Isn’t that just too sad ?
I'm becoming very tired of thinking about where to go, so I've decided to stay here in the Phoenix area until Friday. By then, the rainy weather will be mostly gone, the winds will have died down, and the temperatures should be back in the 70s and 80s again. But I must admit it's pretty sad that I'm so lazy that just thinking about something makes me tired.
I don't recall seeing it rain this much in southern Arizona; it seems like every other day, there is a weather report that gives the possibility of rain and thick enough clouds that it puts the kibosh on any hopes of charging my batteries. Since I don't have all the technology in my current Lance camper that I have in the Arctic Fox, I've only got a rough idea about how much charging is or isn't going on with my batteries.
Of course, I have a Fluke digital multimeter that will tell me the current voltage of the batteries, but my main concern is the amps coming and going in the batteries. I've been doing this long enough that I already know how many amps my factory furnace, my computers, and anything else that uses 12-volt electricity in the camper uses every hour. But I don't have the gadgetry I put in the Arctic Fox that tells me how many available amps are in the batteries.
Normally, that information is not all that critical in southern Arizona because most days are sunny, and if it's not, it doesn't last long enough to make me worry about the batteries. especially since my lithium iron batteries, unlike lead acid batteries, can be taken down to almost empty without any harm to the batteries, and they charge up in about half the time that my old technology batteries did.
I've used these four BattleBorn lithium-iron batteries for several years. In fact, the Lance is the third RV I've put them in, and as far as I'm concerned, they've revolutionized boondocking. Along with weighing half of what an old technology battery weighs, I would say their only downside is the cost, and from what I see on the Internet, that cost is coming down.
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Sunrise this morning.
View from my boondocking spot as the sun was coming up.
A Lance truck camper that pulled in last night. This is a much nicer camper than mine, but I’m pretty sure it weighs enough to squash my old truck flat.