In this video, I review the Xantrex Freedom XC Pro inverter I purchased and installed in July of this year. I’ve been using it for two solid months of boating, primarily off-grid, and I’m back with my likes and dislikes. I also go through all its settings in the app and demo how I use … Read more
I picked up a demo of an inexpensive clamp-on amp meter with Bluetooth capabilities for monitoring our new boat’s electrical systems. It’s a model BT7200APP BTMeter that I bought off Amazon. In this video, I give you a demo of it in action, monitoring our boat’s alternator amperage output. It should also help troubleshoot problems … Read more
In this video, I review a self-heating 100 amp-hour lithium battery from BougeRV. Over the years, I reviewed several products from BougeRV and found them to be a pretty good value for the money. I’m still using a pair of their solar panels and two controllers I reviewed. Tests performed on the BougeRV battery included … Read more
A quick look at an inexpensive new test gadget I purchased to help me review RV battery and power systems. The Koolertron (aka Junctek) battery monitor has a 400 amp shunt, LCD, and Bluetooth app. It’ll display a plethora of information for me like the voltage, amperage, wattage, kilowatt hours, amp hours, temperature, and more. … Read more
Over the last 11 years of full-time RVing, our off-grid power system has evolved and changed quite often. Early on, I slowly increased our power input and output options and storage capacity as I could afford it. Then as my LYRV YouTube channel grew, I was offered product samples for review by various companies. Many … Read more
In this video, my good friend Eddie from Mobile Homestead Solar Services was kind enough to give us a few tips on how to make up your own custom heavy gauge RV battery or Inverter cables. I caught him while he was installing a battery bank consisting of 6 new Battle Born lithium batteries. They … Read more
In this video, I show you a neat little product called Wago Lever Nuts to help make connecting wires a snap. No soldering or crimping needed. The only tool required is a wire stripper. They are also simple to disconnect and can be reused. Handy for testing and troubleshooting circuits They wouldn’t be suitable for … Read more
Last fall I installed and reviewed a cellular signal booster kit put out by a company called weBoost. The package is called the Drive 4G-X OTR and came with a large spring mounted trucker antenna. We’ve used it dozens of times over the last five months while RVing all around the southwestern US and up … Read more