Ive been intrigued by all these van conversions youtube vids but noone seem to have any electronics and use gas too cook. So how to go about to furfill the need of a microwave and a big screen tv in such an environment. I guess worst case u can stick to a big screen laptop. but the microwave i just cant do without
Anyone ever done some serious gaming/tv power usage stuff while camping/on the road using a fuel powered generator or huge batteries, or could a few car batteries interconnected solve the need for a generator if u stick to a laptop with maybe external screen.
how efficient is a car engine compared to a generator, etcetera
in the big cities in germany i was getting ping 30 using wireles internet , which was impressive to say the least.
and u use around 50 megs of traffic an hour in multiplayer games so a 5 gig card for 20 euros gets u a lot of hours of good fun without the need for any contracts or fixed line
so what my question comes down to is how would u meet the need for electricity in such an environment
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Im not electricity expert, but im pretty sure you could power up modern skylake/kaby lake desktop with beefy car alternator and power inverter, but you would need to have the engine running all the time when gaming (same goes for gaming laptop).
You can always build some dedicated insane stacked battery setup for your gaming needs and recharge the batteries with solar panels, hippie power! , nah just recharge them with car alternator (or in this case alternators) when driving. Stacked setups are used in car hifi community (dat bass), there can be insane wattages going on, multiple alternators etc..
We have microwaves in many trucks, and it is recommended to keep engine running when using it, even tho trucks got 2-4 big batteries.
A regular tiny 12v battery wont last long if you're doing much more than some basic radio listening and phone charging.
Cover the roof in solar panels, add a buttload of high storage batteries, add extra/stronger alternator, and theres some hope for surviving a bit.
Easiest solution is to just hook up cable to the van from the regular 220v powergrid.
Don't know much about camping, but I can give you some info about the car batteries. A car battery is only used in starting the engine, that's it ( with the exception when the engine is not running and you keep your headlights, or radio or wipers on). When engine is running, all the electronics take power from the alternator.
So, interconnected batteries aren't quite a viable solution, as they will deplete fast and you need another power source to charge them back again.
What Kristian said is viable ... or you can have more of these:
Ive been intrigued by all these van conversions youtube vids but noone seem to have any electronics and use gas too cook. So how to go about to furfill the need of a microwave and a big screen tv in such an environment. I guess worst case u can stick to a big screen laptop. but the microwave i just cant do without
Anyone ever done some serious gaming/tv power usage stuff while camping/on the road using a fuel powered generator or huge batteries, or could a few car batteries interconnected solve the need for a generator if u stick to a laptop with maybe external screen.
how efficient is a car engine compared to a generator, etcetera
in the big cities in germany i was getting ping 30 using wireles internet , which was impressive to say the least.
and u use around 50 megs of traffic an hour in multiplayer games so a 5 gig card for 20 euros gets u a lot of hours of good fun without the need for any contracts or fixed line
so what my question comes down to is how would u meet the need for electricity in such an environment
We have microwaves in many trucks, and it is recommended to keep engine running when using it, even tho trucks got 2-4 big batteries.
A regular tiny 12v battery wont last long if you're doing much more than some basic radio listening and phone charging.
Cover the roof in solar panels, add a buttload of high storage batteries, add extra/stronger alternator, and theres some hope for surviving a bit.
Easiest solution is to just hook up cable to the van from the regular 220v powergrid.
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, nah just recharge them with car alternator (or in this case alternators) when driving. Stacked setups are used in car hifi community (dat bass), there can be insane wattages going on, multiple alternators etc..
