We’ve been buying bottled water for a while as we live in places where the water is a little less than savory. It’s fine but I get tired of all the containers carting around and the waste they generate. We used those pay water filling stations a bit with a larger bottle, but having to […]
Author: Aaron Bockelie
Completed Lithium Battery Overview
25kWh of total capacity. Charge and discharge limits fence this to 19kW of usable capacity with an expected lifetime of 14-18 years before replacement of cells is necessary. 3kVA in split phase. So about 6kW total outputish. Recharges via 50 AMP RV connection or 2.5kW of roof solar. Remote monitoring via cellular data with packet radio fallback. Weighs about […]
New Mexico to Mississippi
New Mexico to Mississippi was flat! Texas was an even flatter flat. Don’t mess with Texas – it’s huge.
Corrales Friends
Some of the pictures from our stay in Corralles, NM (Adjacent to Albuquerque) Yes I got the breaking bad doughnut – I couldn’t help it. Vanessa and Denver if you read this, thank you so much for letting us stay – it really helped build confidence and give us a stepping off point. Skoolie life […]
Utah to Albuquerque
We are heading to Albuquerque for a bit as we were invited to stay with some fellow bus friends. The drive down seemed to take forever! Once we got into ABQ the weather welcomed us, but it’s a beautiful city.
Twin Falls, ID
We stayed for a week in Twin Falls. In hindsight it was a few days more than we needed to, but it didn’t hurt anyone either. Internet access is sort of a continued stressor, and finding the new daily cadence for work is challenging. We got invited to a painting activity in the clubhouse at […]
Leaving Washington
Leaving my office behind was weird. I had already arranged with my company that I’d be working remote. I know it’s a bit exploratory – working full remote is uncommon in our organization, but I feel like what I’ve been doing for a while now is to help teams communicate effectively with tools and processes […]
Sold House, Have To Go Somewhere Else
We sold the house that was (sort of) purposely bought to finish the bus mid September. For a bit, we bummed around in front of our friends houses for a few days to get some things sorted, but eventually we found it was time to go. It’s crazy how our stuff kept following us around […]
Front Axle Spring Bushings
Something that had been wrong on our bus since we bought it was a funny clunk when turning corners, usually at an intersection. It was coming from the front end, and after a little investigation I determined that the spring pins and bushings were completely trashed, especially the passenger side ones. There was a large […]