It’s now been nearly 7 months since we purchased and moved into our vintage bus. We thought this might be a good time to answer some questions we keep getting, such as: Do you like bus life? How much have you spent on your bus projects? Bus Life vs. Travel Trailer Life First of all, […]
Bus Projects
We Finally Named our Bus!
A couple months ago we asked for your help in coming up with a name for our bus. We were blown away by the outpouring of ideas in comments, Facebook and e-mail. Thank you everyone! Y’all put your brains in overdrive and came up with some pretty clever stuff – Cassiomadia, Caspur, Purdy Cassy Techno Taxi, […]
Promise of Lithium #3: Lithium RV Battery System Cost Analysis
In the first post of this series: I explained the chief downsides of Lead Acid batteries, the tried and true battery technology that powers essentially every RV electrical system made. And in part two, I explained about the advantages Lithium Ion batteries, the latest and greatest battery technology to come along. In particular, I raved about the […]
Promise of Lithium #2: Lithium Ion Battery Advantages
In the first post of this series, I explained the chief downsides of lead acid batteries, the type found powering the house bank in 99.999% of all RV’s you have ever seen. It is a depressingly long list. As you will soon see, on paper lithium ion batteries seem to be superior in almost every […]
Help us Name our Bus
We’ve now had our bus for a little over 3 months – but we have yet to come up with a name for her. Well, I should say – we have several contenders, but none of them are quite “it”. So it’s time to ask for your help. A little background on the bus, […]
Promise of Lithium #1: Lead Acid Battery Downsides
We’ve made a few teaser posts showing off our new lithium ion battery bank, but we’ve yet to properly explain why on earth we decided to venture off into such uncharted electrical territory instead of installing a more traditional flooded lead acid or AGM battery bank. This post is the start of a series explaining […]
Bus Projects: Dual Desk & Air Filters
We feel satiated after completing a lot of projects while at St. George RV Resort. Interior Remodeling The manager of the park introduced us to their new woodworking skilled maintenance man to see about building our dual desk unit. We didn’t think it’d be possible to build something quick enough for us to get back […]
We Built a Lithium Ion Battery Bank!
After another all-nighter lithium ion battery research session last Tuesday, we slept in on Wednesday and then made our way down the hill from Flagstaff into Phoenix. With every foot of elevation drop, the temperature increased and we were soon reminded of why we escaped to Flagstaff in the first place. The bus did incredibly […]
Inverted Intentions
Two weeks ago we finally escaped the intense Arizona desert heat in Lake Havasu City, and headed to nearby Flagstaff. Sitting at elevation 7000 ft, it’s many degrees cooler and has things that are green. We came here intending to cool off – both our bodies and on the bus projects. We were also tempted […]
Bus Remodeling – The Answer Key
A couple days ago I posted a before and after picture of the bus’ interior, and asked how many differences you could spot. Honestly, the post was a feeble attempt at keeping this blog updated while we’ve had little energy for such things these past few weeks as we’ve been tackling project after project in […]
