Recent content by VallAndMo

Hello Jackie & Steve, SightSeers, and Ardra & Jerry, Ditto here! :-) Will keep you posted, here's to our journeys crossing before long! We would not start our USA journey by soiling its very ideal of being a Country of Laws that make it a unique place. And despite what you said, we don't think...

Hello Everyone, Sorry for not replying to your posts until now -- it's been a long time since we logged into the forum, and for some reason we didn't get the forum emails warning us there were messages waiting for us. Anyway, we finally have good news, or rather GREAT NEWS: our visas have...

Howdy, In 2014 we saw a couple of their 5thWheels in a dealership in Florida. They seemed well made, but beware that we don't know much about RV construction and knew even less back then... Cheers, --   Vall & No.

Hello folks, There's also the matter of the recent taxes imposed on solar imports, no? Not trying to burst anyone's balloon, but when supply is restricted or made more expensive (due to the new taxes), and demand goes up (due to the new CA law making it mandatory), then at least in the short...

Hi Kev, If you haven't already, you might be interested in reading this: http://rvnerds.com/2016/01/19/why-does-a-48-volt-battery-bank-make-sense/ This guy has done it primarily because he changed his battery bank to lithium, in fact, a repurposed Chevy Volt battery (!), and these are more...

Hello SolarMan, I'm sorry, but you do mean "resistance" instead of "impedance" above, correct? AFAIK, "impedance" is for AC. Or do you use "impedance" when referring to the batteries for some special reason, perhaps because on other parts of an RV electrical system ("after" the inverter, and...

Hello Solarman, I do not agree. I think rules of thumb, like the one Kev posted, are very useful in the early stages of designing a system, for example before one is able to measure his exact power requirements and is more interested in getting a "ballpark figure" for budget/planning purposes...

Hi Kev, Great advice. I was working with 100Ah/100W but will be sure to take your adjusted rule of thumb in consideration. Thanks for posting it. Cheers, --   Vall.

Howdy Kevin, Never been to Ireland, but we've been to Southern Germany aka Bavaria for a few weeks and it did help that we were in a *small* motorhome. That said, we've also done similar trips with rental cars plus B&Bs and in our experience a motorhome is not only much more enjoyable &...

Hello everyone, Just saw this and thought it might be of interest: http://www.rvbusiness.com/2018/04/goodyear-tires-may-have-caused-deaths-injuries/ Cheers, --   Vall.

Hi Joe, Of course you are right. If you move forward, tho, please let us know. Cheers, --   Vall.

Hello Cadee2c I did not know there was the possibility of jail time involved, thanks for pointing it out. I really hope the relevant authorities prosecute this guy to the fullest extent of the law, and make an example of him. --   Vall.

Hello Brad, Lou, With all due respect to  Brad, I agree with Lou. And would also add: 1) the Anasazi (and other Native American) pictographs and petrogliphs were *not* anything remotely like "graffiti; they had important ritual and tribal functions (communications, cartography and astronomy...

Howdy, Given his previous history (including the excellent contact Joezeppy here had with him) I would say this is a distinct possibility. If he indeed did do it and he's at the bottom a good guy, I think there's only one avenue open to him to get out of that mess: (a) stop evading and own...

Joe, thanks for the info. That such a until-now-great company's owner would stoop to something so low -- degrading the parks that are the main reason for RVing which in turn is what their products are for! I have no more words, all this just makes me want to sit down on the bare floor and weep  :'(