Category: Campervan
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Pop-Rivets and HDPE
The Coachmen Crossfit/Beyond comes from the factory with about a foot of empty space behind the drivers seat. On our first trip, we simply piled random stuff in that space. That didn’t work too well, so I built a small cabinet with flip-down panels that I hoped would make that space more usable. The cabinet…
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Keeping my Lithium Battery Warm
If you are familiar with lithium batteries (LiFePo4) you know that they are not happy when they are cold. Charging a LifePo4 battery when the battery is below freezing or storing it below -4°F will damage the battery. Some batteries have built-in circuitry that cuts off charging at damaging temperatures and some have built-in heaters.…
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Traveling Technology – Navigation and Mapping
No doubt that modern navigation technology – GPS & mapping apps – have made navigation much easier. Navigation apps however, still have a lots of opportunity for improvement. Here’s my rant take on the current state of smartphone navigation apps. A navigation application usable for long distance travel needs to have a features that are…
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Scratch One Turkey
… and one campervan windshield. The turkey came from the left ditch and flew across the road from left to right. I ducked, the bird did not. The strike was hard enough to break the windshield but not hard enough to put the turkey inside the van, so no free turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. It…
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Indiana Dunes, Truma E 81 H Error
Our camper came with a Truma Combi combination forced air furnace and hot water heater. It’s by far the best furnace and/or water with which I’m familiar. The Combi works off either propane, 120v electric, or both at once. The water heater can heat to two temperatures, warm and hot. Unlike the typical RV furnace,…
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Camper Electrical – Version 4
A couple electrical-related things happened on our September 2020 trip. The result is ‘Camper Electrical Version 4’. 😁 Our OEM WFCO battery charger/converter failed, which meant that we could not charge our batteries even if we were plugged into an electric outlet. I bought an inexpensive automotive charger to use to top off the AGM…
Michael Janke 