#stories-from-a-van #stealth-camping #vanlife #video. Has 200 watts peak of monocrystalline #photovoltaic panels for #energy autonomy, dropping down to 20 watts on cloudy days. Reviews dc-to-dc chargers, automatic charging relays, “shore power” (plugging the car into an outlet), etc. He did the Nissan NV200 (car) conversion in 02018, with only 100 amp hours of deep-cycle lead-acid, after an earlier fancier Mercedes Sprinter conversion with 400 amp hours of LiFePO₄ batteries; he says it no longer makes sense to use lead-acid batteries because LiFePO₄ only costs 40% more. (That was August 6, 02021.)
#stories-from-a-van #vanlife #video about, mostly, plumbing. A collapsible camping sink and a funnel gains Evan’s approval, but he suggests using a pressurized hand pump sprayer instead of a little USB pump to get running water. He also strongly endorses Further Fabrication’s carpentry skills.
#stories-from-a-van #vanlife #video about #stealth-camping in Los Angeles using Spot Angel to find free parking and avoid street sweeping hours. One benefit is that he parked near a Hollywood Bowl show he was going to and then could walk back to the van from the show instead of having to deal with the traffic.
another small-van #vanlife #stealth-camping #video in Los Angeles where the guy goes to like coffee shops and the beach and shit. He has a gas burner in his van which he uses to make scrambled eggs with potato, cheese, and hot sauce, and a small kitchen sink, etc. His poorly-soundproofed van lets the traffic stress him out. Dude wastes a shitload of your time talking to the camera.
#video of casting #mechanical lathe beds from scrap iron in holes in the dirt with lots of cores, then machining them on a planer, in Pakistan. The planer seems to have been retrofitted with brazed carbide tooling.
#video claiming #stealth-camping isn’t necessary for many people because I guess they can just park elsewhere if people don’t like it. YouTuber claims that in 8 years of #vanlife they’ve gotten three Knocks, all in Wal-Mart parking lots, including one in Las Vegas that had stopped allowing overnight parking, and also one time his big RV got tire chalk and a threat of ticketing in his mother’s neighborhood if he didn’t move it. Recommends an app called Allstays to find out where camping is permitted.
#video on #stealth-camping #vanlife in a box truck. Luke Siebert converted a US$34k two-axle work truck, an 02007 Isuzu NPR HD, 28 “feet” bumper to bumper, 8 “feet” tall inside, 7.5 “feet” wide inside, 20 “feet” long inside. Wood stove, felt on the walls, fume hood over the two-burner gas stove, sliding glass door in the back, blackwater and graywater tanks, 30- or 40-“gallon” propane tank, three solar panels on top. Superdeluxe US$20k camper conversion.
#stealth-camping #vanlife fail in a fishing village in the UK. He was able to spend the night successfully, but in the morning a fellow out walking his dogs pointed out that there were no-camping signs posted.
#Taiwan #politics #gun-control #history: indigenous hunter Tama Talum Suqluman was pardoned by Tsai Ing-Wen in 02021 after being convicted for using a factory-made gun to hunt instead of a homemade one, and the Council of Grand Justices overturned that legal prohibition.
#video #toread Cemex vs. Jesmonite #composite #materials
#vanlife #video on #stealth-camping spots in the #USA: hotel parking lots (that don’t require a tag on the cars), rest areas (which often include water tank facilities), residential areas (if you’re not in an RV; arrive late and leave early, don’t park in front of somebody’s house, and check recs on the app Overlander), marinas, non-marina boat launches, Home Depot, trailheads, freeway pullouts (especially on the Pacific Coast Highway), and “beachs” (but be sure to check the tides).
DIY semiconductor photosensors from copper oxide #video #hardware #electronics