19 June 2007I never finished the previous post, and now I’m a whole track behind. I’m sitting in the paddock at Mosport, we just came here from Watkins Glen. More about that later, but here’s what happened at VIR: So the Chapparal and the Scarab hit the straight and disappeared like the Roadrunner in the […]
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25 May 2007Headed out from Mosport giving brief thanks that Peyote and I are both in one piece and still ticking along. We stopped at a KOA in MalloryTown which should be renamed MosquitoVille. I’ve never been attacked so vigorously, and I’ve fished the tundra in Alaska. We retreated to Nero bringing along a large
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The big plan for Fritz is for it to be all electric and capable of extended dry camping, meaning no campground, no plugging in to handy electric outlets, self-contained–and still comfortable. That’s kind of a big requirement to pull off without propane, but I think I’m in the ballpark. Most RV solar installations put a
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4 Comments / Projects / By PonoBill I’ve had a few questions about how and why I’m doing a solar/battery system for Fritz, what I’m using and how I chose it. This is going to be a fairly long post with a bit of math, so if you’re interested, get a cup of coffee and
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I am NOT an electrician, not an electrical engineer, not a professional by any measure. As the name of this channel and website says: Expert Amateur. Electrical safety is unforgiving, and fortunately there have already been people for the last 150 years figuring this all out, creating solutions, and setting specifications. So I can just
Design the Solar Rack and the Electronics The idea of a solar container isn’t new–in fact there are commercial versions available with some very interesting features–if you have a few hundred thousand bucks to spare. The notion is simple: take a container, probably a 40 foot standard volume one, add racks that can hold a
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First a disclaimer–I love making sourdough bread and probably you will too. But I don’t love it because it’s easy, I love it because it’s hard and requires skill, discipline, practice, and commitment to be good at it. So yes, sourdough is like Alice’s rabbit hole for many people who wander into it’s trap. I
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