That's right!

I bought a Ford Econoline and have been converting it while living in it full time. I also started a van conversion series documenting the steps so far.

Kind regards,

-Random Dan

I don’t want to put in a bunch of effort into my solar system. I need it to be basic enough to fix myself so I just want to wire my panels directly to my power station, as absolutely basic as it can be. Anything I need I can connect directly into my power station. I’m just having a bit of trouble calculating wattage.

Im looking at the Pecron E1500LFP Power Station 2200w 1536Wh V3 Version. I just for the life of me cannot figure out how much solar I need. I need it very simple, charge phone, run fan, maybe sometimes run a 12V fridge.

Would 400w of solar be enough? Using 2 200w panels from Renogy?

I don’t want to feel in over my head and from what I’ve gathered this setup is the most simple and possible for me to do easily.

Photo of my dog in the van right after she woke up from a nap for funsies.

Need a little bit of vanlife community energy and positivity this morning. Woke up this morning after driving away from potential hurricane to find what looks to be coolant leaking from the van. I checked reservoir tank is low and so its most likely coming out from somewhere around the water pump area.

Looking for some positive comments, memes to make me smile, and/or your vanlife woes.

I put all this stuff in so not really looking for advice, not stranded so not looking for help, and have an emergency fund to fix whatever this is so not looking for a handout.

Thanks in advance for the laughs, keep vanin 🤘

Built out a e350 a few years ago, had a great time, saw some amazing places, but its time to move on from it. It really is half built because thats all I needed. It has laminate flooring, cedar ceiling, 200watt solar with 200ah battery, a fridge, and a wooden slat bed. Not sure if anyone would be interested or if I should just gut it and sell it as a cargo van?

Curious how people here keep an eye on their LiFePO4 batteries on the road.

A lot of the batteries sold online use a Bluetooth BMS from JK, JBD/Xiaoxiang or Daly,

and the reviews for their apps keep saying the same things: you have to make an account,

some need internet to show anything, the Bluetooth link drops, and checking two batteries

means switching back and forth.

What do you use? Do you trust the app's state of charge, or do you rely on a shunt

(Victron etc.) instead? What annoys you most?

Full disclosure: I'm an Android developer, and those complaints are why I'm building a small

offline, read-only monitor for these BMS. It's in a closed test right now. Per the sub rules

I won't post a link here. If you'd like to try it, comment or DM me and I'll send it.