Sable Moon – Fancy Biker
I decided to officially join the fancy bike club. Although my $500 Vivi served me well enough, I’m tired of replacing rusty parts on it, and hurting myself lifting it onto my bike rack. I took advantage of the Colorado…
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Oregon and Washington
The latest trip, which I did over my Birthday in March. Mainly Fort Stevens again, but I also visited the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, and went up to Seattle to see the Connections Museum. The last pic is…
Tweaks and More Tweaks
Based on my Oregon trip and knowledge I will definitely be living there, I’m making a few more tweaks to the van. Was already going to add a trailer hitch so I can add more storage and a place for…
Astoria, OR
Some pics of my trip to the Astoria,OR area for the holidays. These are mainly from Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, OR. Going to gradually spend more and more time there until it officially becomes my home.
Van Update 12/16/23
Basically done with everything I can think of. Just need to swap out the SLA battery for the second LiFePo4 battery if it gets here tomorrow, then I will be off to Oregon for a couple weeks.
Electrical Done…
Think I’m finally happy with the electrical system, aka my favorite part…. All the chargers are now Victron. I also now have two 100ah LiFePo4 batteries in parallel for 200ah total, have the big fuses all in one place, and…
Update 12/2/2023
I’ve given up on the Renogy solar controllers as both the ones I tried have problems. It’s also proven to be a pretty crappy product ecosystem in general and unreliable monitoring. I’ll stick with the DC-DC charger and inverter for…
No more cast…
Yay! Have to take it easy for a while though. Need to enlist help getting the batteries swapped in my van I guess.
Update 11/20/2023
I was able to get some electrical stuff done despite my cast.
Update 11/15/2023
Kinda in a holding pattern as I wait to get my cast off on 11 After that I will work on my van-to-do list then plan to take a trip to Oregon over Christmas.