last time i added the pico and the big shunt in the battery box. that shows me how much current is going in and out of the battery bank but really not much else. not bad but that means I have no idea which unit is consuming how much energy. this would be the logical…
i love knowing what’s going on around me, especially in our karavan. up until now we had this measly (sorry but it’s true) tank gauge and the nice but rather limited battery indicator. instead i got this, made in slovenia. cool. it’s not just a pretty face, though, it’s also actually nicely architected. the main…
the karavan is designed to be self-sufficient. there are the water tanks, the diesel hot water, heating and cooking and most importantly the solar charged batteries. i have a suspicion that the solar charger originally used in the kk is , let’s say: not top shelf. so i bought this one. not only is this…
a year long trip around australia? sounds like a lot of fun but also like an interesting challenge. australia is a fantastic place, that’s for sure, but also wild and mostly remote. two thirds of the about 24 million inhabitants live in just five cities! the rest of the country is big enough to swallow…
so many people want to do this. we know because they tell us, generally when we tell them what we are about to do next year. which is: i will take a career break – a.k.a. leave without pay – until february 2019 (yes, that is the year after next!), natalie will go to distance…
you know what our new home on wheels looks like from the outside. not much bigger than the 4wd; so how does this small shell house a queen size bed, a bunk bed, a large table with a bench that seats 3, a kitchen with fridge, sink & ceramic cooktop and bathroom with a toilet?…
one of the things that has always attracted me to australia was the fact that it is this gigantic place with ocean all around it and very few people thinly scattered around the fringe. he point is: of the broadly 24 million people living on this continent 8 million live in sydney & melbourne with…
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