Ok so now I'm checking out seriously new vans, never had one before, but I'm dreaming of hitting the road in a big way.
Thought I'd covered myself with any problems that I might have, is the toilet and shower large enough?, well ok I'm not too large just cuddly, I'd like to think. So I've been in a few showers shut the door and made sure that when I'm doing my business there's room to at least pull off a few sheets of overpriced eco toilet paper and at the very least be able to move my arms in the shower cubicle.
Tables vary enormously too. If its fixed to the wall can I get behind the table comfortably without being cut in half, well I am cuddly? Most do but some I think were made for the undernourished or people with an eating disorder.
So checklist sorted, checking van prices done!, counting my money done! I'm ready to commit to a van then someone says "Electricity is a problem!! Batteries don't last long, solar panels are no good."
AAggh!! Help??
I've tried to do the research but I can't get a definitive answer. Looked on youtube usually someones got a video with an answer, but no! So obviously go to the people who know, and that's you funsters!!
I can see my self hooked up in a campsite occasionally and a lot of wild camping too, but am I to believe that when not hooked up, leisure batteries last next to no time, and after 15 minutes of television a boiling a kettle, that the lights will go out and I will have to wait days for the battery to recharge?
I want to use my computer, I like to watch tv, I'd like to have at least one light on when it gets dark.
Some people, no names, have been extolling the virtues of their wild camping adventures, with "we had no hookups and we wild camped for days with plenty of electricity running 240v tvs" etc etc. Are these the exception, exaggerations or just downright porkies. How do others go on with electrics when wild camping and maintain a good supply.
I understand the formula for calculating power and usage but I feel like I'm missing something.
I want to use my computer not a laptop if I can and I want to use a 240v television, preferably with a light on.
Or am I just expecting too much.
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!!!
Gary
Thought I'd covered myself with any problems that I might have, is the toilet and shower large enough?, well ok I'm not too large just cuddly, I'd like to think. So I've been in a few showers shut the door and made sure that when I'm doing my business there's room to at least pull off a few sheets of overpriced eco toilet paper and at the very least be able to move my arms in the shower cubicle.
Tables vary enormously too. If its fixed to the wall can I get behind the table comfortably without being cut in half, well I am cuddly? Most do but some I think were made for the undernourished or people with an eating disorder.
So checklist sorted, checking van prices done!, counting my money done! I'm ready to commit to a van then someone says "Electricity is a problem!! Batteries don't last long, solar panels are no good."
AAggh!! Help??
I've tried to do the research but I can't get a definitive answer. Looked on youtube usually someones got a video with an answer, but no! So obviously go to the people who know, and that's you funsters!!
I can see my self hooked up in a campsite occasionally and a lot of wild camping too, but am I to believe that when not hooked up, leisure batteries last next to no time, and after 15 minutes of television a boiling a kettle, that the lights will go out and I will have to wait days for the battery to recharge?
I want to use my computer, I like to watch tv, I'd like to have at least one light on when it gets dark.
Some people, no names, have been extolling the virtues of their wild camping adventures, with "we had no hookups and we wild camped for days with plenty of electricity running 240v tvs" etc etc. Are these the exception, exaggerations or just downright porkies. How do others go on with electrics when wild camping and maintain a good supply.
I understand the formula for calculating power and usage but I feel like I'm missing something.
I want to use my computer not a laptop if I can and I want to use a 240v television, preferably with a light on.
Or am I just expecting too much.
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!!!
Gary