We finally got a break in the rain today long enough for me to gather up the food in the Casita and bring it into the house.
After I got the food inside, I thought, I’ll go ahead and clean the refrigerator before putting the food into it. So I cleaned the shelves and walls and got it looking good.
Then I thought, It’s been a while since I pulled the produce drawers out and cleaned under them. Might as well do that now.
YERK. All kinds of goo had leaked under there and solidified into a gross brown mess. So after soaking, scrubbing, soaking and scrubbing some more, I finally had it clean.
Then I thought, Might as well go through and throw out everything that’s been in there a while.
Then I went out to the camper and scrubbed its refrigerator, too. So now I have two squeaky clean refrigerators. 🙂
My battery monitor was delivered today, so I unplugged the shore power and plugged the monitor into the DC plug in the trailer. The numbers jumped around for a while, but then settled on 12.71. GREAT! I was wondering if I needed to replace the battery that came in the trailer when we bought it. Apparently not.
My LED lights should be here sometime this week, I hope. That will be another step toward making the trailer more suited for boondocking.
I’m hoping to have a nice solar system installed in the Casita by the end of 2012. That will open up a lot more camping possibilities to us if we don’t have to worry about having hookups.
Mike Leonard
/ December 25, 2011You are giving me all kinds of things to think about. I like the idea of boondocking in our Casia and would also like to install a solar system.
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gumo
/ December 29, 2011I am curious about what kind of a battery monitor you have as I am interested in getting one for my camper, too. Could you tell us the model or maybe a photo. Thanks for your time.
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tinycamper
/ December 29, 2011Gumo, good to see you here. You are one of my blog heroes. 🙂
The battery monitor is a simple one that you plug into a DC outlet. When the battery is charging, it shows the voltage, and when the battery is not charging, it shows the battery charge level. Not sophisticated at all, but it works great for me.
Here’s the Amazon link where I got it.
http://www.amazon.com/Equus-3721-Battery-Charging-Monitor/dp/B000EVWDU0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325185184&sr=8-2
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