I wonder if adding a small room around the door entry to create a mud artice entry would make you room for batteries and a place to stock a weeks worth of of wood.
I'm an alcohol drug addict do to my time in the service. I spent 37 years on the streets I haven't used drugs or alcohol for 17 years. I've been living in low-income housing for 15 years. I don't fault people for drinking I look at your souls and do my best to see the good in them. The bad is very easy to see. Miss gypsy you have a large soul it's not easy living and surviving everyday. Keep up the great work sweet heart. If bees chase you down the street just remember it's because your so sweet :)
Jenna, you are a trooper, is all I can say. It seems like there’s always something to fix, repair, replace, add, or attend to. Oh well, at least you can never be bored, lol
The closer it gets to a full charge the longer it takes. Think of it as a stadium filling with people. The last 15% or so have to find a seat before the others can get in.
@@littlehomeinthevalleysomething is unusual with your battery charging setup. LiFePO4 should take full charge current until it reaches 100%. I was charging a 100 ah battery a couple days ago. Charger was set at 10 amps. Charger never backed off current until the battery BMS hit 100% and disabled charging.
Jenna, Mice & Rat's carry Many Diseases. For Your Health and Cats ,You should never feel bad for Snap Traps. In Northern Ontario ive already eliminated about 25 Mix. Your Health and Cat's is #1 . Personal Opinion!!
Yes. My cat killed a mouse and ended up with toxoplasmosis. One of his eyes had to be removed because it rotted, and a few months later, he died. It broke my heart. And now I have been exposed to toxoplasmosis, too, because I took care of him.
Hey Jenna my Daughter and Son in law got me one of those bucket shower submersible pump recharable off grid shower they work really good to thanks for sharing that my tankless water heater is on the blink I’m gonna get a new one soon for my off grid cabin
TIP 4 Pipe Cleanig: Buy A 5/8" Bead Chain The Length Of Ur Pipe + 1'. Drop Bead Chain Down Pipe [ From Roof ] { A Paper Clip Hooks Nicely On Pipe 2 Stop It from Going All The Way Down }. Inside The Stove, Clip Brush 2 Bead Chain & Pull Up = No More Pipe Disasembly & Clean Pipes In 5min < Daily If U Want >
Hey Jenna why don’t you get a Mr buddy 12 ft hose and run it on a 20 lb tank of propane it will last several days on low it will save you a lot of money if you do this just open the valve on the tank very slowly and it will be so much better and last longer than the little pricey bottles I ve been using mine for several days during this artic blast just switched tanks after 4 days and I have a fan behind it about 4 ft it does good 👍😎😘🍺
I put a roof over a mobile home like you did. Then between the 4x4 posts, I framed it in like you would do when building a house. Studs every 16" and attached between the posts. Added R13 insulation and siding on the outside. Made an incredible difference when trying to keep the cold out. Did the same to my house now, but on the inside.
I was also wondering if you could cook with your woodstove, I used to make boiled eggs on mine, it took 3 hours but it worked. maybe make baked potatoes in foil in the ciders instead of using electric,. worth a try.
Jenna get a Mr. Buddy brand hose for a bigger propane tank like a 20 or 30 lb. Tank it will run those for almost a week on low that’s what I do when it gets cold like in the 20 s or 30s here at my every day home at my cabin I use a dyna glo can heater and I got a co detector at my cabin also I burn wood in the fireplace either one warms my off grid cabin very well it’s insulated very good
Corona-my beer . Stopped drinking 16 Feb 24 after 55 years of drinking beer every day . No rehab , no withdrawals - 9 months without a beer and do not even miss it . Drank to relax that"s all . Guess I had a bad habit . Do not even miss it -thought I would . Hersheys and ice cream now .
I was never a big drinker to begin with but now I would say I have a drink once a year at company Xmas party and honestly I’m too busy with life to feel crappy the next day from drinking.
That's good that you have all your wood in before it starts to snow I am getting all my stuff done before the snow makes its face but I will be loving the snow and drink a cup of coffee and watch it snow whenever it gets here take care of your self and have a happy Thanksgiving thank for the video God bless you amen
Hey Jenna!! I’m so excited! I finally went out and got a portable power station w solar panels. I have no plans of living nomad life because I’ve lived powerless on the streets before and I perfer the way life is now but I’m still excited to have my own option for power!!
3 to 4 hrs on low , in the outdoor life irs always something . I'd say you got wood! Most import source of heat . It'll get there colder your battery harder it takes a charge. That's not bad , in the winter I try run my generator 2 or 3 hrs a day like to keep top off incase of emergency, 20 amps is not a lot , you GOT WOOD . POUR A COLD ONE WINTERS HERE 🎉
My wife and I decided to sell our 2,225 square ft home in SW Florida last month. We bought a 2023 Keystone Montana 5th wheel and decided to live in it full time when the house sells. Enjoy watching your videos which inspired me to downsize and eliminate a lot of the debt and work that goes along with having a very large house and acreage. Take care and keep those videos coming I enjoy watching them they are also very educational when it comes to figuring out why something doesn’t work and finally fixing the problem at hand. Take care stay safe. Frank
In my experience of charging batteries, which I have a lot of batteries for a lot of equipment. If you charge it for 5 hours, 6 hours and then turn it off and then wait. 5 to 6 hours and turn it back on, it will charge back up faster. Some of my equipment, I put maintainers I have 11 batteries to keep up Good luck
5:41 a 20 Amp charger will take five hours minimum to charge a 100 Ah battery to full, and since the charger only puts out around 15 Amps for much of the time, it will take longer: 100Ah divided by 15 Amps equals closer to seven hours. I have the same charger for my 12 Volt LiFePO4 batteries. I loaned it to my neighbor, who was charging up four 300Ah batteries at one time, and it took three to four days to charge them up to 100%.
Review ohm's law if you are getting confused about amps,volts, resistance and how they all relate to one another. It's simple to use! Stay warm up there!
You never mentioned what you do for work. I just bet whatever it is you are very good at it. You have become one of my favorite videos to watch. Glad you wood piling is done. Be safe.
@Doin_the_best_I_can that doesn't surprise me. She has a great heart and sprit. Her patients are very lucky to have such a sweet person taking care of them.
@gypsyjenna For real? I thought you were this whole time! So sorry. I wonder what I heard that made me think that? Well, I need a nurse. Ha ha! My poor old brains.
I'm getting 583 watts. It rained for 7 days but had a break in between where the batts got charged back. Mine got down to 24.6v a week ago. I was going to use the generator at 24 volts but the sun ☀️ came back out. Been either too wet or too windy to cut trees down so I don't have much wood 🪵🪓, but I'll get some later I guess. Wind is blowing, I used the wind generator batteries as much as I could last week.
I'm glad you've got all these back up means of heat and power. One of the first things I learned from your channel is to have plenty of survival heat sources, can't be too careful at 6500 feet in the winter. I enjoy seeing your lifestyle, you've got a nice thing going for yourself- hard work pays off. I'm sure the cattoes appreciate it too
My RV is in a spot without much sun. I decided to ground mount my solar panels in a place 60 feet from the RV that gets full sun, and I use a more shade resistant panel to help give me some power on cloudy days.
You need a 60-80amp charger. I think 20amps is only 240 watts so a 100ah battery is 1280wh. In the long run an 80amp charger would pay for itself in fuel savings. You can double up on your chargers also so you could get another and add to your 20amp charger. You just want to make sure you don't go over your batteries maximum charging amps.
Could I suggest putting a extra 12volt battery box under the hood of your vehicle to charge one of your batteries when you take care of errands into town . We use to do this for trolling motor marine batteries to fish with, just a thought......
Here in Ontario its been -2 and I still haven't been out to close up my camper i think I'm asking for trouble also wanna say good for you to be doing all of this on your own keep up the awesome work
Hi Jenna! I'm so glad I found your channel! I'm totally new to this way of life, and completely ignorant, but learning every day:) I'm from Utah and it's getting a bit chilly up here got me a class C sprinter a year ago i'm going on a year living in it and I look forward to your videos because you put a smile on my face!:)
Thanks for the video Jenna, entertaining and fun as always. Love the music you had it was relaxing and pleasant, also nice to see your fur babies. Happy holidays
You can buy an adapter hose to hook up larger propane bottles to your heater at lowes and depot. I forget to say on the other video if you dont know you can buy non ethanol gas at some stations. If you do a google search you should be able to find local source. We have them here in texas and a new station was built a few miles away that also has a few pumps with non ethanol.
Hi Jenna, Rory 🐈⬛ and Ramsey 🐈 Never fun when there's no sun☹️ Always great to hear from you, stay safe and take care my friends 😊God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you always!
my simple equation is your total AH battery divided by 5 (hours), thats what i get my charger amps, example if your batteries have 200AH, i probably get a 30amps or 40amps charger
@@billykulim5202the price jump is significant going from 20 amp DC to 40 amp DC charger. The biggest barrier is normally the battery charge rating, lithium is normally 50%-100% of rated amp hours where lead acids are normally 10%-20% of the rated amp hours. I run two 20 amp chargers on my 300ah Lifepo4 bank, but it still takes closer to 10 hours to fully charge due to power conversion losses.
My 100ah lithium battery takes 5 hours to charge with my 20amp charger like yours. They take forever! Nice job with getting all of your fire wood settled for the winter!
Congrats on getting the wood done. Never tried charging my trailer batteries with a generator, I'm no help there. I did ditch the old trailer lights with LED lights and that helped.
as you heard im sure... if you search for a refill adapter you can refill the small propanr tanks,...its just not worth it to buy them... ive filled 1000..all winter long before i bought a hose for a big cylinder
You’re awesome !! Thank you for showing the cooking As single man in his 30s it’s so helpful for me to learn more . GOD bless you and your wee kitties You’re a great mama !! Angels be with you all
Lithium batteries take all the amps a charger will give until the battery is full, they're different to lead batteries. If the battery is 100 amp hour and your putting in 15 amps per hour it will take around 6.5 to 7 hours to fully charge it. One thing you could look at in the future is getting a small 1,000 watt inverter generator to run your battery chargers as the battery chargers don't much power. The little 1,000 watt inverter generators are extremely good on fuel consumption, they hardly use any fuel and are super quiet.
solar production is very low at this time of the year…I’m offgrid too. generator gets an hour in the morning and an hour at night. days will get longer…soon! looking forward to that! cheers!
@@gypsyjenna yeah the companies that make the chargers and batteries make it look superfast because it jumps up to "60%" to give the appearance of a great charging system. When in reality that "60%" is like 10% at best. I tossed out a ton of those battery powered lights you charge up via usb. same deal with those things.
@@gypsyjennaLead acid yes.. LiFePo4, no. Looks like lithium being charged by the looks of the voltage. Lithium is linear until about the last 1-2 percent when the current drops off as the volts dramatically rise. Lithium will take full current, whatever the charger can supply for 98% of the cycle. You can find out about charging lithium all over UA-cam. Lithium cells can take almost unlimited charge current as well as discharging. It’s the BMS inside the battery that is the limiting factor. Most all 100 amp BMS boards in these batteries can also charge at 100 amps at least for a period of time to get a big charge in a short period of time. There is also no issue with operating 2 x 20 amp lithium chargers at the same time to make more efficient use of the generator fuel usage. Most of the fuel is being wasted if it’s only charging the lithium battery. You will get the most efficient use of your fuel if the generator is running at 80% load. (The manufacturers of generators recommend around 80% continuous load for safety of the generator head no matter what the rating is). Something like a little Honda generator would be ideal for a small load like that and would save a lot on gas. A 20 amp charger only pulls up to 2.5 amps at 120 VAC (less than 250 watts) Now if we could get someone to donate a little Honda.. 😉. General rule of thumb is 20 amps of charge for every 100 amp hour of battery capacity so a 400 amp battery could charge at 80 amps, a 200 amp battery at 40 amps. That’s what most battery manufacturers today recommend, at least the ones I use in mobile and backup supplies in houses.
@@robbishop6450 I was noting charge experience from Tesla Model S vehicles. They charge to 75% fairly quick but full charge takes a LOT longer. Here's a manufacturer quote: The charge time curve of a LiFePO4 battery is non-linear, meaning that a small change in state of charge can cause a significant change in voltage. The voltage range narrows as the state of charge approaches 100%, which means that the charging process slows down to protect the battery.
I am always amazed and impressed with your resourcefulness! Rory and Ramsey are so cute. I loved hearing Rory purr away. You have become a favorite to watch!! Stay safe and warm.
Lifepo4 batteries won't charge below freezing your battery is sitting next to a cold wall under the couch and may be dropping too low in temperature. The bms protects the battery from freezing temperatures. A higher output charger will take less time to charge.
Webber makes an adapter hose for their grills to use a full size grill tank, saves me a ton of money running my grill over the little green bottles, they may make one long enough to keep the bottle outside not sure just a thought.
Hey Jenna, you rock! It takes me around 10 hours to charge my 400ah lifepo4 battery bank using my 40a lifepo4 charger. That would assume that the batteries are dead and I'm not using any electricity from them during the charge period. This weather has been the pits🐶🐶👋
I recommend getting a refill kit for the green bottle. Write an R on the refilled bottle and the date you refilled it -- don't transport this/these bottles, and replace after 6 month of if you notice any sign of rust. There are refillable ones you may be able to get that are safer, and legal to transport.
Hey beautiful nice to see you again just let you know you should only charge your batteries up to 80%, not unless you're using solar so just to let you know you've done a fine job keep up the good work love the cats
Jenna here is a tip for you take your car and get a long set of booster cables and bring your car up to the window of your trailer and hook it up to your battery Will charge a whole lot faster hope this helps!
It's a Lithium Ion Lifepo4 battery - they charge at different rates and voltages to LeadAcid. 100Ah battery will need at least 6-7 hours to charge from a 20amp/hour charger.
Ha Jenna, jeepsy Gene here. Dont feel alone on your solar. I just bought a Bluetti Ac200L and have not been able to charge it off the sun yet. I need a gas generator and it must be a quite one. Im not sure witch one to buy but Im kind of leaning towards a Champion 4000. Your battery charger is about right in time. My car charger takes anywhere from 8 to ten hours.
Buy some creosote remover at your local hardware store. I use Rutland brand. Put 1/2 a scoop in the wood hot coals twice a week. So the container lasts more than a heating season for me. (Tennessee). I heat with wood primary. Burn about 7 to 8 ricks a season.....that would be 2 to 3 cords....... I "clean" my metalbestos chimney every fall before heating season.....I get a coffee can of ash is all.... stuff works great!!!!
Do you check your acid levels in your house batteries? It is easy to check their specific gravity and fill to the top with distilled water. We are supposed to check it monthly. And you can easily buy the SG guage with the little floating balls for measurement for $10 - $15 or so. You'll just need gloves, as well as the first two items mentioned... the guage and distilled water.
Deeply study James Condon's youtube channel. He demonstrates every possible problem with small generators and how to fix them. However his extreme skill isn't matched by many so be prepared to have two generators and two chargers so that you can send one to a repairer whenever necessary. Above all check the engine oil. Engines actually consume or lose a micro amount of oil when running so need topping up. Some engines close down safely before they die other engines close down permanently when they run out of oil.
Ramsey is special.....he has to have a table next to the window.☺️ Thanks for the fun video. I'm camping in my RV at a local lake all this next week. Went fishing today in the kayak, caught two little black bass. It was 80 degrees today, tomorrow only in the 60's. First freeze is expected at the end of this week (North Texas).
Better git some fuel in that gennie lil Lady😋 Something ive learned, i pull all the car& truck batteries in winter. I rotate the trickle charger on them thruout winter #2 , I keep a Big battery chaeger plugged into my Bluetti, then on sunny days i can charge my camper battery. I have 3 Batteries in my camper i rely on. 2 Bluettis and a huge 12v Deepcell Golfcart batteries 2X 6Volt Interstates for my Elec blankee. It was22°F this mornin. Just made a Woodstove, its installed now. Even though i have water & power on my land, i try not to use the power at All. offgrid training Lol. Be blessed GypsyGirl💙🤙
Charging slows as you get closer to 100%. And it is using only 240-300 watts, out of what ever power your gen set is making, on it’s minimum fuel consumption. You need a much smaller, more closely matched generator, or find something bigger to run, and plug in the charger any time you run that. Run a 120V line from a Gen plug to the charger that always stays in place. Can be a thin cord as the charger only runs 2-1/2-3 amps
ROFL!!!!!!! You fast forwarding your singing was killing me!! That cracked me up!!! OH! yep then of course cooking, and now I am hungry! lol Loved the video can't wait til the next one!!
Depending on battery most will charge at 100 amps if it is large capacity battery and this would be more efficient for generator with hardly a load. Also if your truck had a larger amp alternator and you have 2 batteries that you can switch out you could hook to a DC to DC charger and while driving charge a battery. Wind generator would help also on the sun less days.
Hey how’s it going. 200 amp hour battery divided by 15 amps is around 13 hours right? Take a look at the charge profile of your charger, some slow down for the last 20%. Battery spec sheet should list maximum charge rate. I would charge to 75% and let the sun do the rest. Ad another charger or three to get it done faster. Other good comments here. Best wishes.
Hubs & I like Tim Hortons too. Yum. They are here in the US from Maine to West Virginia. I enjoy your videos & love the cat interactions. Hilarious. Cooking in a small & confined space is crazy & when we lived off grid, I'd put on music or listen to a radio program & clean/wash up. Keep well, Jenna.
Nice that you’re all set for winter now, all the wood is stacked, must be a nice feeling. I was out chopping some today and chainsawing my deadwood, nowhere near the same amount you have, but I only need a months worth as I won’t be wintering in Canada.
@ Cannes in the south of France, my mother was from the region, so when I retired, I bought a small apartment there. I told my house in Toronto Ontario and moved to my cottage in Northern Ontario where I spend spring summer fall and this year until mid January then I’ll spend the rest of my time until mid May in France. It’s not super hot like in the summertime, but it is sunny and temperatures don’t dip below. I’d say 15°C.
Hi Jenna. You need a LiFePo charger that delivers between 50 and 100 amps in order to charge up your battery(ies) in a reasonable amount of time. You have a 20 amp now.... 50 would do the job in a little less than half the time.... 100 amps would be even better. I know, I know.... they are pricey but will pay for themselves by not burning so much fuel when needing to run genny to do the job.
Here's what you should get from the 1# canister... MH9BX Portable Buddy Heater Run Time 1-lb bottle: 5.4 hours on low 1-lb bottle: 2.4 hours on high 20 lb tank: about 92 hours on low 20 lb tank: about 41 hours on high
I would wire that Genni and charger permanently, as easy as it is to start it would make the chore so easy!! (and maybe upgrade that charger to 50 or 100A when you can.)
Maybe get some pool noodles and put on the top of the couch to keep stuff from falling down under. Where do you get your firewood? Thanks for listing the ingredients for the meal prep. and it looks tasty. Bet you won't say where you work or would you? Thanks for sharing.
Also about once every 3 months you should check the water level in your battery, if it's low refill with distilled water only to about a half inch from the top. Sorry I get carried away sometimes.
Hey Jenna, enjoy your videos. Next time try baking your potatoes in the wood stove if you have a fire going anyway. Just wrap them a few times in foil and keep to the side of the stove away from the big flames. Tasty, and saves your power. Keep warm up there!
I have the same identical model of buddy heater. I run mo 8:21 off of an adapter that connects to a 20 pound propane cylinder. The 20 pound tank last quite a long time.
Morning Jenna great video as always wish I had wood burning stove living in mobile home gets cold when heater goes off Mr Buddy I use also hoping winter goes fast anyway Happy Holidays to you and your family stay safe dear
Been watching your videos and saw your diesel heater, looked into them and found one perfect for my situation. Just wanted to say thanks and have a great thanksgiving if y'all do that up there.😊
That's a 200AH battery ! With your charger from empty expect about 15 - 18 hours . Also the last 10% is a exceedingly slow process as the charger backs off , the BMS starts balancing & could disconnect for timeouts [ On or off is all the BMS can do ] . Some bms modules can do strange & unexpected things when the battery's almost full . Maybe use PV for the last 200 - 300 W ….
I purchased a small Honda 2200 ei 16:22 just for charging my batteries. That particular generator uses very little fuel for charging. Canadian tire has some pretty decent smart chargers with 25 amp. I've seen it take up to 12 hours to completely charge my batteries
It takes a loooong time to fully charge them up. I have that same charger and it works great. It won't wreck your battery. I have 230 AH and it takes a couple of days if that low. But it is a FULL charge :)
Hi.. found your channel… love it! Love how you talk with your cats like I talk with my dog 🐾💗 trying to catch up on watching your channel & looking forward to more 🐈⬛ 🐈
Hi There Try not to let the battery drop below 20. This degrades the battery and makes it harder to recharge. If you can set this up in the app or the remote it would be great. 👍
I was just watching an old video from a year ago when your driveway was getting plowed out. The gravel is a;way’s coming with the plow job. Couple choices pave it or no plow. Always repercussions from a plow job. I can’t even spell hydro, but you do an amazing job with your solar. N the way you live I wish I could make the first step.
I wonder if adding a small room around the door entry to create a mud artice entry would make you room for batteries and a place to stock a weeks worth of of wood.
Great idea
That's an awesome idea.
I thought about suggesting that myself.
Couldn't you also put the wood stove in the mud room and blow into the trailer?
I'm an alcohol drug addict do to my time in the service. I spent 37 years on the streets I haven't used drugs or alcohol for 17 years. I've been living in low-income housing for 15 years. I don't fault people for drinking I look at your souls and do my best to see the good in them. The bad is very easy to see. Miss gypsy you have a large soul it's not easy living and surviving everyday. Keep up the great work sweet heart. If bees chase you down the street just remember it's because your so sweet :)
Thank you so much and congratulations on your sobriety, it's a feat that not everyone can face
Jenna, you are a trooper, is all I can say. It seems like there’s always something to fix, repair, replace, add, or attend to. Oh well, at least you can never be bored, lol
True enough!
The closer it gets to a full charge the longer it takes. Think of it as a stadium filling with people. The last 15% or so have to find a seat before the others can get in.
I've noticed that too, even with our new lithium ion batteries. Takes forever to go from 98 to 100!!
@@littlehomeinthevalleysomething is unusual with your battery charging setup. LiFePO4 should take full charge current until it reaches 100%. I was charging a 100 ah battery a couple days ago. Charger was set at 10 amps. Charger never backed off current until the battery BMS hit 100% and disabled charging.
Jenna, Mice & Rat's carry Many Diseases.
For Your Health and Cats ,You should never feel bad for Snap Traps. In Northern Ontario ive already eliminated about 25 Mix.
Your Health and Cat's is #1 .
Personal Opinion!!
You are absolutely correct!!
They carry disease in the city, very rarely in the country.
I hear ya, we have to stay on top of them too. Those little Son of Guns will get out of hand if you don't.
Yes. My cat killed a mouse and ended up with toxoplasmosis. One of his eyes had to be removed because it rotted, and a few months later, he died. It broke my heart. And now I have been exposed to toxoplasmosis, too, because I took care of him.
Check the oil next day before you restart the generator, it ran quite a spell.
Hey Jenna my Daughter and Son in law got me one of those bucket shower submersible pump recharable off grid shower they work really good to thanks for sharing that my tankless water heater is on the blink I’m gonna get a new one soon for my off grid cabin
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Hey Jenna why don’t you get a Mr buddy 12 ft hose and run it on a 20 lb tank of propane it will last several days on low it will save you a lot of money if you do this just open the valve on the tank very slowly and it will be so much better and last longer than the little pricey bottles I ve been using mine for several days during this artic blast just switched tanks after 4 days and I have a fan behind it about 4 ft it does good 👍😎😘🍺
I do have a hose and filter and buddy heater. I sometimes run it to add heat on the real cold days
I put a roof over a mobile home like you did. Then between the 4x4 posts, I framed it in like you would do when building a house. Studs every 16" and attached between the posts. Added R13 insulation and siding on the outside. Made an incredible difference when trying to keep the cold out. Did the same to my house now, but on the inside.
I was also wondering if you could cook with your woodstove, I used to make boiled eggs on mine, it took 3 hours but it worked. maybe make baked potatoes in foil in the ciders instead of using electric,. worth a try.
Jenna get a Mr. Buddy brand hose for a bigger propane tank like a 20 or 30 lb. Tank it will run those for almost a week on low that’s what I do when it gets cold like in the 20 s or 30s here at my every day home at my cabin I use a dyna glo can heater and I got a co detector at my cabin also I burn wood in the fireplace either one warms my off grid cabin very well it’s insulated very good
Thanks, I have one I was just lazy that day and left the 1lber on lol
Corona-my beer . Stopped drinking 16 Feb 24 after 55 years of drinking beer every day . No rehab , no withdrawals - 9 months without a beer and do not even miss it . Drank to relax that"s all . Guess I had a bad habit . Do not even miss it -thought I would . Hersheys and ice cream now .
Congrats!
@@GlennRobert-ix6dj
Good job. 20 yrs plus sober here.
Yaay Glen! 21 year clean here; it was a tough road for me but I won't ever go back down it.
I was never a big drinker to begin with but now I would say I have a drink once a year at company Xmas party and honestly I’m too busy with life to feel crappy the next day from drinking.
@@terrimccullough724 For sure…not worth it anymore.
You're Killing me with that steel Spoon In a non stick pan . LOL
I break the rules sometimes lol
I absolutely love the way you say couch, that is so cute!
Amen!
If no one has told you, you have all the cool toys!! I really enjoy your channel, thanks for making me smile on your drive back!! Be safe friend!!
That's good that you have all your wood in before it starts to snow I am getting all my stuff done before the snow makes its face but I will be loving the snow and drink a cup of coffee and watch it snow whenever it gets here take care of your self and have a happy Thanksgiving thank for the video God bless you amen
Hey Jenna!! I’m so excited! I finally went out and got a portable power station w solar panels. I have no plans of living nomad life because I’ve lived powerless on the streets before and I perfer the way life is now but I’m still excited to have my own option for power!!
Awesome! Congrats!
You can get a hose with adapter for your Mr. Buddy heater. It hooks up to a 20lb bottle. Amazon has them. Much cheaper to operate. Good video.
Thanks I do have one, but I just got lazy and needed a quick warm up lol
The wrong hose can ruin the heater, it needs an official hose or one with a filter at least
3 to 4 hrs on low , in the outdoor life irs always something . I'd say you got wood! Most import source of heat . It'll get there colder your battery harder it takes a charge. That's not bad , in the winter I try run my generator 2 or 3 hrs a day like to keep top off incase of emergency, 20 amps is not a lot , you GOT WOOD . POUR A COLD ONE WINTERS HERE 🎉
You can also hook it up to a 30 lb tank too.
Run a filter if you do this
My wife and I decided to sell our 2,225 square ft home in SW Florida last month. We bought a 2023 Keystone Montana 5th wheel and decided to live in it full time when the house sells. Enjoy watching your videos which inspired me to downsize and eliminate a lot of the debt and work that goes along with having a very large house and acreage. Take care and keep those videos coming I enjoy watching them they are also very educational when it comes to figuring out why something doesn’t work and finally fixing the problem at hand. Take care stay safe. Frank
Thank you so much, Frank. I enjoyed reading this!
In my experience of charging batteries, which I have a lot of batteries for a lot of equipment. If you charge it for 5 hours, 6 hours and then turn it off and then wait. 5 to 6 hours and turn it back on, it will charge back up faster. Some of my equipment, I put maintainers I have 11 batteries to keep up
Good luck
5:41 a 20 Amp charger will take five hours minimum to charge a 100 Ah battery to full, and since the charger only puts out around 15 Amps for much of the time, it will take longer: 100Ah divided by 15 Amps equals closer to seven hours. I have the same charger for my 12 Volt LiFePO4 batteries. I loaned it to my neighbor, who was charging up four 300Ah batteries at one time, and it took three to four days to charge them up to 100%.
I've unplugged my solar controller, and let it push full volts just to boost my batteries. I have 6.
Review ohm's law if you are getting confused about amps,volts, resistance and how they all relate to one another. It's simple to use! Stay warm up there!
You never mentioned what you do for work. I just bet whatever it is you are very good at it. You have become one of my favorite videos to watch. Glad you wood piling is done. Be safe.
She's a nurse. I bet a good one, too. Unflappable.
@Doin_the_best_I_can that doesn't surprise me. She has a great heart and sprit. Her patients are very lucky to have such a sweet person taking care of them.
I'm not a nurse, I am not sure where that info came from but a few people just assumed it lol
@gypsyjenna For real? I thought you were this whole time! So sorry. I wonder what I heard that made me think that? Well, I need a nurse. Ha ha! My poor old brains.
Haha it's all good! Nurses have a very important job though! Mine isn't quite that important lol
I'm getting 583 watts. It rained for 7 days but had a break in between where the batts got charged back. Mine got down to 24.6v a week ago. I was going to use the generator at 24 volts but the sun ☀️ came back out. Been either too wet or too windy to cut trees down so I don't have much wood 🪵🪓, but I'll get some later I guess. Wind is blowing, I used the wind generator batteries as much as I could last week.
If you get more solar panels might keep up on the cloudy days. My 800 watts are putting out 300 right now through 1/4 inch of ice even.
I'm glad you've got all these back up means of heat and power. One of the first things I learned from your channel is to have plenty of survival heat sources, can't be too careful at 6500 feet in the winter. I enjoy seeing your lifestyle, you've got a nice thing going for yourself- hard work pays off. I'm sure the cattoes appreciate it too
Thanks Gary, yes multiple heat sources are VERY necessary for sure!
My RV is in a spot without much sun. I decided to ground mount my solar panels in a place 60 feet from the RV that gets full sun, and I use a more shade resistant panel to help give me some power on cloudy days.
You need a 60-80amp charger. I think 20amps is only 240 watts so a 100ah battery is 1280wh. In the long run an 80amp charger would pay for itself in fuel savings. You can double up on your chargers also so you could get another and add to your 20amp charger. You just want to make sure you don't go over your batteries maximum charging amps.
Making all of us laugh in another one, thanks for the entertainment Jen. The cat is not washing those dishes 😂😂
Could I suggest putting a extra 12volt battery box under the hood of your vehicle to charge one of your batteries when you take care of errands into town . We use to do this for trolling motor marine batteries to fish with, just a thought......
Here in Ontario its been -2 and I still haven't been out to close up my camper i think I'm asking for trouble also wanna say good for you to be doing all of this on your own keep up the awesome work
Hi Jenna! I'm so glad I found your channel! I'm totally new to this way of life, and completely ignorant, but learning every day:) I'm from Utah and it's getting a bit chilly up here got me a class C sprinter a year ago i'm going on a year living in it and I look forward to your videos because you put a smile on my face!:)
Thanks for the video Jenna, entertaining and fun as always. Love the music you had it was relaxing and pleasant, also nice to see your fur babies. Happy holidays
Great video, when a battery has gotten that low it can take up to 12 hours or longer to fully charge depending on the charger you are using!! ❤
You can buy an adapter hose to hook up larger propane bottles to your heater at lowes and depot. I forget to say on the other video if you dont know you can buy non ethanol gas at some stations. If you do a google search you should be able to find local source. We have them here in texas and a new station was built a few miles away that also has a few pumps with non ethanol.
You go girl! Love the recipe, will try it! Keep those kitties warm 🙂
Thank you much 🙏
I hope your enjoy the recipe!
Hi Jenna, Rory 🐈⬛ and Ramsey 🐈 Never fun when there's no sun☹️ Always great to hear from you, stay safe and take care my friends 😊God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you always!
A 20amp charger is only putting out about 300w at most. You can probably run 4 of those chargers off your generator to charge up faster.
my simple equation is your total AH battery divided by 5 (hours), thats what i get my charger amps, example if your batteries have 200AH, i probably get a 30amps or 40amps charger
@@billykulim5202the price jump is significant going from 20 amp DC to 40 amp DC charger. The biggest barrier is normally the battery charge rating, lithium is normally 50%-100% of rated amp hours where lead acids are normally 10%-20% of the rated amp hours. I run two 20 amp chargers on my 300ah Lifepo4 bank, but it still takes closer to 10 hours to fully charge due to power conversion losses.
My 100ah lithium battery takes 5 hours to charge with my 20amp charger like yours. They take forever! Nice job with getting all of your fire wood settled for the winter!
Okay, for some reason I wasn't anticipating it to take so long, thanks!
since hers is 200ah, its pretty much double
200AH/20A=10H
its pretty much the equivalent of having 4 100ah lead acid batteries used at 50%
@@MHawkeye yep exactly!
Lithium batteries hate being charged while cold.
👊Thanks!
Thanks so much 🙏
Yes we are our cats servants,we don’t have cats,cats have staff! We love the kitties!
Jenna you're my inspiration for living free, my own electricity, my own food, everything I need, thank you.
Awee, thank YOU! I love hearing that!!
Congrats on getting the wood done. Never tried charging my trailer batteries with a generator, I'm no help there. I did ditch the old trailer lights with LED lights and that helped.
I swapped all mine out too 👍
as you heard im sure... if you search for a refill adapter you can refill the small propanr tanks,...its just not worth it to buy them... ive filled 1000..all winter long before i bought a hose for a big cylinder
You’re awesome !!
Thank you for showing the cooking
As single man in his 30s it’s so helpful for me to learn more .
GOD bless you and your wee kitties
You’re a great mama !!
Angels be with you all
Lithium batteries take all the amps a charger will give until the battery is full, they're different to lead batteries. If the battery is 100 amp hour and your putting in 15 amps per hour it will take around 6.5 to 7 hours to fully charge it.
One thing you could look at in the future is getting a small 1,000 watt inverter generator to run your battery chargers as the battery chargers don't much power. The little 1,000 watt inverter generators are extremely good on fuel consumption, they hardly use any fuel and are super quiet.
solar production is very low at this time of the year…I’m offgrid too. generator gets an hour in the morning and an hour at night. days will get longer…soon! looking forward to that! cheers!
Charging from 80% to 100% takes as long as charging a dead battery to 80%.
Dang, so long!
@@gypsyjenna yeah the companies that make the chargers and batteries make it look superfast because it jumps up to "60%" to give the appearance of a great charging system. When in reality that "60%" is like 10% at best. I tossed out a ton of those battery powered lights you charge up via usb. same deal with those things.
@@gypsyjennaLead acid yes.. LiFePo4, no. Looks like lithium being charged by the looks of the voltage. Lithium is linear until about the last 1-2 percent when the current drops off as the volts dramatically rise. Lithium will take full current, whatever the charger can supply for 98% of the cycle. You can find out about charging lithium all over UA-cam. Lithium cells can take almost unlimited charge current as well as discharging. It’s the BMS inside the battery that is the limiting factor. Most all 100 amp BMS boards in these batteries can also charge at 100 amps at least for a period of time to get a big charge in a short period of time. There is also no issue with operating 2 x 20 amp lithium chargers at the same time to make more efficient use of the generator fuel usage. Most of the fuel is being wasted if it’s only charging the lithium battery. You will get the most efficient use of your fuel if the generator is running at 80% load. (The manufacturers of generators recommend around 80% continuous load for safety of the generator head no matter what the rating is). Something like a little Honda generator would be ideal for a small load like that and would save a lot on gas. A 20 amp charger only pulls up to 2.5 amps at 120 VAC (less than 250 watts) Now if we could get someone to donate a little Honda.. 😉. General rule of thumb is 20 amps of charge for every 100 amp hour of battery capacity so a 400 amp battery could charge at 80 amps, a 200 amp battery at 40 amps. That’s what most battery manufacturers today recommend, at least the ones I use in mobile and backup supplies in houses.
It doesn't with lithium iron phosphate batteries
@@robbishop6450 I was noting charge experience from Tesla Model S vehicles. They charge to 75% fairly quick but full charge takes a LOT longer. Here's a manufacturer quote:
The charge time curve of a LiFePO4 battery is non-linear, meaning that a small change in state of charge can cause a significant change in voltage.
The voltage range narrows as the state of charge approaches 100%, which means that the charging process slows down to protect the battery.
I am always amazed and impressed with your resourcefulness! Rory and Ramsey are so cute. I loved hearing Rory purr away. You have become a favorite to watch!! Stay safe and warm.
Thank you 😊
Thanks!
Thank you so much 🙏
Lifepo4 batteries won't charge below freezing your battery is sitting next to a cold wall under the couch and may be dropping too low in temperature. The bms protects the battery from freezing temperatures. A higher output charger will take less time to charge.
Another great video! That meal looked yummy! Hope you and those handsome roommates stay safe and warm. 😺😺🧑🍳🌡️🇨🇦
Webber makes an adapter hose for their grills to use a full size grill tank, saves me a ton of money running my grill over the little green bottles, they may make one long enough to keep the bottle outside not sure just a thought.
Hey Jenna, you rock! It takes me around 10 hours to charge my 400ah lifepo4 battery bank using my 40a lifepo4 charger. That would assume that the batteries are dead and I'm not using any electricity from them during the charge period. This weather has been the pits🐶🐶👋
Oh it's been rough eh? Hopefully we get sunshine soon!
Woodstove is way to go . I new guy live in a camp for 23 years woodstove is best way to keep warm night it was - 50 outside it was 85 f in camper
I recommend getting a refill kit for the green bottle. Write an R on the refilled bottle and the date you refilled it -- don't transport this/these bottles, and replace after 6 month of if you notice any sign of rust. There are refillable ones you may be able to get that are safer, and legal to transport.
Hey beautiful nice to see you again just let you know you should only charge your batteries up to 80%, not unless you're using solar so just to let you know you've done a fine job keep up the good work love the cats
Jenna here is a tip for you take your car and get a long set of booster cables and bring your car up to the window of your trailer and hook it up to your battery Will charge a whole lot faster hope this helps!
It's a Lithium Ion Lifepo4 battery - they charge at different rates and voltages to LeadAcid. 100Ah battery will need at least 6-7 hours to charge from a 20amp/hour charger.
Get a larger propane tank and hook it up to the lil buddy. Nice wood pile there Gypsy.
Ha Jenna, jeepsy Gene here. Dont feel alone on your solar. I just bought a Bluetti Ac200L and have not been able to charge it off the sun yet. I need a gas generator and it must be a quite one. Im not sure witch one to buy but Im kind of leaning towards a Champion 4000. Your battery charger is about right in time. My car charger takes anywhere from 8 to ten hours.
Buy some creosote remover at your local hardware store. I use Rutland brand. Put 1/2 a scoop in the wood hot coals twice a week. So the container lasts more than a heating season for me. (Tennessee). I heat with wood primary. Burn about 7 to 8 ricks a season.....that would be 2 to 3 cords....... I "clean" my metalbestos chimney every fall before heating season.....I get a coffee can of ash is all.... stuff works great!!!!
Do you check your acid levels in your house batteries? It is easy to check their specific gravity and fill to the top with distilled water. We are supposed to check it monthly. And you can easily buy the SG guage with the little floating balls for measurement for $10 - $15 or so. You'll just need gloves, as well as the first two items mentioned... the guage and distilled water.
Seems like a LIFePO battery. No acid to maintain.
Deeply study James Condon's youtube channel. He demonstrates every possible problem with small generators and how to fix them. However his extreme skill isn't matched by many so be prepared to have two generators and two chargers so that you can send one to a repairer whenever necessary. Above all check the engine oil. Engines actually consume or lose a micro amount of oil when running so need topping up. Some engines close down safely before they die other engines close down permanently when they run out of oil.
Great job Sister. Best wishes. Peace and love❤
I'll bet Mr Squirrel is thrilled that you got his winter house rebuilt!
No doubt in my mind lol
Ramsey is special.....he has to have a table next to the window.☺️
Thanks for the fun video. I'm camping in my RV at a local lake all this next week. Went fishing today in the kayak, caught two little black bass. It was 80 degrees today, tomorrow only in the 60's. First freeze is expected at the end of this week (North Texas).
Stay warm!
Been living off grid for 5 years. So I understand completely
Better git some fuel in that gennie lil Lady😋 Something ive learned, i pull all the car& truck batteries in winter. I rotate the trickle charger on them thruout winter #2 , I keep a Big battery chaeger plugged into my Bluetti, then on sunny days i can charge my camper battery. I have 3 Batteries in my camper i rely on. 2 Bluettis and a huge 12v Deepcell Golfcart batteries 2X 6Volt Interstates for my Elec blankee. It was22°F this mornin. Just made a Woodstove, its installed now. Even though i have water & power on my land, i try not to use the power at All. offgrid training Lol. Be blessed GypsyGirl💙🤙
Charging slows as you get closer to 100%. And it is using only 240-300 watts, out of what ever power your gen set is making, on it’s minimum fuel consumption. You need a much smaller, more closely matched generator, or find something bigger to run, and plug in the charger any time you run that. Run a 120V line from a Gen plug to the charger that always stays in place. Can be a thin cord as the charger only runs 2-1/2-3 amps
ROFL!!!!!!! You fast forwarding your singing was killing me!! That cracked me up!!! OH! yep then of course cooking, and now I am hungry! lol Loved the video can't wait til the next one!!
Depending on battery most will charge at 100 amps if it is large capacity battery and this would be more efficient for generator with hardly a load. Also if your truck had a larger amp alternator and you have 2 batteries that you can switch out you could hook to a DC to DC charger and while driving charge a battery. Wind generator would help also on the sun less days.
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Good gosh, Jenna.
Good, gosh.
Hey how’s it going. 200 amp hour battery divided by 15 amps is around 13 hours right? Take a look at the charge profile of your charger, some slow down for the last 20%. Battery spec sheet should list maximum charge rate. I would charge to 75% and let the sun do the rest. Ad another charger or three to get it done faster. Other good comments here. Best wishes.
Hey Jenna. Hope u have a good week 🥰
Lithium suck in the freezing cold. They can be damaged by cold. A 12 v car heater does keep em from freezing.
Hubs & I like Tim Hortons too. Yum. They are here in the US from Maine to West Virginia. I enjoy your videos & love the cat interactions. Hilarious. Cooking in a small & confined space is crazy & when we lived off grid, I'd put on music or listen to a radio program & clean/wash up. Keep well, Jenna.
Looks like you are a pretty good cook, looks yummy. I am an RV dweller and I built a little mud room. Its wonderful.
Nice that you’re all set for winter now, all the wood is stacked, must be a nice feeling. I was out chopping some today and chainsawing my deadwood, nowhere near the same amount you have, but I only need a months worth as I won’t be wintering in Canada.
Ohh lucky!! Hope you're going someplace warm!
@ Cannes in the south of France, my mother was from the region, so when I retired, I bought a small apartment there. I told my house in Toronto Ontario and moved to my cottage in Northern Ontario where I spend spring summer fall and this year until mid January then I’ll spend the rest of my time until mid May in France. It’s not super hot like in the summertime, but it is sunny and temperatures don’t dip below. I’d say 15°C.
That dinner you made looked so freakin good!
Hi Jenna. You need a LiFePo charger that delivers between 50 and 100 amps in order to charge up your battery(ies) in a reasonable amount of time. You have a 20 amp now.... 50 would do the job in a little less than half the time.... 100 amps would be even better. I know, I know.... they are pricey but will pay for themselves by not burning so much fuel when needing to run genny to do the job.
Clean wood stove before season begins be prepared before the cold sets in.
Here's what you should get from the 1# canister...
MH9BX Portable Buddy Heater Run Time
1-lb bottle: 5.4 hours on low
1-lb bottle: 2.4 hours on high
20 lb tank: about 92 hours on low
20 lb tank: about 41 hours on high
If you have now sun, you need to run the generator at least every 2 or 3 days. It takes a long time to charge that battery from zero charge.
I would wire that Genni and charger permanently, as easy as it is to start it would make the chore so easy!! (and maybe upgrade that charger to 50 or 100A when you can.)
Maybe get some pool noodles and put on the top of the couch to keep stuff from falling down under. Where do you get your firewood? Thanks for listing the ingredients for the meal prep. and it looks tasty. Bet you won't say where you work or would you? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Moses, the firewood comes from the family property I am on. Not a bad idea with the pool noodles!
Glad you had that buddy heater! I have a kit that allows me to hook mine to a 20lb tank.
Me too, I was just too lazy to gear it up that day lol
Also about once every 3 months you should check the water level in your battery, if it's low refill with distilled water only to about a half inch from the top. Sorry I get carried away sometimes.
That's only for flooded lead acid batteries. She has a LiFePO4 battery which doesn't require any maintenance.
5:36 be careful with those batterys and cold , rushing the charge can be hazard issues.
Hey Jenna, enjoy your videos. Next time try baking your potatoes in the wood stove if you have a fire going anyway. Just wrap them a few times in foil and keep to the side of the stove away from the big flames. Tasty, and saves your power. Keep warm up there!
According to an online calculator if your 200ah battery was at 10% soc charging at 20 amps will take approximately 9 hours to charge
I have the same identical model of buddy heater. I run mo 8:21 off of an adapter that connects to a 20 pound propane cylinder. The 20 pound tank last quite a long time.
Morning Jenna great video as always wish I had wood burning stove living in mobile home gets cold when heater goes off Mr Buddy I use also hoping winter goes fast anyway Happy Holidays to you and your family stay safe dear
Your singing gave me a chuckle. Great video.
Been watching your videos and saw your diesel heater, looked into them and found one perfect for my situation. Just wanted to say thanks and have a great thanksgiving if y'all do that up there.😊
Thank you, our Thanksgiving was last month:). Have a great one!
That's a 200AH battery !
With your charger from empty expect about 15 - 18 hours .
Also the last 10% is a exceedingly slow process as the charger backs off , the BMS starts balancing & could disconnect for timeouts
[ On or off is all the BMS can do ] .
Some bms modules can do strange & unexpected things when the battery's almost full .
Maybe use PV for the last 200 - 300 W ….
It’s a good feeling to get the wood in for the season. Your meal looks great. ❤
I purchased a small Honda 2200 ei 16:22 just for charging my batteries. That particular generator uses very little fuel for charging. Canadian tire has some pretty decent smart chargers with 25 amp. I've seen it take up to 12 hours to completely charge my batteries
It takes a loooong time to fully charge them up. I have that same charger and it works great. It won't wreck your battery. I have 230 AH and it takes a couple of days if that low. But it is a FULL charge :)
I just love it when you sing! 🙂 You're so adorable! ❤
Hi.. found your channel… love it! Love how you talk with your cats like I talk with my dog 🐾💗 trying to catch up on watching your channel & looking forward to more 🐈⬛ 🐈
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Try not to let the battery drop below 20.
This degrades the battery and makes it harder to recharge. If you can set this up in the app or the remote it would be great. 👍
I was just watching an old video from a year ago when your driveway was getting plowed out. The gravel is a;way’s coming with the plow job. Couple choices pave it or no plow. Always repercussions from a plow job. I can’t even spell hydro, but you do an amazing job with your solar. N the way you live I wish I could make the first step.