Recent content by Gottohaveashower

I have a business owner that will help with the consult on the solar and I have a mechanic friend to help with the conversion.  Thanks for the look; it's hard to not drown with an undertaking like this.  It's not so much that it's not a good deal, it's right around the price point for me, and...

Haha, yeah definitely.  I'm reading that the new motor I'm looking at is made without the use of rare earth materials so thats cool! here's a link to a video of some guys that are doing it a lot like I want to in a little bit bigger van https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMeqMmERtL0

Haha, negativity aside, you're giving me a good idea of where I see the advantages vs. where I concede gas would just be easier.  I've watch this Jehu Garcia guy on youtube go 260 miles in a vw bus with 40kw of batteries.  I'm looking at doubling that power but also i'm doubling my payload.  I...

Well for one I want to reduce my carbon footprint.  Both my parents used to be park rangers so its stayed with me.  I also like the idea of some crackling electric surge starting my motor then creating a big cloud of smoke. I blow enough smoke as it is.  You're talking about peak power and...

your right, 150hp is probably a stretch.  I'm putting the shower directly into the floor of the kitchen in a 144" in wheelbase. kinda like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWr8S-tVaQ the top motor said up to 4k lbs i don't know what the sprinter motor weighs exactly but i'm not...

Hi You may have seen my post in the Newcomer's Corner about Electric Showers.  In thinking about this project more, and talking with my Dad, I feel that doing an all electric setup would speak to my interests (having my eggs all in one basket so to speak). I'm wondering what people know about...

I found this video and thought I'd model my shower off their UV setup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_AZj1wrJ4 I'll probably have to ask around at a home improvement store or two.  Actually, I have an interesting update, I found out my Dad has been eyeballing the new electric mercedes. ...

Thanks Mark.  Yeah, I realize I have a lot of research ahead of me.  I think once I actually buy the van this spring I'll have better grounding on space.  I'm really gunning for the 144" but with a dog, cat, and girlfriend with a lot of clothes, I may have to go bigger which would open up space...

ok, gimme a sec on a couple points here: My tank is inside the van so id hope the avg van temp would be around 70 degrees which would make for an ok shower at 110 degrees+.  Also i was thinking about doing a recirculating setup so i wouldn't mind if i had to recirculate the water to get it hot...

I've thought I heard something about that somewhere.  That actually sounds like a really cool idea.  This was the closest i could get to anything concrete in 20 minutes of searching: https://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1374.  The problem is I couldn't find anything that was...

i think the webasto is 3.5k.  i was told 100 amp batteries were 900 each and i read somewhere they can drain at 20-30 amps per who knows what.  i was already going to get a 400 amp hour setup to run tv and electronics, maybe even an induction cooktop.  i'm just worried i can't supply 13K watts...

I'm curious about why there is no information on people doing Shower setups with electric heating? I was looking at this Webasto water heater that ran off the diesel but it's super expensive so i was wondering if i could just get a nice tankless water heater and put that money into lithium...