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It gets chilly at a camp site on side of road in November. It doesn’t take long for the sun to drop behind trees and … Read more

Dutch oven cooking defeats novice not because it’s inedible, but because the dish is cooked with wrong-sized vessel. Use a too-small pot and it’ll boil … Read more

You’ve installed a compressor fridge in your camper. When the battery voltage dips just a little bit, it won’t operate. The issue isn’t normaly the … Read more

Even if nothing is plugged into it, an inverter will continue to suck down juice from your battery. So here’s how that works: You pull … Read more

The math look easy. You remove the LED strip from the reel and assume that’s it. Multiply length by the wattage per meter, divide by … Read more

A power station arrives and you think, “hey, I have plenty of energy for three days of work!” So you pack a bag, laptop inside, … Read more

Everything’s buttoned up: you’ve hooked up solar controller, checked your tire pressure, and loaded up the van. It’s sunny, charge light is green, and life … Read more

The amount of solar power you get vary with sky conditions. One day you could get strong output; another, it’s cloudy, so output is weak. … Read more

But take away all the marketing hype and what’s left? A number. In this case, the amp-hour rating on the label. This doesn’t tell you … Read more

After twenty hours of the fan running, a dead silence follows when you go back to bed. You thought the fan would help with the … Read more

Think about ice less like one commodity and more like a structural system. Within your cooler, cube ice behave differently from block ice. If you … Read more