Solar Hybrid RV by Verdier Discontinued?
The Westfalia inspired Verdier hybrid diesel RV seems to have dropped off the map ... old RV's to electric or solar like our friends over at Salida Conversions please share below. The best resource we have found outlining the Verdier solar RV project can be found at here [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 00:41:09
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how many watts/volts does a RV camper use in 1 day?
March 17th, 2009 | by admin | derek asked: i’m looking into buying a solar panel kit for my RV to eliminate the cost of electricity. I dont know how big of a panel to get. they come in 12 watt up to 130 watts and bigger! Thanks ... for a class a motor home?What is better, generator or solar panels for camping? We have just bought a camper [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 23:23:11
The 241 Extension….protest!
The other day….the 22nd of September….the big meeting down at Dana Point with the US Transportation Secretary representative…. ... . We wound the hoses and electric cords, raised the stabilizers, checked solar power instrument panels ... Ska-Shuh-Bong’, official RV flagship of the Ocean Outfall Group) was moored at KOA campground [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 18:44:37
Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit
The Sunforce 50044 60 Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you another reason to love the sun — it’ll help keep your batteries charged ... for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric ... of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells and has a maximum temperature range of -40 [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 11:47:00
Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit
The Sunforce 50044 60 Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you another reason to love the sun -- it'll help keep your batteries charged ... for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric ... of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells and has a maximum temperature range of -40 [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 06:17:00
More Golf, More Beading - (Benson, AZ)
Well, we continued to turn off our electric during the day and use our solar panels and batteries. I was keeping track of our usage on a spreadsheet until the electric meter at our site stopped ... more RV-Dreams 2009 Photo Calendar orders. Thanks! We have a few more on hand and can order [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:00:32
One by One
One By One When I submit a post, sometimes I look around the room and realize,“Hmmmm. There are a number of blank looks ... , one meant for the cottage and RV’s. It comes with a thing that looks like an electric fan, with a blade ... . What makes sense?? Solar water heaters do. Put them on the roof Neighborhood mini power plants [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 16:18:52
Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit
Product Description The Sunforce 50044 60 Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you another reason to love the sun — it’ll help keep your batteries ... choice for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric fences, telemetry and more, and it is even effective on cloudy days. This battery charger kit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 05:23:20
Celebrating solar savings
SANTEE — Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve officials have found a way to obtain cheap electricity and provide shade for the recreational vehicles stored at the Santee park. A solar-power system was built atop shade covers that were installed at the park's 300-space RV storage parking lot late last year. The Padre Dam Municipal Water [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 00:16:20
Ultra Surge Protector
In the old days, I plugged all my computer equipment into a power commander, a large pizza-box device that sat underneath my monitor ... regulation in my RV. Power in an RV can be at a premium, especially if it's coming from a generator or inverter (batteries/solar). A lot of the equipment in my RV is rarely used nowadays, but drains [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 15:41:51
Drumbeat: March 29, 2009
Washington is stimulating ‘underwater’ projects Several shovel-ready projects being funded by the stimulus bill could be scuba-ready within the century. Highways, housing and a school receiving some $60 million under President Obama’s massive economic recovery plan face increased flooding — or complete submersion — within the lifetime of [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 15:56:01
I Dream Of A Shipping Container House
After I pay off my mortgage and get all the travelling crossed off my list, I want to build some sort of permanent dwelling ... . I'm living in a 35ft. by 8ft. RV right now (with two 3ft. slide outs for the couch and bed). I think ... out for the utilities. I would like to have solar power. I don't know how much that would cost exactly, I have heard [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 01:39:00
'Green' Travel – Placing the Environment First
With daily linen changes, endless bars of soap, and rumpled towels strewn across the bathroom floor – can you imagine all of the waste and eco-damage that occurs in just one hotel at full capacity? In 2006, there were around 62,000 establishments that provided overnight lodging to travelers, ranging from RV parks to luxury hotels to glamorous [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 17:53:17
Camper Van Facilities
by John Douglas Many people who want to invest their money in a camper van lack information about what the facilities of such a recreational vehicle ... of the available optional extras that you may like to consider with a new or even used RV. No matter ... opt for solar panels to save on battery power. Sti [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 07:08:26
Using Solar Energy on the Road A Guide for RV Owners and Campers
Author : Andy Bauer Powering a home, office, or urban project with solar power has become a popular way to save on energy costs and do one's part to ... experience The use of a solar energy system can take advantage of an RV's exposure to sunlight ... application, the first step toward setting up solar panels and required accessories for an RV is to [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 12:58:07
Back Into The Routine & Cabin Tour - (Moab, UT)
Yep. Up at 6:30 and walking the campground at 7:00 pulling tickets. It's all coming back to us. :) It's cold but it hasn't been nearly as cold as last year when we had overnight temps in the teens for a few days. However, it was still windy, so we were pretty chilled. It was a quiet day except for the usual camper shuffle [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 03:00:00
Anyone help me to know what to consider when designing solar power for the home?
Hello, I know little on solar power for the home. I understand that it is possible to convert power to chemical form then use it as electricity ... . Batteries should be RV, Trolling motor, or best yet, electric fork lift batteries, or the reasonable ... for. If this works out to be, let’s say 200 watts, then you need at least a 200 watt solar panel, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 15:46:52
My Future Resort (p4) - Diversification
Diversification is important for nudist venues because there aren't a huge number of nudists ... , such as offering time-shares, luxury hotel rooms, motels, RV camping, tent camping, seclusion and privacy ... single investment, it's ideal to invest in a lot of different things. The RV lots might be the most [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 12:00:00
8:30AM - Jungle road to the beach. This morning we tried to make a Camp on the beach in front of the El Greco Hotel and Restaurant ... . Interested in our Solar Electric System? We have published a bunch of stories in our MsTioga Magazine. One is "Solar Electricity", which describes are solar electric equipment. You will find a link [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 16:26:19
Sunforce 50022 5 Watt Solar Battery Trickle Charger
The Sunforce 50022 5 Watt Solar Battery Trickle Charger gives you another reason to love the sun -- it'll help keep your vehicle's battery charged ... indicator, and is a great choice for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric fences, telemetry and more, and it is even effective on cloudy days [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 07:54:00
Travel Day To Alamo Lake State Park - (Wenden, AZ)
We definitely wanted to move out of the desert to a place with hook-ups for the predicted rain ... at that. :) After packing up, we were finally on the road a little before 11:00. We stopped at The RV Pit Stop ... . Linda filled up with gas while I took care of the RV business. It was the first time in a long [more...]
Date: 2009-02-07 03:00:00
Letter From California
by paradox 11/27/08 0646.21 pst Morro Bay, California For whatever reasons that were deemed to be necessary travel and departure from home kitchens was on the agenda for my family this Thanksgiving, so here we are in Morro Bay, a pretty coastal town that has RV slots with hookups right on a nice public golf course, a magnet [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 15:25:09
Pondering Utilities For The Shed-House
Part of the fun of planning my shed-house(for the distant future) is finding economical ways to make it livable and comfortable ... from the electric company. But there are other options to consider. A septic system costs ... tiny house: Turnbull tiny house complete with a composting toilet and solar panels. Those toilets [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 02:09:00
An Undervalued Telecom Growth Stock
Featuring Lutts' Logic: A Return to Hitchhiking? AeroVironment is Still Attractive An Undervalued Telecom Growth Stock --- Driving in my car yesterday, I was listening to a song by J.J. Cale titled "Homeless," which includes these lyrics: "I'm not a homeless man I'm a gypsy by trade And I'm travelin' this land I'm not a homeless man" [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 13:46:03
About Solar Energy Production And It’s Varied Uses For Home Owners
The efficiency of photovoltaic cells is increasing with each passing day as their price slowly decrease and in addition, ... , the photovoltaic system works by allowing the water to pass through the cells, where it gets heated and then is supplied inside the home. Photovoltaic cells of today enable you to gather heat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:40:04
Material List for Building Your Own Tiny House on Wheels
I recently received an email from a young couple who intend to build their own Tumbleweed-style tiny home . They’re just beginning to collect materials for their project and wondered if anyone in the Small House Movement had an easy-to-print list of the tools and materials they would need to complete their project [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 14:51:32
Am I now a Photographer? Texas
Of course "there" is never where I want to stop, ... a Diego b I met Ryan in Ft Stockton a while back, he is the young Mac Gyver, the solar expert and any other electric or plumbing apparatus. He decided to come and spend some time [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 13:49:10
Living on Wheels
We have been on the road for over 18 months and are really loving this new lifestyle ... . We like having 50 amp because it enables us to run all electric items without worry. If you have 20 ... was near $5.00 per gallon. You can purchase solar panels to replace some of the need for a generator [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 16:05:00
Brunton SolarFlat 1.8 Solar Panel
Were committed to bringing outdoor energy alternatives to the masses. For this reason weve developed the new SolarFlat rigid solar panel series ... a SolarFlat 15 to the roof of your RV or camper and continuously charge your battery everyday, or charge your boat battery while youre out on the water. Whether your application is power tools, electric [more...]
Date: 2009-03-12 15:26:01
Brunton SolarFlat 1.8 Solar Panel
Were committed to bringing outdoor energy alternatives to the masses. For this reason weve developed the new SolarFlat rigid solar panel series ... a SolarFlat 15 to the roof of your RV or camper and continuously charge your battery everyday, or charge your boat battery while youre out on the water. Whether your application is power tools, electric [more...]
Date: 2009-03-12 15:26:01
RV-A Home on wheels
An RV or recreational vehicle is a vehicle that is used as temporary living quarters when the passengers are engaging in recreational travel such as ... . RV equipment and appliances that require electricity can be powered by electric power ... . Batteries, generators and solar power may be used to power the RV equipment and appliances while [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 12:21:10
Hit the woods in nature’s style with the eco-capsule
Luxury campers with blossoming eco-consciousness would not mind switching away from Airstream luxuries to the decent eco-capsule for their next ... waste, and an electric heater provides both heat for the unit and hot water. The eco-capsule ... with a kitchenette. The units are designed to survive on their own and are equipped with either a solar [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 08:25:35
Installing Solar Power for Home
solar power for home Solar power has become a favorite for many people when it comes to choosing an alternate power source, ... . Solar power for home not only saves you money by cutting the cost of the electric bill but also ... we live. Solar energy utilizes the heat and light emitted by the sun and is converted into usable [more...]
Date: 2009-02-22 07:00:59
After two weeks in the RV
Someone asked me what the difference would have been if we had bought a new RV instead of an old used one. We paid $14200 OTD (out the door) ... . I would never have bought a new one, so the difference is 1 RV. Besides, new RVs come with their own problems. In a way moving into an old RV is much like moving into an old house [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 13:34:56
Solar Review & Bill Paying - (Moab, UT)
For those that don't recall, the electricity in our cabin is via a battery bank and an inverter with the only source to charge those batteries being 16 solar panels on top of the cabin. Robbie & Alice's electric in their RV site is also provided from a battery bank and an inverter. They have 20 solar panels located on the roof [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 03:00:00
Questions and Answers About Tadpole Teardrop Trailers
A teardrop from TADPOLE TRAILERS INC. Are you sick of feeling like you need to take out a loan every time you fill up the gas tank when camping ... larger RV’s, but they are now once again gaining in popularity with the advent of high gas prices [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 11:11:43
Basic Principles of Solar Power
This article will describe how solar energy is created and cover some of its basic principles ... of solar power as a clean energy source for your home, RV, or whatever the case may be. - Available ... . Solar energy consists of the light and heat emitted by the sun, in the form of electromagnetic [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:44:43
We can have it all and I wanna Tesla, but I'll settle for
The bailout talk is front and center this week but I haven't seen much of anything about attaching useful taxpayer demands beyond ... up the hill in their monster RV with the Cadillac Cimmaron in tow on Hwy 26 at 25 m.p.h. Eventually, every [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 21:05:45
How To Get The Greatest Fuel And Electrical Benefits From Your RV
How To Get The Greatest Fuel And Electrical Benefits From Your RV Author: tk 16 Oct RV's, or recreational vehicles, ... reservations, buy plane tickets, or spend a ton of money to vacation in style. With an RV ... in your RV, you have a lot of time to spend together enjoying the scenery along the way. Conveniences [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 07:15:10
How To Get The Best Fuel And Electrical Efficiency From Your RV
How To Get The Best Fuel And Electrical Efficiency From Your RV October 18th, 2008 RV's, or recreational vehicles, ... reservations, buy plane tickets, or spend a ton of money to vacation in style. With an RV ... in your RV, you have a lot of time to spend together enjoying the scenery along the way. Conveniences [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 13:28:39
Travel To Patagonia State Park - (Patagonia, AZ)
It was travel day. Time to take the next step in our journey ... up inside, I tried to track down a couple of RV-Dreamers to say "so long". I found Ed ... , but it was more like 11:30 by the time we left our site. We stopped at the office to pay for our metered electric usage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:11:09
The Perfect RV
It’s cold here in Show Low, Arizona. Last night the thermometer dipped down to 25 degrees! ... , and when we have an RV site with a 30 or 50 amp electric hookups, we use the cube heater to save ... it. With just a small cube style electric heater, we kept it about 65 degrees inside the bus [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 06:30:36
Basic Principles Of Solar Energy
By Anna Williams This article contains information on basic principles of solar energy ... decisions, when looking at the use of solar power as a clean energy source for your home, RV, or whatever ... . - How Solar Energy is Created Solar energy consists of the light and heat emitted by the sun [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 05:03:13
3.0bd/3.0ba, 2194sqft - Gilbert AZ - Gilbert, AZ
Call CoList, Great Deal Absolutely incredible home situated on very private 1/2+/- acre lot no homes behind Home is immaculate w/ beautiful split ... more Out of this world salt water, solar heated pool w/ dramatic rock formations, waterfalls, creek, rock slide [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 13:46:21
3.0bd/3.0ba, 2194sqft - Gilbert AZ - Gilbert, AZ
Call CoList, Great Deal Absolutely incredible home situated on very private 1/2+/- acre lot no homes behind Home is immaculate w/ beautiful split ... more Out of this world salt water, solar heated pool w/ dramatic rock formations, waterfalls, creek, rock slide [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 13:46:21
Is It Possible to Make Cheap Solar Power?
cheap solar power Nature has blessed mankind with everything he needs ... %. The same solar panels also can be used to generate a 12o watt electric power which is usually enough ... our needs; one of those renewable energy sources is cheap solar power. The method of converting [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 08:00:55
Drumbeat: March 29, 2009
Washington is stimulating 'underwater' projects Several shovel-ready projects being funded by the stimulus bill could be scuba-ready within the ... refined oil products storage facility allowing for greater flexibility in refinery maintenance [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 13:47:15
Six Jewish Companies Own 96% of the World’s Media
Six Jewish Companies Own 96% of the World’s Media The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of collective stupidity. “You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 07:43:17
LTC Budget: Another Spending Frenzy
I managed to get my hands on a copy of LTC’s 2009 budget… Look, I respect LTC, but couldn’t they be a little more conservative in how they spend their money? You know, show the taxpayers some respect in return? C’mon legislator’s - money crunch, remember?? [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 19:32:42
Six Jewish Companies Own 96% of the World’s Media
Six Jewish Companies Own 96% of the World’s Media The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of collective stupidity. “You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 07:40:00
