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Thanks man. I have a window so it required a few hits but got it!

Too much like a poor comedy sketch

How much money do you spend monthly living in a van?

I'm about to do the same install. Except I plan to put it up high in the door

question: why the U air conditioner if you still have to cut a hole in the door? Also, it's 710 watts for their smallest one. The Energy Star Frigidaire I have is only 400 watts... but no u shape. But again, I don't see the advantage of having a u shape. I guess I just didn't get it. :(

85 is not hot, i'm in 110 degrees in a fifteen wheel have a totol of 30000 btus best i can do is 91 degrees, stay away from Arizona.

Maybe it's just me but I found the music very distracting.

I got 420 watts out of my 2 200 watt cigs panels around noon.

Yes I’ve put a mini split on the back of my van, then removed it because it was to bulky and added a small window ac on drawer slides to push it in and out of the side of my van when I need to turn it on.

a lot of moaning and groaning

I’m sorry I asked too early. I see you were using 350 to 500 watts on start up. Love your ceiling!

Hi, were you able to take it apart to put it thru your van? I’m in a shuttle bus. I’m also looking at all the different AC’s. In Seattle I don’t need one except maybe 3 weeks out of the year but when I’m in Texas visiting my daughter I need BIG AC. I was checking out the GE Profile ClearView Inverter Window Air Conditioner 10,300 BTU. It fits over your window like that small rv one. I want the largest I can get using the lowest amount of watts. How much does yours pull. I know you said it only went down to 70% using it overnight. I’ll be going back to your older vids. Glad to have found you! 😊

Hi. Great idea. Can you provide the dimensions of the hole needed to pass the unit through the door? Was this the smallest dimension possible, and did passing the unit require any disassembly -at 0:15 it looks like you have all the plastic covering and trim removed from the interior side of the unit to pass it through? Thanks!

I think I would cover the skylight with thin pieces of insulation glued impressed together to hold shape.

"Renewable" LOL. Firewood is renewable, but "How Dare You".

Another really good spot to park overnight is Bass pro shops & planet fitnesses

Gosh that sounds frustrating how once you get past 600 watts in panels it's like the actual watts coming in starts to dwindle, so the solution was to get multiple MPPT's and to put out multiple portable panels outside and that upped the actual wattage coming in? I want to expand my array to 800 watts soon, but I worry reading about how you can get less than 750 watts with 800 watts of panels on the roof, I'm using all hard case panels with a 2" or 3" air gap under them, so far with x4 100w panels I'm getting 340 watts at the Scc, I really hope that when I double the panels to 800, that 340 is doubled to at least 680 maybe, I hope it isn't wishful thinking heh

Another thing I would like to run by you. I would think it would be a better idea. Take a window air conditioner and mount it through the floor face up. The van would be much more stealthy and the AC would still work and drain without being seen from the outside.

I have an idea I'd like to run by you. Instead of carrying all that extra weight and taking up space with a bunch of solar panels, why not just set up your battery bank so that you can charge off of Tesla superchargers? In most cases you could charge within an hour and you can even use that charger to run your devices while you're waiting to get charged.

video kinda hard to follow when you keep jumping in between clips

Nice, thanks for sharing! I really like those Midea inverter U-shaped units! I've noticed a new product in vehicle air conditioning -- a 12V DC auto HVAC compressor that costs about $350. It has the advantage of re-using the cabin comfort system that's already in your vehicle -- the front grill condenser, the front grill fan, the interior evaporator(s), and the interior fan(s). Obviously this isn't a simple change-over, because you have to recover refrigerant, break the AC loop, connect the DC-driven compressor, lubricate and charge the updated system, and then integrate the electrics, but this sort of mod avoids adding a whole bunch of weight, cut-outs, and space to do the same thing.

1500 watts of solar input.. so much will shut your portable power unit down.

So I've currently got this issue except the door is actually physically jammed. It's only like 90% closed, there's a gap up at the top rear corner, I tried pulling the inside handle, yanking the wire, I have no clue why it's jammed, my gf did close it really softly but idk

I want to do this but i know nothing about solar, it sounds like a foreign language to me. I try to educate myself watching 👀 videos but i just don't understand it... I thi k I'm gonna just go with a power bank like bluetti or ecoflow with the most volt per panel i can find to fit on the roof of a van

This video sucks. Just some homeless dude rambling. Offers nothing, like most homeless van people.

I just put a 200w CIGS on my van roof. It works great. I have 460ah of LiFePo, went from 59% to 100% in one day with normal house loads. My Q : do you let your batteries stay at 100% and connected to solar?

These chargers are good at first but mine has give up 13 months in

What size was the hole you cut? I have an opening 11 inches high and the AC is just over 13. How difficult was it to remove the pieces to make it fir thru?

Hello, I have watched many of your videos, and I see a problem. If you edit it, I think it will help a lot to increase the number of views. 1/ the transitions in the videos are quite fast, it's hard for me to keep up. 2/ is that if you hold it by hand and turn it around too quickly, it will shake a lot. I think you are a smart person, your brain is very quick, you process video scenes very well. But if the viewer, like me, has a slow brain, it will be difficult for them to keep up with the fast-moving scenes in your video. Do you know what, I see you as a genius in thought and action, I see you as scientists who look crazy but are very good in many aspects. Of course, few people can understand what geniuses do and what they think. You are creative, have a broad vision and good entertainment methods. I don't mean to criticize anything, I still watch your videos when they appear, but I just find the transitions too many and too fast giving me a headache, so I just wrote a comment to give you feedback like this. Thank you, wish you success with your videos. I think if there are older people, or future generations who understand, they will watch and appreciate your videos, unless :) youtube doesn't exist, but your videos I think will still be there 100 years from now. That's a lot of fun from a crazy creator. :) I really like the scenes where you shoot pictures of the beautiful idol Britney, :) The beach has beautiful things that are filmed in your clips, which would be very interesting.

I saw everything in one wave The most real, authentic and funny channel that exists I've seen them all (why so fucking serious) This channel and your energy its the real deal Keep producing sanity, the light at the end of the capitalist tunnel thanks bro Wishing you the dream girl in the dream van You deserve it ,and I salute you brother!!!

Thanks for sharing. So above 90°F it doesn't cool down the whole cabin?

Van life type videos hover around two different categories: How-to/build videos and Day in the life/travel videos. You are in a unique situation in that your van is now built and you are not traveling, seeing the sights and showing pretty views. I think this is your trouble and I don't necessarily have a solution for you because it takes money to travel, but one tweak I thought of is when you do one of these videos be conscious that the viewer probably wants more of a theme as opposed to jumping around to a bunch of different topics spliced together. My knee jerk reaction to this particular video was " okay, we're talking about sound deadening, now. We're under revenue, but I thought this was about a Tesla? What is this video about exactly?" Also, when you go over a part of your van like your CIGS panels, your videos are half day in the life type when you are jumping between topics quickly and half how-to. For a guy like me who is researching CIGS panels your video moves way too quick for me with jump cuts and whatnot to take in much of the technical stuff I came here to learn. If this were my channel I might try some viewer q&a type stuff where someone has a build question and you talk through weighing the pros and cons of different solutions and what worked and what didn't fit you, and maybe this can generate some content/revenue. A whiteboard for calculations, diagraming, illustrations your points and decision-making could help too. This way you don't have to be spending money shooting travel videos. And of course you don't have to rebuild a van. Good luck and incredibly good job with working out. Looking good! 💪

I'm considering an outside cover for our Midea for seasons when not used. I'm wondering if the tan waterproof material covers available on Amazon would be good or if the cover trapping moister might be problematic? Also there is a quarter sized hole in the bottom which may be to let water out - not sure - wonder if I need to cover this with a bug screen - hate to have a wasp hive get created. Or would the screen mesh cover be better. The placement is mostly protected from rain anyway. What do you use or thoughts on the need?

In the manual, it clearly states the temp sensor is for the batteries.

⁠ all I know about the inverter AC is it’s a new type of AC and that’s why it sips power at times but it definitely runs on AC current and you’ll need to buy an inverter to run it off of batteries

Reflective insulation doesn't work if you put regular insulation on top. Reflectix is for radiant heat, so it needs an air gap to function.

Is there a way to plug our solar batteries into the Midea without first converting our direct current to alternating current with an inverter and then feed it to the Midea internal inverter to convert back from alternating 110 current to direct current. Or am I not understanding how to use our solar with the Midea. I do have a window unit and it works great with grid 110, just wish there was a model to more efficiently use solar charged batteries when available.

The cigs are great for head wind installation, they will take rocks like a champ. Professor Hobo shot them and they still worked great.😂

As always, I appreciate your edits!

You need to get that uber girl chick back... Paula?! Not only is she beautiful... she's very intelligent, nerdy 😂 and her accent tops it all off. You two make a very cute couple

My dc-dc charger didnt come with the temp sensor so i never had one, and its always worked great. I live in wa state. I believe the temp sensor is for your battery bank to shut it off when your batteries get too hot from fast charging. Dont think its to stop your alternator from frying. Id rather fry my $100 alternator than my $1000 in batteries.

Hello, I agree with you. This U-shaped AC is hands down the most efficient and cost-effective option available. Instead of cutting a whole in the door, I think removing the rear window and installing it there would be a better option. What do you think? if you sell the van just remove and replace the window. Perhaps some fabrication and bracing needed? I think a guy on you tube installs window AC units that way. A slide up window replacement would be perfect! I have not seen one though. :( Maybe go with a 48Volt off grid system. 48V wall mount battery and all-in-one inverter. 4000 watts of solar if possible. DC to DC perhaps not possible. Shore power may be tricky with the neutral ground bonding issue. One day we will have the perfect set up, but I agree with the U-shape AC. Installation is the challenge though.

Hello, I agree with you. This U-shaped AC is hands down the most efficient and cost-effective option available. Instead of cutting a whole in the door, I think removing the rear window and installing it there would be a better option. What do you think? if you sell the van just remove and replace the window. Perhaps some fabrication and bracing needed? I think a guy on you tube installs window AC units that way. A slide up window replacement would be perfect! I have not seen one though. :( Maybe go with a 48Volt off grid system. 48V wall mount battery and all-in-one inverter. 4000 watts of solar if possible. DC to DC perhaps not possible. Shore power may be tricky with the neutral ground bonding issue. One day we will have the perfect set up, but I agree with the U-shape AC. Installation is the challenge though.

Wow! That is awesome, thank you very much for reccomending them and for your videos they're very very helpful, I can totally relate too bc I also love customizing and optimizing things

glad i saw that given i live on the hottest place on earth.. wont be getting that even though its on sale🙂

How did everything work out with these? Are you happy with them or anything you would change?

mate i never thought talking about toilet can be fuuny

I'm LOOKING FOR 3. SKYLIGHT FOR MY 1987 CHEVY G20. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WERE U GOT THEM. LIVE IN WINDSOR ONTARIO

Do you get condensation in the windows during the winter?

Your release wire is probably stretched. Eventually, banging on it won't work either. Adjust the release wire like you would dajusting a handbrrake cable, and that should do it for longer 🙂