rayzar Automatic RV TV Antenna several weeks ago and usually use it a few times a week to watch over the air TV. We have not moved since we installed it, so I am unable to...
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...
A Brief Exploration of Power Demands
To start with this, I'm going to delve into our power requirements of one simple subset of the whole system: Computers and internet access. I have not used anything to determine how much power everything uses yet, so I am...
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...
Converting the RV to Off Grid Life
Since we live in our RV and want to establish ourselves on our own land somewhere, it makes sense to take the RV with us and live in it while we build our structure. At the moment, we cannot really...
Getting Fresh Water Off Grid
To live off grid in a house we build ourselves, there are many things we need. We have some items that can be used and adapted, but there are still a lot of things we need to get and prepare...
Raspberry Pi Server Box
I'll admit it, I love working with the Raspberry Pi. It's small, cheap, simple to work with, and I can do plenty of different tasks with them. They were designed for educational uses, but with the hobby makers taking over,...