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@Tour 931 how much propane do you go through? Is it heating, hot water, cooking? Refrigeration? Backup or primary generator? Lighting? That seems like a lot of propane! When I was a child there was this one pizza parlor that ran a delivery fleet of propane converted small pickup trucks. Each...

Alas, it’s so warm in the Northwest our mountain snowpack is well below 50% of normal. Every snowfall has been followed by warming and melting. It’s going to be a terrible water year… the upcoming wildfire season doesn’t seem promising. I wonder where we should camp this year? But there was...

If I recall @Steve and Karen and I were both eventually successful with connecting Buddy heaters to the propane ports on our CIs. There were a few things to figure out… the mysterious one was that to connect to the cylinder port on the heater the hose fitting must have a schrader valve core...

Yes, I didn’t mean to imply the refillables weren’t certified, I very much agree that DOT certification is important! I think Canada is a little stricter in their regs. Now I’m curious too about how full my local gas stations are filling my 11 and 20lb tanks! Idle curiosity because I’m paying...

That’s a really great solution! Note that the one-use cylinders are not rated by DOT for refilling, and, can only be refilled to maybe 65% if one decides to take the risk. No thanks! It’s ridiculous though; over the last 5 years orso the price of one-use cylinders locally has gone from 3/$10...

This is super important! The combo of electrical current and the dissimilar metals of the battery posts and the car’s cable clamps can produce a corrosive residue, which looks like a whitish-greenish-bluish gritty powder. That does NOT conduct electricity, it’s an insulator that can grow...

That’s odd that you couldn’t jump it from another vehicle. That should work even with your batt dead dead dead. It may be worth trying to figure that out to make sure there isn’t a problem with gear or setup that might prevent a jump start in the future.

I think it comes back to the solar controller. Is it a “smart” charger, multi-stage with a storage stage?

Something like this: https://campinnforum.com/community/attachments/20210310_100435-jpg.8303/

Somebody out there shared their approach, a folder in the bottom of a plastic storage crate. Handy for in the car or van, and you only have to lift it once… or two people could slide it into the car. Was that on this site a few years back? Last spring I tried out a friend’s folder at a...

That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out this morning; it looks like the Backroads and Highroads may be the same design? Except that the Highroads has slightly heavier fabric as well as the aluminum poles, which sounds great! Calling CI on the electrical, yes!

That’s how the disconnect switch is set up. When the battery switch is off there is no power available for anything that runs on 12v (except the emergency breakaway brake circuit). I’ve had to replace locks as well. I don’t know why, but they are getting road grime flung at them at 70mph… We...

No glazed carrots in our plan, but would like to try that. About 2Lbs to one can? We brined for 20+ years, but gave it up when we got a fancy new refrigerator that turned out to not accommodate the brining bucket. 3 years later I’ve had the bright idea that I could solve the problem with a...

Agreed! Uninformed: So cute! Do you sleep in that? Yes, it’s got a queen bed inside. Insulting, baiting put down: Look at that rinky-dink trailer! I’ve no time for you! Bullying strangers is how you spend your time? Good luck with that… From dictionary.com: inconsequential, amateurish, or of...

Yes, what your picture shows is the CI-supplied 11 Lb cylinder. A 20 Lb also fits, this is the very common size people use on bbq grills, exchangeable at Blue Rhino locations, etc. Yes, it has nearly double the capacity, and double the weight.

It looks like these Husky 3 in 1 Rechargeable Utility Liights are back at HD, the 800 lumen version is $20 for Black Friday. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-800-Lumen-3-in-1-Rechargeable-Utility-Light-with-10000-mAh-Power-Bank-91641/334527613 There’s also a 500 lumen version, probably what I...

Max cool @425w? I think that means it pulls about 30a? Meaning about 200ah over 8 hours? Somebody please check my math! That’s a super interesting idea! Could run at 60w, 5a, 40ah over 8 hours … but would a couple hundred BTU actually be helpful in a CI cabin? Check my math… maybe my...

Zip ties last longer, I had to do something similar on a wheel well plastic liner. Big zip ties can be chained together in circlet or zipped together one to another for longer spans. Wire coat hangers can really last a long time, you need pliers to “tie” them by putting 4 or twists in two ends.

Here is a review of studies of iron cookware to reduce anemia published by NIH: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8266402/ I couldn’t find any research based conclusions on cast iron toxicity, with the possible exception of those with the genetic disorder hemochromatosis who need to be...

I’m sure there are if you look for them. There’s a theory a minute. Such is our world. I’ve heard tell that leaching cast iron is good for anemia. Who knows? Get information, read between the lines, make your choices, take your chances. Hmm, I’m cynical this morning!