😕Living In An Off Grid Caravan With No Solar! 100mm Of Rain In 24hrs!🌧️
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Living in an off grid caravan isn't always sunshine and lollipops. And when the sun isn't shining, it can be a real challenge.
Join us as we explore some of the less visited areas of Cape Range National Park and the Ningaloo Coast in some wild weather.
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Awesome video guys. Loved the views on the hike. You are a very inspiring family. Enjoy your travels. 👍😄
Thanks so much!
You guys are the best you tube over landing family- real and entertaining as well as informative and a great guide on how to enjoy living on the road
Thanks
Thanks so much, tell all your friends 😂👍
Wow what amazing friends that just drop off some wahoo fish like that! So nice to know that people are like tgat still! Love that kinda thing! Phil
The best!
Hi guys, long time follower and subscriber of your channel and maybe I can help this time. The top rated portable induction cooker by Choice Aust is the Westinghouse Induction Cooker 2000W WHIC01K. We have one, it still cycles from full power to off to maintain temperature but starts off at 1200w and I usually run it at around 600/400w for say, bacon and eggs, chops etc but this will depend on the type of cookware you use. Another TH-camr Helen Rennie has an excellent video on different cookware and on two or three portable induction cookers (some which are available in Oz) but they all perform similarly and often it’s the size of the magnetic coil compared to the size of your pots and pans that make the difference. I watched them because I was having trouble getting the right temp and even cooking. Something to really watch apparently is to never put pots/pans on the cooktop without oil or water in them so as to avoid warping thinner pans. Hope this helps. Cheers
Thanks, David. That helps a lot. Great info. Thanks so much and we appreciate the support 🙏😊
Great hike guys, beautiful scenery, the boys did well on the hike. Have a great week. Cheers
Thanks, you too!
If you havent bought an indiction yet check out the nuwave pic gold units. We have 2 of them and rate them highly. They have 3 power settings between 900 and 2000watts
Funny you mention it, we just got one recently. It's much better than the one we had!
@@TheLifestylePioneers Happy days
Hi Simon. We have been running an IKEA portable induction top for 5years, predominantly in the van and earlier this year purchased a second one. They are rated at 2000w. Never had an issue with either of them and recommend them very highly.
I've had a Breville ind cook top for 5+yrs no problem with it.
Nice walks, Liz cracks me up every time, just like you're a kid again lol
😆👍 Cheers mate
Plug your car n and use your dcdc as a generator?
Or Use your inverter in the landy to charge the van through ac? The landy battery will recharge again as you drive around.
Plus a Victron Orion xs 12/12 50amp is good.
Yeah, you could do. At the time we were camping in a generator free camping area, we see running the vehicle to charge batteries as the same thing effectively.
When I build my NPS rig soon I will go with SAFIERY and at least 1kW of Batteries, and as much solar as possible, plus upgraded alternator(s), and also a portable RAINMAN desalination unit. I want to be off-grid indefinitely, and never need to use a generator or shore power. It all comes at a cost. Each unto his own!
Nice. I assume you mean 1000Amps of battery (not 1kW?). You can definitely get away with a lot less if you needed to.
Interesting charging challenges when it rains for an extended period of time. I upgraded our batteries In our van from 300Amp/h to 700Amp/h. We have the Redarc manager 30 and a charge rate of 30amps was just to slow. I added the Redarc BCDC50 amp charger, so I now have a 80 amp/h charge rate from the alternator. I then added a Enerdrive 100 amp AC charger to the manager 30. The most I’ve seen is 129Amps/h using the generator. As far as solar goes the van has 220 watts and I have another 300 watts portable solar. My 79 has 400 amps of lithium, a sealed 150amp alternator and the Enerdrive Dc40+ charger. It’s all about having options. We also have 2 of the Westinghouse single induction units, 1 in the van and 1 in the 79.
Glad to hear you've got it all sorted. And thanks for the tip on the Westinghouse induction units.
Love your channel, l think we have watched every episode and really appreciate your tips, idea's and all advetures especially the Flinders and NulIabour. Going off topic l have one question you may be able to help me decide, we use a 5w GME uhf hand set and have been thinking of getting an in car set, do you find the in car set gives better clarity and range than the hand set?
Love your set up. Safe travels and look forward to watching future episodes.
Frank & Judy
Awesome, thank you! That's great to hear!
The biggest difference you're going to notice is due to the antenna from a fixed UHF unit. The range is significantly better, and will vary depending on which antenna you go with.
Thanks, team. This side of the ditch weve only got 320w of solar & 2 120amp hr agm batteries. We also have gas fridge & cooking. We charge our phones & ipad during the day. So we manage pretty well.
Its just as well we don't require the power you guys do.
You're right though, having plenty of solar is key.
Thanks for taking us with you. 😊
Thanks for sharing, it's definitely doable with less 👍
Smell the landscape!!!! ❤️
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We have the KMart 2000 watt induction cooker and a 2000 watt inverter in the caravan. When we turn the power down on the cooker to 800 watts that’s what it runs at, not switching in and out. However, when we go down lower, then it starts to kick in and out. Our induction cooker at home does the same thing. If I have it on setting 3 or above it is stable. But if I go to say 2, it kicks in and out. Hope that helps. Cheers
It does, cheers
HI Simon & LIz, fantastic video. So lovely to see the inland areas of the Ningaloo coast, which don't tend to get showcased. As for induction cookers, we can recommend the Ecoheat Smarttouch. Its built tough specifically for RVs, with a textured surface to avoid pots slipping if parked on a slope. It has 4 power settings & a BBQ function (which we haven't used yet). Very happy with it so far. We're heading off to the Flinders Ranges & Simpson Desert in 2 weeks, so it will definitely be getting a good workout! Kerryn
Thanks 👍
We have the BCF 2kw induction and Redarc 2kw inverter. No cycling at lower levels. 👌👍
Good to know, cheers.
Great episode as always! You mentioned you can plug your vehicles battery into the van to top it up. Assuming through the invertor and a battery charger? What sort of charge could you add to the van given effeciency losses.
Yeah, that's right, we'd use the inverter and the AC charger in the caravan. It would charge at 60A but there would be significant losses, around 20% I'd suspect.
Top video guys, nature is amazing 💯🇦🇺
It really is!
Highly recommend the TOKIT Smart Induction Cooker Pro. It doesn't cycle at all and uses under 300w on the lower settings. Has 99 adjustable settings (1-99) and am often cooking on 10% power using SOLIDTEKNICS cookware. Was previously using a Westinghouse induction stove that would cycle on and off at 1200w and would burn food and cook unevenly on the lower settings because of this.
Thanks for the tip! Do you find it has a large enough heating element for the solid technics? We find ours is too small and creates a hot spot in the middle.
@TheLifestylePioneers
If anything the heating element is on the small side, but I find that of all portable induction stoves. The beauty about the tokit one is that you can set a low level that doesn't pulsate and gradually heat the pan up. Solidteknics even recommends to gradually heat their pans as they are highly conductive. I've had no problems using their 26 and 30cm pans this way
@DragonHeart-u1k good to hear, cheers mate
Have a similar battery setup in the car (100aH), and use it to charge the van batteries by plugging in to the regular hitch Anderson plug, which delivers from the car battery system at around 25 amps. Will typically let it go down to 30% on the car battery system, which gives about 60aH of top up to the van batteries, so around 10% of total capacity per day - not a lot, but it helps. Have done this a few times when based at a shady spot and out during the day with the car. Have also used the Safiery portable induction off a Bluetti AC180 with no problems. Comes on at mid power by default, at 1200w, reduces down to 800w and if set below that (setting 1 or 2) does the cycling on/off caper. From setting 6 up to max it increases draw up to 2400w, so I avoid anything above 7.
Cheers, great info, thanks for sharing. We'd need to run the car or the inverter to transfer power to the van. It's doable, but not particularly efficient.
@@TheLifestylePioneers Running the car is definitely not very efficient! The battery system I have is only for 12v applications, it has USB, cigarette lighter (max 5 amps), and Anderson outlet (max 30 amp, so purchased a 50 amp Anderson extension lead to hook up to van). For 240v needs, I go to the Bluetti, and top that up from the cigarette lighter plug on the battery system. It’s slow but gets there! It may be possible to put an Anderson outlet on your car battery system.
@@TheLifestylePioneers I noticed that you didn't look at utilising your Bluetti to possibly help with your struggle for power. Presumably, it was also near flat too and with little sun, there was no charge available to charge it up anyhow.
We got the dune one from anaconda and seems good.
Cheers
Believe it or not the IKEA Tillreda induction cooker for $69 is a ripper, the best & quietest I've used over the years. Also very compact compared to others. I carry a spare I like it so much. Here are the power level details and wattages tested when I bought it. I rarely need to use over level 5 for our needs. Bacon & eggs, stir fries, steaks.
Lvl 1-3. 925w 73A, cycles on/off at different intervals for 1,2 & 3.
Lvl 4. 1270w. 101A, cycles on/off
Lvl 5. 1200w. 95A constant
Lvl 6. 1320w. 107A constant
Lvl 7. 1510w. 121A constant
Lvl 8. 1600w 127A constant
Lvl 9. 1850w 147A constant
Max is 1850w.
Great to know, cheers. Trouble is the nearest IKEA is a long way away!
@@TheLifestylePioneers happy to freight you my still new in the box spare from Brisbane if you're keen. Be $20-25 to post I suppose. IKEA North Lakes is at my local shopping centre.
Hey guys. Ran out of solar eh? Maybe install a nuclear reactor 😂😂😂😂😂. Joking of course. Another awesome episode and I’m jealous 😊
Can we? 😆
I'm an Engineer by trade. and i have so many years testing induction and gas, my camp setup is for long term like 2 months at a time doing prospecting. if i got sun for emerge its good for induction but if its bad weather its gas . in duction is only good for continues travel. otherwise i carry a Engle petrol inverter generator.
Yes, it definitely depends how you travel.
The Kickass 2000w induction cooker works great, comes with a good bag and a silicon non slip mat and good performance, worth a look . Cheers Mick
Thanks for the tip!
You guys are just Dripping 🌧 entertainment lol
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We have Nuwave Precision Induction cooktop. We actually have two. One for home and one for the van. Amazing product.
Great to hear, thanks 👍
Like Father...Like Son! Love Harrison walking in thongs. Great WET episode.
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Nuwave induction oven. Two different models available and your are able to select between 900,1500 or 2000 watts.
You'll thank me later👌
Thanks for the info
Hi guys we have a Kickarse Induction 2000w rate it .... love your content
Cheers!
One thing that everyone seems to forget.
Plug the ando in and run your car for an hour or so🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Actually, no. Don't do that. Spend hours packing up and bugger off to the next area.
It's definitely an option, but at the time we were staying in a no generator campground. Not much difference if we're running our vehicle to charge for a few hours. There were a few in the campground doing that and the amount of diesel fumes in the campground made it pretty unpleasant.
@TheLifestylePioneers I just hate the idea of having to pack up LOL.
You have to love the "No generator" rule. Especially considering you can just run your car
Yep Nuwave is the go 👍
We finally pick up our caravan next week and have gone with a version of that colour theme also. I can't wait to see it all come together after 18 months. Beautiful scenery ❤
Have fun!
DUNE 2000w - Induction - shows wattage - no issues..Chage car - Inverter and plg in to van to charge van and leave car running for a while ??
Thanks, we'll check out the Dune one 👍 The inverter/charger would use more than the alternator would provide so you'd need to be careful. It would be safer to use 12v
Amazing scenery, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
don't you have charge to van while driving
Yeah we do, but it doesn't help when you're camped up for a while.
40 - 40 Dc/DC in car then pass to van ?? Having to hand wash dishes OMG !!! get 12V for Starlink ? - Interesting episode....
That's definitely an option, but then you're leaving the car idling for a while to get charged. We just prefer going for an explore but it's effectively the same thing. Our Starlink is 12v but it still uses a bit of power, the average upload for a TH-cam video is around 6-8hrs.
@@TheLifestylePioneers again Safiery. The Scotty they invented. charge at over 100amps at idol. Smart gear.
Even going a drive 4 x the charge rate. Game changer
@TheLifestylePioneers whats ya speed test on ya starlink? 6 - 8hrs to upload? What size vids ya doing? Definitely an issue someplace?
6-9Mbps is pretty standard. Vids are normally 15-20Gb depending on how long they are.
Safiery single induction is much more stable
Thanks 👍 They don't have great reviews though.
@@TheLifestylePioneers Me and my brother used them across Australia for 1.5 years. Still use them. Everyone’s an idiot
Good to know, cheers 👍