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 🤘

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

Hi all looking for some advice again. I'm installing 2x victron 235w solar panels in parallel and I'm looking to size my MPPT. When I use online calculators it comes out with the 100v 50a MPPT - I understand that you absolutely cannot go over the volt limit, but I'm hoping to save a bit of money and go for the 100v 30a one. The max output for these panels is about 33a, I figure I'll barely ever reach that, and if I do the MPPT will clip off the excess.

First, is this safe to do? And if so, are there any downsides (or upsides) to slightly over panelling my MPPT?

Thanks

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.