“ROAM” COULD GENERATORS BE A THING OF THE PAST?

Nissan has been working on a solution (ROAM) to recycle used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Batteries that are cycled beyond their usable life span for vehicles.

Nissan has developed a device called a “Roam”. A cube made up of lithium-ion battery cells. Cells that have been pulled from Nissan electric vehicles.

A “Roam” can store up to 700Wh of energy, offering 1kW worth of output.

When the “Roam” is combined with a 400W Solar panel it can provide ample power to most RV type trailers. Enough to provide enough power for a week without being recharged.

The “Roam” could be charged in approximately one hour when plugged into a suitable power outlet.

While this is still a concept, not in production, it shows possibilities for recycling EV batteries that may not still be suitable to power a vehicle. But still usable for other purposes. Thus extending their usable life.

For more information, do a internet search on Nissan Roam, or Nissan x OPUS.

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ALARMING CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS

If you have camped in Trailers or RV’s long enough you have returned to your rig to the telltale beeping sound.

Or worse, had the beeping wake you up in the middle of the night. Tough to close your eyes to sleep after that.

Click this link for More Info and Testing your voltage

Have you ever been camped next to someone that left their campsite for the day and their detector keeps going off on periodic intervals? The audible alarm is hard to ignore. Sometimes this is a Carbon Monoxide problem. Other times it may be low voltage.

If it is your rig, attend to it immediately. If it is a fellow campers rig make sure they aren’t in it unconscious, and/or notify a ranger or camp host immediately.

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REFRIGERATOR Choices to Make

In the article at the link below we focus on choices you might want to consider.  Especially before you buy a major component, cut holes, frame things in, or run wiring.

We had priorities to enable long term “boondocking” or “lot squatting” for extended periods.  Perpetually in fact, without firing up a noisy generator.

We had additional concerns since we camp in desert terrain.  The Southwest section of the USA.  Where air temperatures can exceed 100°F for days on end.  Even continuing throughout the entire night.  It is not uncommon to have the interiors of closed up vehicles exceed 150°F.

We wanted to power ours off Solar and Battery.  We can state we have succeeded, and have been successfully refrigerating and freezing our food  for numerous years.  Off solar and 2 relatively inexpensive marine deep cycle batteries.

Refrigerator thoughts and recommendations

LEFT IMAGE: Air Temperature  surrounding fridge   RIGHT IMAGE: ARB Maintaining 0°F Internal

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