Happy birthday! Love living vicariously through you both! I’m a techie that recently started looking at solar and really interested in the Tesla batteries! Love the creativity with the bed! Thanks for sharing! B safe u 2!
This was fun to watch. Thanks for putting it out there. Your thinking regarding solar power, propane and generators, and having autonomy, was exactly what led me to be one of the first people (if not the first person) to put a solar panel on my Mini Cooper S back in 2009, which was written up in QST Magazine. It generated so much power that I had fans keeping air flowing in and out of my car during the day (in So California heat), in addition to running my ham radios without running my car. Fun stuff. Safe travels.
It’s actually holding up really well! The spray foam insulation was definitely the right choice plus the extra rigid foam. We’re staying warm and toasty even with the big windows. And we absolutely want to meet up with you! Everything is up in the air but we really want to do the Colorado expo in august and spent a good chunk of time in Colorado before it if we can
If you have to, you can always go to a CG for the night and plug in. If you have 4 cloudy days, you will have to or get a portable gen most likely. Great video!
Absolutely. We can also charge from our alternator while driving although it’s currently a pretty low amount. We may add a second alternator dedicated to charging to Tesla’s.
Instapot Nutella Cheesecake? Must hide this from my niece. A Nutella Addict. The solar looks to be working out nicely. I don't know I could live without an oven for pizza, roast, fries. An airbake oven may work if it were large enough. Hope things keep going well for you guys on this shakedown run. Take care...
I watched a lot of your videos tonight. So many that I lost track of the time and it is now 4:00am. I liked your baking efforts for Greg's birthday. I could almost taste the cake just by your reaction to eating it. Our camping has been put on hold for 18 months, partly because of covid. We hope to resume some kind of camping later this year. Keep up the excellent videos.
That's pretty impressive, and matched exactly with the rule of thumb of 1/2 your rated power * (daylight hours - 2) i.e 1200 rated Watts /2 = 600 Watts * (10-2 hours) = 4800 W/hrs. Exactly what you got. Thank you for the very realistic look at power generation and use. Hope that diesel heater is working right now.
We're safe in Arizona! Upgrading our tires and fuel tanks and hope to be back on the road soon. You can see more of our day to day stuff on Instagram :)
Hope you had a great birthday! Ty both so much for sharing this. Everyday I save more money I’m getting closer to my goal of owning & converting my own Ambulance. Thx for helping to keep my eyes on the prize.
We also have a Tesla battery in our campervan. I actually want to build our next van on all electric. We currently have 620W of solar and it tilts with linear actuators. We have actually got about 749W max from them. I cant wait to build the next van and make it all electric. This video is nice to know what uses less power etc. We are also thinking of installing something like the ElectriQ 9000 BTU WiFi A++ air conditioning system because it uses very little power. We want to have about 4-10 Tesla battery on our next build and also have about 1000-2000W solar panels that will tilt :-). What do you think?
Well first, Happy belated birthday Greg. And ya know it's not right to throw your food at each other. Lol that game looked like a riot. And pretty cool how efficient the solar is. That's a testament to how well you planned out the system. Would be interesting if they made a solar hot water heater. That could be used on a rig. Great video, and looks like a great place as well.
Nick Riggs if you're asking me, my rig is mostly converted to 12 volts D.C. With only 3.2 kilowatts of power which might as well be nothing. Though it's more than enough to boondock about 3 to four days before I move on. Additionally I have installed an AGS which monitors the battery voltage and temp if I want it too. In cool weather I have been able to run the furnace which can take me well into the morning. I do think all of the lithium tech and the 100's of watts of power is amazing, but it's pricey, and that money buys a lot of fuel for me to travel around. And while I'm driving to my next destination I'm charging my batteries which are topped off when I get to my next destination. Disregard if you were messaging "driven to adventure".
Great job on the video and Greg's birthday! Glad you still not in Texas with the weather they are having. Just got off the phone with my mom SE of Dallas and she is without water. Dianne wants the recipe for the cake.
@@DrivenToAdventures All your video descriptions are gone for some reason. I checked several different videos and the descriptions are gone. The description for this one was there 2 days ago.
Oh man laughed so hard watching this. 🤣😂 you both have such awesome chemistry. Happy belated birthday brother. Damn, I’m all caught up. I want more ☹️🥺
Must be quite a shower at 0.69 KWh. I take quite a comfy 10 min shower by heating 6 liters from 10ºC to 40ºC, using only 0.22 KWh. The trick is a finer spray head that's turned on & off (pump uses 0.01 KWh) and some good containment of the hot humid air. If the water is not hard, you'll get a faster soap rinse-off with a little calcium chloride in the rinse, or wipe down with CaCl2 before final rinse.
Love watching your videos! Still waiting on the electrical video... Did you rip out all the original wiring and start over or did you save some from the ambulance?
Hey guys, i love the setup, It's a good idea to have a wire going into the battery of the truck with a switch installed. It can give you power In emergencies and you can jumpstart yourself if need be. I have a high output alternator, I charge up fully as I drive. I'm driving anyways so I think its efficient.
Hey! We can't connect both batteries directly because the truck is 12v and the camper is 24v. It's a great idea though. We can charge the 24v batteries from the truck when the alternator is running through a dc to dc charger.
This thing is more and more impressive every time you make a video and please don’t stop making content we live watching your story
Oh wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! It really means a lot
first of your videos I've watched. subscribing.
Happy birthday! Love living vicariously through you both! I’m a techie that recently started looking at solar and really interested in the Tesla batteries! Love the creativity with the bed! Thanks for sharing! B safe u 2!
Happy birthday great video
This was fun to watch. Thanks for putting it out there. Your thinking regarding solar power, propane and generators, and having autonomy, was exactly what led me to be one of the first people (if not the first person) to put a solar panel on my Mini Cooper S back in 2009, which was written up in QST Magazine. It generated so much power that I had fans keeping air flowing in and out of my car during the day (in So California heat), in addition to running my ham radios without running my car. Fun stuff. Safe travels.
For an AC load like an Instapot you can monitor the total power usage using a simple Kil-a-Watt.
Don't get divorced !
Very nice...warmer than here...high of 0f today!
Now we’re stuck waiting out a winter storm in San Antonio... high of 4F tomorrow 🥶
@@DrivenToAdventures How is the new rig in the cold? Love what you've done...hope we'll get a chance to exchange notes in person some day!
It’s actually holding up really well! The spray foam insulation was definitely the right choice plus the extra rigid foam. We’re staying warm and toasty even with the big windows. And we absolutely want to meet up with you! Everything is up in the air but we really want to do the Colorado expo in august and spent a good chunk of time in Colorado before it if we can
Yep Diesel water heaters are brilliant.
That cake looks scrumptious, does he like coconut, cuz it screams shredded toasted coconut. Yum! Yes, Please!
He’s not a coconut fan but I would have liked it 😉
If you have to, you can always go to a CG for the night and plug in. If you have 4 cloudy days, you will have to or get a portable gen most likely. Great video!
Absolutely. We can also charge from our alternator while driving although it’s currently a pretty low amount. We may add a second alternator dedicated to charging to Tesla’s.
Your best video to date. Good job guys.
Wow, thanks! Did you catch your cameo?
@@DrivenToAdventures no, missed it.
@@TomRoszko I guess you have to watch again 😂
Great job. And Happy birthday
Great job.
Thanks!
Instapot Nutella Cheesecake? Must hide this from my niece. A Nutella Addict. The solar looks to be working out nicely. I don't know I could live without an oven for pizza, roast, fries. An airbake oven may work if it were large enough. Hope things keep going well for you guys on this shakedown run. Take care...
We do have an air fryer oven as well :)
I watched a lot of your videos tonight. So many that I lost track of the time and it is now 4:00am. I liked your baking efforts for Greg's birthday. I could almost taste the cake just by your reaction to eating it. Our camping has been put on hold for 18 months, partly because of covid. We hope to resume some kind of camping later this year. Keep up the excellent videos.
Thank you so much! So much of our lives have been on hold too. I hope we all can get back to normal soon!
Nice camper! Love that you just use solarpower!
Thank you!
So glad we can enjoy your journey through these videos. We love and miss you guys!!!
It means so much to us that you guys are following along! We miss you so much!!!
Love how functional the layout is. Good job!
Thanks so much!
thanks Again For Sharing
My pleasure
I would love to hear the full details of this. I intend to at some point build me an RV MUCH like yours!
That cake looks amazing
If you’re nice, maybe I’ll make it when I see you this summer
@@DrivenToAdventures please do
That's pretty impressive, and matched exactly with the rule of thumb of 1/2 your rated power * (daylight hours - 2) i.e 1200 rated Watts /2 = 600 Watts * (10-2 hours) = 4800 W/hrs. Exactly what you got. Thank you for the very realistic look at power generation and use. Hope that diesel heater is working right now.
It’s always good when things work out like you expect 😉 thanks for following along!
This could be my type of day. Great hammock setup too.
Thank you!
Are you guys ok? Where are you? I hope the Texas cold didn't ground you there.
We're safe in Arizona! Upgrading our tires and fuel tanks and hope to be back on the road soon. You can see more of our day to day stuff on Instagram :)
Hope you had a great birthday! Ty both so much for sharing this. Everyday I save more money I’m getting closer to my goal of owning & converting my own Ambulance. Thx for helping to keep my eyes on the prize.
Thanks for following along!
Just like a bunch of Files Backup is Good
We can charge from our alternator while driving so that’s our backup :)
Oh wow, we also have our Tesla to be at 24.8V max lol
Happy Birthday Greg! You guys did a great job on the rig build!
Thank you!
We also have a Tesla battery in our campervan. I actually want to build our next van on all electric. We currently have 620W of solar and it tilts with linear actuators. We have actually got about 749W max from them. I cant wait to build the next van and make it all electric. This video is nice to know what uses less power etc. We are also thinking of installing something like the ElectriQ 9000 BTU WiFi A++ air conditioning system because it uses very little power. We want to have about 4-10 Tesla battery on our next build and also have about 1000-2000W solar panels that will tilt :-). What do you think?
Great video guys! Happy Birthday Greg!
Very impressive performance from the solar setup :-)
Glad you enjoyed it :)
@@DrivenToAdventures Yes I did, except having just started dieting to burn off my lockdown physique, watching you baking a cake was torture!!
If Greg could take it down from a 10 to about a 7 or 7-1/2 that'd be good. ;-)
😂😂😂
LOL
Where is the video of your power set up??
Well first, Happy belated birthday Greg. And ya know it's not right to throw your food at each other. Lol that game looked like a riot. And pretty cool how efficient the solar is. That's a testament to how well you planned out the system. Would be interesting if they made a solar hot water heater. That could be used on a rig. Great video, and looks like a great place as well.
Thanks so much!
Wait… what was the last surprise?
I think the mining of lithium probably has a worse effect on the environment than a generator.
I don’t know anything about that but our batteries are from a wrecked Tesla so better with us than in a landfill 🤷♀️
How many kilowatts of battery do you have ?
Nick Riggs if you're asking me, my rig is mostly converted to 12 volts D.C. With only 3.2 kilowatts of power which might as well be nothing. Though it's more than enough to boondock about 3 to four days before I move on. Additionally I have installed an AGS which monitors the battery voltage and temp if I want it too. In cool weather I have been able to run the furnace which can take me well into the morning. I do think all of the lithium tech and the 100's of watts of power is amazing, but it's pricey, and that money buys a lot of fuel for me to travel around. And while I'm driving to my next destination I'm charging my batteries which are topped off when I get to my next destination. Disregard if you were messaging "driven to adventure".
Great job on the video and Greg's birthday! Glad you still not in Texas with the weather they are having. Just got off the phone with my mom SE of Dallas and she is without water. Dianne wants the recipe for the cake.
I put the recipe in the description :)
Oh and we did end up stuck in Texas for the storm but we made it!
@@DrivenToAdventures All your video descriptions are gone for some reason. I checked several different videos and the descriptions are gone. The description for this one was there 2 days ago.
Nice to see how you celebrate your birthday. Btw, do you also celebrate Mother's day with your mom and sisters like that?
I would have driven to West TX for some of that cake...., and I’m not even a cheesecake type of guy. Have fun!
haha thank you!
Awesome video! That solar setup is amazing. Absolutely love your rig~
Thank you!
Is there another option to charge your batteries on a rainy day?
What did you say, Ginger at 23:00? I couldn't listen clearly enough.
Oh man laughed so hard watching this. 🤣😂 you both have such awesome chemistry. Happy belated birthday brother. Damn, I’m all caught up. I want more ☹️🥺
Thank you so much!
Must be quite a shower at 0.69 KWh. I take quite a comfy 10 min shower by heating 6 liters from 10ºC to 40ºC, using only 0.22 KWh. The trick is a finer spray head that's turned on & off (pump uses 0.01 KWh) and some good containment of the hot humid air. If the water is not hard, you'll get a faster soap rinse-off with a little calcium chloride in the rinse, or wipe down with CaCl2 before final rinse.
Nice....🙄👍
Thanks!
what happened? did you guys got divorced?
Nope! Hoping to post again soon :)
Great video! I'm still trying to figure out if I can make that cake into a Keto Recipe. Probably not! :(
A great video and I love your rig. The game looked like great fun, come on Ginger hit him in the face!!!!
OMG that phrase made me literally laugh out loud!
Would angling the panels make any real difference?
It would make a signifficant difference, and it dies not complicate a setup much.
Love watching your videos! Still waiting on the electrical video... Did you rip out all the original wiring and start over or did you save some from the ambulance?
In the video they did on the cost of their build, he said he reused a lot of the original wire, spending only $30 for additional wire.
Please give us the cheesecake recipe!
I just added it to the description!
I didn’t catch if you mentioned it in the video but how many amp hours of batteries do you have in your battery bank?
How did you do during the 🥶 freeze in Texas ?
Surprisingly well! Our heated lines worked and we survived it!
Hey guys, i love the setup, It's a good idea to have a wire going into the battery of the truck with a switch installed. It can give you power In emergencies and you can jumpstart yourself if need be. I have a high output alternator, I charge up fully as I drive. I'm driving anyways so I think its efficient.
Hey! We can't connect both batteries directly because the truck is 12v and the camper is 24v. It's a great idea though. We can charge the 24v batteries from the truck when the alternator is running through a dc to dc charger.