Back From Winter "Shutdown" and All Electric RV Update

Had to shut down work on the trailer because of too much work and too much winter.  I did do a week-long test run of the battery system in October with the batteries not permanently mounted to see if my inverter and battery setup worked as expected, and it did.  I slept in the trailer, heated water, ran the microwave, even plugged in a small ceramic heater to take the chill off a couple of cold mornings, and it worked perfectly.

Next step is to build the battery system permanent mount for the tongue, then install the mini-split heat pump and finish it off.  More blog posts coming on that, but I wanted to pass along an article that makes me think more than ever that the all-electric RV is coming and soon!

Tesla Powerwall for All-Electric RV?

As I've built my project, I've been planning carefully to maximize my system based on 2 large deep-cycle conventional marine batteries.  Its working, but its heavy and limited.   Now Tesla has announced their new Powerwall and I am totally jazzed - this is the direction that battery technology is going and I could easily see how this could be in the all-electric RV of the future.  Read up on it and I'll be doing more research on the Powerwall and comparing it to my current battery setup in future blogs.