Nerd Post – Controlling Refrigerator Fans with a Microcontroller

No travel on this post. Just nerd stuff. 🙂 We’ve been mucking around with the refrigerator since the campervan was … More

Someone Lost Their Forty

A hundred-twenty years ago lumber was big in Minnesota. The forests in Michigan and Wisconsin were used up. Demand was … More

What started out as a solar project ended up as a carpentry, upholstery and sewing project. Scope creep, for sure. … More

A year ago I bought a couple of portable solar panels, thinking that they would be useful for charging the … More

When I’m building stuff that doesn’t quite turn out right, I have a ready-made excuse: “It’s just a prototype … … More

The Coachmen Crossfit/Beyond comes from the factory with about a foot of empty space behind the drivers seat. On our … More

… and one campervan windshield. The turkey came from the left ditch and flew across the road from left to … More

Our camper came with a Truma Combi combination forced air furnace and hot water heater. It’s by far the best … More

A couple electrical-related things happened on our September 2020 trip. The result is ‘Camper Electrical Version 4’. 😁 Our OEM … More

After a fast blast across the plains, we’re back home in Minnesota. Sights & Scenery All of the places we … More