Modifications

That is not a typo... our RV is now powered by TESLA! Well, Tesla battery modules that is! Oh, and the Sun! Yes, the Sun, too! WARNING -- This post is full of technical content. Here's the TLDR; Our original House batteries only powered part of our coach via the inverter, and could only power the coach in a boondock situation for about 4 to 6 hours. After that, the battery voltages were below 11.8vdc and we'd have to start the Generator. Our new Tesla batteries can power ALL of the coach, not every load in parallel, but 2 of 3 ACs can be running at the same time! Given the same loads that would only last 4 to 6 hours on the old batteries, we can now last indefinitely on the batteries / solar combo! Check the bottom of the post for loads of photos! (more…)

We decided to add LEDs behind the valances of our coach windows.  We've seen some other brands that have a similar setup, but they appear to be down the sides of the windows and cause a lot of light bleed to the outside, even with the night shades down.  We only put them along the top valance and found that this gives plenty of light without any bleed outside when the shades are down. The LED strips we used are color changing (red/green/blue - RGB) strips.  I also went with WiFi control modules for them so we could adjust the color and brightness from our smart-phones. Thanks for the original idea from David of OutsideOurBubble.com! Pictures and parts list after the break... (more…)