Dispatches From The Road
Added 2022-05-27 10:25:22 +0000 UTCDear Patrons!
Some of you know that I am bit of part-nomad, living and working from a Ford Transit-based motorhome about 5 months each year, during which my husband and I slowly wonder around Europe, while he writes his books and I work on my stories.
For those of you who are curious, I wanted to make a quick post on how I get the electricity to power my drawing gear 😁
Overall we obviously try to keep the costs low (eg. avoid campsites and not pay extra for electricity on aire de services (mothorome-only dedicated parking places) so we installed a solar panel on our roof.
This solar panel is plugged into this controller:
And feeds the so called "leisure battery", which is a spare battery located under passenger seat. That battery is connected to the wall socket...
...to which this handy box - a converter - is connected:
To this converter we then connect a single surge protector:
And from there I can power up my laptop (and a colling pad when nessesary). However to save energy, my drawing tablet (Wacom One which is light and portable) is powered from a 30800mAh power bank which we charge from the main battery druing the ride!
So the full setup looks like this:
It usually lasts long enough for me to complete my work - as long as the laptop is in Flight Mode.
Hope you find this interesting :-) I'm happy to answer any questions!
Have a lovely day <3
dSana
Comments
Thank you! *^^* There are actually more ways to get the juice: one is to have an access to a hook-up and use special cable to connect the car to the electricity. It sometimes is possible for free or for a very low fee. The other one is to charge laptop whilst driving via converter. Finally the leisure battery charges during driving and can be used as a backup during very cloudy day.
2022-05-29 17:44:30 +0000 UTCHah, indeed ^^'
2022-05-29 17:40:08 +0000 UTC^_^
2022-05-29 17:39:32 +0000 UTCI knew you were spending a lot of time on the road but I never really thought about how you got the electricity to run your laptop and all the other stuff. It’s kinda amazing that you have set this all up.
NTG
2022-05-28 17:34:34 +0000 UTCThat's a hell of a setup. Must have taken some time to map out
John Baggins
2022-05-28 17:25:47 +0000 UTC🎵On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is making 'comics' with my friends🎶
Steve Lynx (Boulder)
2022-05-28 01:20:36 +0000 UTC
