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Well, this is a different scenario for me but life is full of challenges, right? Every jobsite that I have parked the Old Girl at over the past 3 years has either had 50 amp service or no service. I modified the 30 amp service common on older RVs so I could run BOTH air conditioning units on 50 amp service. On the older 30 amp recreational vehicles you cannot run both Continue reading Sweltering in the Crushing Texas Heat
I know there has been post after post on the blog concerning the problems and challenges Messin' with the Boondocking Batteries I have had with my house battery set up. It is hard to convey the absolute dependence you have on a set of batteries when you have no access whatsoever to shore power. I can’t pick up and go to an RV park or even get access to a common wall socket. I can’t say Continue reading Batteries and Boondocking – The Last Piece of the Puzzle Interstate 100ah and Universal 8D 250ah boondocking batteries This battery saga has just about run its’ course. The new Interstate AGM batteries are performing fine. At 100ah each, they are not going to power up an aircraft carrier but they do as well or better than expected in my RV. I tried desulphation and equalizing to salvage the 2 8D 250ah monsters. One of them is deader than a hammer. The other one did respond and Continue reading Batteries and Boondocking – The Final Installment My mission this week while I was at the stick house in Dallas was two-fold. I was going to buy replacement house batteries for the Old Girl and I was going to research more about the house battery set up. It had become obvious to me over the past few weeks dealing with the failing 8D absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries that I was probably dealing with a pre-mature failure due to the Continue reading Boondocking Basics – Batteries are Crucial We worked like our hair was on fire Monday. Tuesday was forecasted for 4-6″ of snow as far south as where we were. Nothing will make a job site muddier than melting snow so we knew we were going to have another few days off. Sure enough, I got up Tuesday morning to rain and sleet. The Weather Radar showed the snow was on the way. Snow begins to blanket the ground in Continue reading More Snow In Texas! These house batteries are getting on my last nerve. I was not exactly completely up to speed on all the intricacies of large AGM batteries and spent some time this weekend researching the proper care of AGM batteries in an RV application. One battery compartment on the Old Girl I have a pair of 250ah 8D AGM batteries which should give me enough juice for 24 hours of fairly heavy use when I am boondocking. Continue reading My Last Nerve |
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