Very interesting development....Invitations sent to current users for invite only add on for $599 and $30/month for 50GB mobile data.(in addition to the residential base service plan coverage in USA only.   12volts

Anybody get the invite and popping for one ?

Video w/ more info.

This next week will be not quite as cool as I would like it to be.   But the temperatures in the 90s is better than temperatures in the triple digit range. 

I really want to go outside and do a few things but my body is not cooperating. Getting old ain’t fun 

What is it like where you are?

 
STILL HAVEN'T POSTED ?  

 LAST CHANCE !  
For 15 of our new members ,it's time to post . Tamerlane the forum "sweeper" approaches .....

In case you missed this , or just ignored it.

(02-05-2024, 06:41 AM)rvpopeye Wrote: NEWBIES TAKE NOTE !
First of all congrats on passing the first test ! You're IN !

A friendly reminder from Tamerlane  (the administrator of joy , or doom... your choice ! )...
Again  , we have several new members that have posted nothing.... is that you ?
Not sure how anybody missed that ya gotta post at LEAST once , but it's still in effect .
If one of these zero posting members IS you , your time to post (2 weeks) has run out . 
Or will soon. (Why wait?) 

A few of you are way past the 2 weeks requirement , but we still have hope for you ! (Why you're still here.)    
However , this hope to find new friends is at odds with our desire to keep the crew here free of those with bad intent.  
(For whom the plank awaits your short run . Why drag it out ?  Git 'er done Arrrrrrrr !)  

If you gained anything from being here , is one hello post such a very high price to pay  ? 
And if you can manage to post 10 times ,, it's easy if you just have a conversation with anybody.
You get to learn from the whole forum and ask questions or just hang out with new friends. 
And we don't have to worry about your intentions ?? 
This concludes this   Public   Service   Announcement   (brought to you by Tamerlane , guardian of all that "Ain't Right" ).

I was going through self-check this morning.

Helper asks if she can take my basket.. then kinda backs away
“Oo your dog just gave me the stink-eye”

Me: “no, she just has resting bitch face.”

Or just convenient hands-free dog walking..

I am in the process of starting a small homemade modular service dog style leash business.

A few of you know already …

As soon as there is an actual store-front website up and running— I will let y’all know.



(and, mods, if this is not where this post belongs.. feel free to move it)

For those that get a kick out of old fashioned kerosene lamps but don’t want to carry yet another fuel.. 
Walmart has, in their camping/outdoor section, a battery powered led ‘oil lamp’. Lol

Just add rechargeable AA batteries and you have pleasant, safe, ambiance lighting 

I got one that was kinda busted- for a good discount (and fixed it- works fine now)

Ok- dis me all you feel necessary.. for the use of confounded power boxes..  but

I took the (replacement) Bluetti on the trip to Qz.. only to discover that I had (again) no way to charge it.  Tried the 2 prong plug and the barrel plug-  using 12v direct or the ciggy plug- nope.
Much frustration caused by voltage hurdles. 

So- now that I have a lovely 300w inverter (thank you Jessie!) direct off my house battery bank.. I wondered if I could easily charge the Bluetti using the wall-brick.  BUT.. I didn’t know the wattage of said brick.  And because the inverter is direct wired, I can’t just ‘ask’ my Victron load interface..

Came up with the solution- we have a smaller backup power box. So, plugged the brick into that and then into the Bluetti.  LOL.
Answer - 96 watts ish +\- 2
So, Yes- I can charge the Bluetti easily and safely off the inverter.  (not that I NEED the extra power.. but it allows me portable power and to use other 120 devices that are beyond the capacity of my 300w inverter)

Well… laugh..  :dodgy:

Howdy, I'm a musician who has spent the past few years living out in the mountains out of my big truck-uv.

Usually I'm out in Snoqualmie or Steven's pass, sometimes I go to town to perform, and I've lived all across the country.

I'm apolitical, if I'm not making music, I'm meditating or sauntering out in the woods

It would be great to meet more people who live similar lifestyles in the area

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I need to order a battery charger for my 2 230AH Li Time lithium batteries. From the paperwork, it says I need to charge them to 100% before connecting to each other and setting up the solar system. So chances are I will only use this thing twice, once for each battery.

Do I order this (or something like it) 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF9CNLG1/?co...CYV60VMF8B

or this?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3CV4S2Y/?co...UEM3KX6RRW

I'm having analysis paralysis...

(I'm not sold on this brand, I'm researching still at this point...)

A mini litium battery?

https://www.litime.com/products/litime-1...0wh-energy

smallest, lightest it says?

This is the first I've heard of these. Would this be good? (I'm wanting at least 400AH of batteries) 19 pounds each...

Or would it be better to go with 2 of ... these:

https://www.litime.com/products/litime-1...4wh-energy

I don't see the weight on these.