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Speaking of speakers

JBAM (my motorhome home) has two stereos but not nearly enough speakers! Stereo #1 is the 110 volt surround sound system receiver for the A/V system. It uses five ceiling mounted speakers that do just fine for me and movies. I am not a “loud” TV watcher but I do enjoy surround sound. Stereo #2 is an… [Read More]

e-Bike

Whether it is obvious or not (from my lack of posts), I have been sitting around doing absolutely nothing. The fun-to-suck ration is not good. My frustration level is about as high as it gets but I am REALLY trying to follow my doctors’ orders. By the way, I saw him this week and I… [Read More]

DIY RV Computer Desk

Where do I work?? A common question from those that know I live and work full time in my motor home. Here is the answer. This space was originally consumed by a jackknife sofa. Since I really don’t need seating space for twenty people nor sleeping pace for ten, I was happy to pull it… [Read More]

$10 per Watt

I recently read an article about a person that added solar power to their “vehicle” (attempting to protect the innocent). They installed approximately 400 watts of panels and paid nearly $10/watt! WOW!!! I hate to be the bearer of bad news people but, with some shopping, rigid solar PV panels are in the $1/watt range… [Read More]

Dutch Star Energy Audit

Audits always seem to be a hot topic!! In this case, energy audit is the subject. An energy audit is often referred to as an electrical budget, an energy budget, and even a power audit. Note from JD: Here is post about doing your own energy audit or energy budget. I previously discussed the importance of having… [Read More]

Digital Media Player

Many months ago, a read a discussion on an RV forum about using a digital media player to play/watch digital movies on a typical television. I was very interested as I had started building a digital movie library in hopes of soon living on a sailboat. A big stack of DVD’s is NOT what I… [Read More]

Garmin Dezl 760LMT GPS

The Garmin Dezl 760LMT GPS is a unit billed as a GPS for RV’s and trucks – big trucks.  It is an average priced unit with a nice large 7″ color screen. I’ve been using the Garmin Dezl 760LMT GPS in my motorhome for almost a year and over 8000 miles. Setup is pretty straightforward… [Read More]

Conserve Data

Ways to conserve data is a pretty big deal for fulltimers that rely on cellular data as their sole source of Internet connection. Many folks think they can live or spend extended time in their RV and have all the comforts of home. Sorry, it just isn’t so…. Technology is moving fast. It is possible that… [Read More]

Drone Registration and Government Waste

I’m sure most of you have heard about the government’s plan to force all drone operators to register their equipment (aircraft, quadcopter, helicopter, etc.). Of course, this is just another knee-jerk reaction by the government to pacify the public. The media creates the problem by reporting all these terribly frightening and dangerous “problems”, the public… [Read More]

Cellular Data Antenna

As you probably already know, I am a working full-timer (software engineer) and need to be connected to the Internet most of the time to do my job. I spend the majority of my time dry camping/boondocking so relying on Wifi is simply not an option (even if you could find it and the performance… [Read More]