Morning RV Power Management on Mountain

Early morning (6 AM) on fourth day of mountain camping. Cold conditions (63°F inside RV). Low battery power requiring generator use and careful energy conservation. Preparing for town supply run and future Oregon Coast travel.

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October 3, 2024

23:47

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rswfire

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0.00

[0:00]it's 6 o'clock in the morning I've just

[0:03]been sitting here for a

[0:05]while just thinking looking out

[0:09]at that incredible

[0:13]view I turn my lights on for you but my

[0:17]battery is quite low I learned that

[0:20]yesterday um based on the bolts you can

[0:23]tell how much charger battery has I

[0:25]didn't know that and I tried charging it

[0:29]from

[0:30]I'm using I tried plugging my RV into my

[0:34]solar and it works but my my Watch Dog

[0:38]wouldn't let it charge because of it

[0:40]doesn't have a

[0:41]ground so I need to get some kind of

[0:45]plug that makes it mimic having a ground

[0:48]I'm going to try to find that

[0:50]today I'm going to run my generator

[0:52]though this morning once it's a little

[0:55]more Daylight out there so that I don't

[0:57]feel like I'm disturbing anyone else but

[1:00]it's quite low it's at

[1:02]25% um maybe lower after you know I

[1:06]don't know how much I've only been here

[1:08]4 days and just seems like a

[1:12]lot

[1:13][Music]

[1:15]so my generator runs on propane I was so

[1:18]happy to discover

[1:21]that um I'll have to do that more often

[1:24]to keep those batteries charg until I

[1:26]can replace them with lithium ones it's

[1:29]one of the things I was thinking about

[1:30]this morning it's probably very

[1:33]expensive and I couldn't afford it right

[1:35]now but one

[1:38]day have to head into town today to pick

[1:41]some things up I'm going to put in some

[1:43]thermal

[1:44]curtains and I need some supplies I

[1:48]still need to do my

[1:50]laundry and I need to find somewhere to

[1:53]shower today and to take my trash

[1:55]there's just so

[1:57]much so I've just been sitting here and

[1:59]enjoying the

[2:03]morning thinking through what I'm going

[2:05]to do

[2:06]today yesterday I was playing video

[2:09]games on my laptop I was playing Horizon

[2:12]zero Dawn that was fun I'm going to keep

[2:15]doing that it looks like I can my laptop

[2:19]doesn't use a great deal of power even

[2:21]when gaming

[2:23]so I think I can pretty much use my

[2:26]laptop indefinitely as long as I'm

[2:29]trying ing the solar during the

[2:32]day

[2:35]so I guess my thoughts this morning

[2:40]are on the Practical aspects of this

[2:45]lifestyle there was a little bit

[2:48]of

[2:52]um I've been thinking about my journey

[2:54]where you know I'm leaving after here

[2:56]and the fact that I don't really have a

[2:59]plan

[3:01]and I don't even know where I'll be

[3:03]sleeping every night when I leave here

[3:07]and I mean there's a little bit of

[3:09]anxiety around that but it's only

[3:11]because this is so new to me I think

[3:13]that given a little bit of

[3:16]time um that won't really be a problem

[3:19]for me either so

[3:36]I'm I don't regret this it's hard but I

[3:39]don't regret it I

[3:43]just I'm still not sure what it is I'm

[3:45]looking for I guess

[3:51]because well I don't know I might I

[3:54]might be premature saying something like

[3:57]that it's just yesterday I had a few

[4:00]moments

[4:02]where um I was feeling nostalgic and

[4:04]even a little bit of grief over my old

[4:06]life but that's more related

[4:09]to my mom really I you know I miss being

[4:13]able to spend time with

[4:17]her and I was playing that video game

[4:20]and that just reminded me of her because

[4:22]she really liked aloy the character and

[4:26]she would watch me play it and

[4:33]I don't regret it I

[4:37]don't I wouldn't want to return to that

[4:42]life I had every convenience

[4:47]imaginable I had done everything Society

[4:50]told me to do to find happiness and all

[4:52]I did was make me feel empty

[5:00]after a lifetime of kind of following my

[5:03]own path I settled down and I acquired

[5:10]things

[5:12]and it did not bring me

[5:17]happiness I don't know what to do with

[5:21]that we're actually doing it we're

[5:23]charging the

[5:25]solar from AC power

[5:31]I don't know if you can see that there

[5:34]we go it made that

[5:37]thing you could hear the fan get like um

[5:41]it's not running as well like it's

[5:43]drawing so much

[5:45]power hope that's not a

[5:49]problem I turn my AC off just in

[5:53]case cuz I know I can't do a lot of

[5:55]power in

[5:58]here that's a a lot of power 1650

[6:03]watts how fast does this

[6:09]charge oh look it tells you there

[6:14]1649 so cool let's see how long this

[6:22]takes come on go

[6:25]up oh that's fast oh my God that's fast

[6:29]this is the view from my bedroom

[6:32]window M's

[6:35]relaxing isn't that

[6:38]incredible so I'm just resting I'm

[6:43]relaxing I'm going to decide what I'll

[6:46]do is

[6:47]I'll compile all my Clips together and

[6:49]I'll upload them privately and then once

[6:52]I leave here I'll just make them all

[6:54]public at

[6:55]once so I'm going to end this one with

[6:59]my

[7:01]plans so I'm up here almost alone

[7:05]there's a little tiny Lake well I showed

[7:08]that to you didn't I um and people go

[7:11]over there there's someone over there

[7:14]now kind of detracts from The Experience

[7:17]I'm trying to have up here honestly and

[7:20]then another um car came through and

[7:23]they're camping here right now I watch

[7:25]them go around all the campsites

[7:27]collecting firewood from all of the

[7:29]different camp

[7:30]campsites they even brought a box to De

[7:32]it

[7:33]with which I had mixed feelings about I

[7:36]don't know why I'll explore that at some

[7:38]point because it's like why do you why

[7:40]are you like I'm practically judging

[7:43]them for this but at the same time I'm

[7:44]thinking how smart and how cool you

[7:47]know so mixed feelings I don't even know

[7:50]why though um it's not something to

[7:53]judge it truly it's not I I it just

[7:57]isn't and I think it's more the fact

[7:59]they're just here right I just I wanted

[8:02]to be alone so hopefully they're not

[8:04]here for

[8:06]long

[8:08]um I'm not level I could have got myself

[8:11]level I'm almost level

[8:13]but um I didn't care that much

[8:16]truly I got my solar on it's powering my

[8:19]satellite internet and that's the only

[8:21]thing it's

[8:22]powering I'll check on that in a little

[8:24]while see how it's

[8:25]doing I'm running on battery power so

[8:27]I'm keeping my lights off and turn my

[8:30]water pump on when I need to use it and

[8:32]then turn that off when I don't being

[8:35]very careful I

[8:38]guess um I don't have a lot of fresh

[8:40]water I'm beating myself up for that

[8:42]because I thought about filling my tank

[8:45]before I left the last Campground I

[8:47]didn't do it cuz I was being lazy and

[8:49]stupid and now I'm going to regret it

[8:51]cuz I'm here for a week maybe two if I

[8:53]decide to stay

[8:55]longer which I'm I might I might do it

[8:59]um

[9:01]um I'm off grade on top of a mountain

[9:05]I'm going to have to learn to use my

[9:07][Music]

[9:08]solar um I need to understand my energy

[9:11]requirements that's really important and

[9:14]see how well I can charge them and stuff

[9:16]like that uh one thing I noticed which

[9:19]was very cool is that when the Sun

[9:20]starts to head to the West Side you know

[9:23]when it's starting to set um this

[9:25]mountain blocks it that was so cool so

[9:28]you don't get the afternoon sun which

[9:30]will affect my solar power but it also

[9:32]keeps it from getting too hot in here so

[9:34]nice trade-off

[9:36]there um I want to I got to do laundry

[9:40]and if I can't find a laundry mat then I

[9:43]might actually have to just hand wash my

[9:45]stuff CU I am running out of clothes

[9:47]now

[9:49]um there something else I needed to do

[9:51]in

[9:52]town laundry

[9:56]mat oh man I lost my train of thought

[9:59]and oh showers

[10:01]so there's no showers here I could use

[10:05]my outdoor

[10:07]shower except I don't like the direction

[10:09]it's facing maybe if it was on the other

[10:11]side I'd be more willing but um I don't

[10:15]have a lot of fresh water so I really

[10:17]couldn't anyway so I think I'm going to

[10:19]adapt and do the the bucket method you

[10:24]know so be real intentional about the

[10:27]next week or two where I'm just

[10:30]living off grid I'm excited about it

[10:34]I've got my propane and my charcoal

[10:36]grills so I'm going to try to do some

[10:39]cooking while I'm here I will cook in

[10:43]here of

[10:45]course um I'm going to save my water for

[10:49]for dishes because you know um

[10:52]especially if I'm cooking and stuff

[10:55]so there's things I need to do in town

[10:58]There's um there's a Walmart not in this

[11:01]town but in the next town over not sure

[11:03]how far away I have to go down the

[11:06]mountain in my cheep like oh my God it's

[11:09]going to be amazing though I know it

[11:12]is this is wonderful anyways Walmart so

[11:16]I'm going to go to Walmart and just get

[11:19]some basic supplies tomorrow and get

[11:22]some get Bailey a new um harness one

[11:25]that fits him better because I'd love

[11:26]for him to be able to just spend time

[11:28]Outdoors without me need to worry about

[11:31]him um what else there's just so

[11:35]much I do need to be thinking about my

[11:37]future you know I'm got plans to make

[11:41]and um I'll be doing that a lot of

[11:44]introspective type stuff because there's

[11:46]I'm conserving power so I'm not going to

[11:48]be doing

[11:50]like well I mean there's

[11:53]like I can't even like watch the news

[11:56]like I just I don't really have the

[11:57]power

[12:00]I do try to keep up on the news I really

[12:02]do um very sorry I didn't say this but I

[12:06]I'm very sorry for what's happening in

[12:07]North Carolina right now I mean

[12:10]that's

[12:13]tragic um a little concerned about what

[12:15]Israel did because there will be

[12:18]repercussions and that could lead

[12:22]to places we really don't want this

[12:24]world going you

[12:26]know um so yeah I keep up on the news

[12:29]cuz I do believe that socio collapse is

[12:32]coming so I pay

[12:34]attention um I guess that's really it

[12:38]I'm sure there's other things you know

[12:40]um I'll probably sit down and make lists

[12:44]and stuff like that

[12:46]and but tonight today I'm just going to

[12:49]relax

[12:52]and probably go to bed early if I can

[12:55]and have a very early start maybe watch

[12:57]this oh maybe watch the Stars tonight

[13:00]definitely going to do that um I want to

[13:02]go over to that lake at night when

[13:05]nobody's here that will be awesome I'm

[13:07]going to do

[13:09]that

[13:12]um and then so if I get up early enough

[13:15]then I can watch the sun come up on top

[13:18]of a mountain amazing there is a trail

[13:22]I'll go hike that of

[13:26]course just so much I'm going to I'm

[13:28]just going to going to love this I'm

[13:30]going to just truly enjoy and embrace

[13:33]and embody the entire experience I am on

[13:37]top of a mountain right now and that is

[13:39]how I

[13:40]feel good

[13:42]morning it's pretty cold this

[13:46]morning 63 in here I've been

[13:49]keeping the heat at 65

[13:53]just maybe I want to put a little bit

[13:55]lower than that even cuz I need to

[13:57]conserve my propane

[13:59]it's pretty

[14:01]cold um it's nice

[14:04]though just thinking through

[14:07]like what can I do to make things a

[14:09]little better in here I'm going to go to

[14:11]the store today and to get tension rods

[14:13]and try to get some um thermal curtains

[14:16]and all of that

[14:19]so

[14:21]oh it's not bad it's just an adjustment

[14:26]I guess um used to being able to turn my

[14:30]ceramic heater

[14:33]on can't do that

[14:36]now I've got a 20 lb propane tank in the

[14:40]back of my Jeep I could use that to

[14:42]connect it to my heater body

[14:46]thing but I don't know like I was

[14:49]originally thinking I'd keep the 20 lb

[14:51]tank outside of the RV and then run the

[14:54]wire through the hole I have for my

[14:57]cables and then connect that to the

[15:01]heater I don't know if that would work I

[15:04]don't know if that's safe I got a lot to

[15:06]figure out

[15:08]there just thinking though I already

[15:11]have like I could bring that tank in

[15:13]right because I already have the tank in

[15:15]here basically it's part of the

[15:18]RV

[15:20]so maybe it's not that big of a deal I

[15:23]guess I'll explore that with AI and see

[15:25]what it says

[15:29]I'm not a big fan of pro well that's

[15:32]what I'm using

[15:34]though maybe it's not a problem you know

[15:37]I'll look into that because I like the

[15:40]idea of being able to have a portable

[15:42]propane T that I can just when I need to

[15:46]they can also use that for cooking and

[15:48]stuff

[15:52]so it's nice and quiet out

[15:57]here there's our already someone at the

[16:04]lake thinking about the fact I'm going

[16:06]to have to drive down that

[16:08]mountain even in my Jeep you

[16:11]know I think I need to fill the air in

[16:13]those tires cuz it feels it's been like

[16:16]this for a while it's

[16:19]felt oh I don't know what the word is

[16:21]almost like you're

[16:24]skating

[16:26]so I'm just going to look at that today

[16:30]before I go got to do some measurements

[16:33]in

[16:38]here I mean I don't know I I haven't

[16:41]even checked if there's a hardware store

[16:43]I know there's a Walmart so but you know

[16:45]they don't generally have good curtains

[16:48]I the thermal curtains I got for my cab

[16:50]area I got those on Amazon and they are

[16:54]unlike any curtains I've ever seen in a

[16:56]a physical store

[16:59]so I want to get the right ones cuz

[17:02]those things actually

[17:10]work

[17:12]yeah just kind of a slow start for me

[17:17]I'm kind of waiting for it to warm up

[17:19]out there

[17:22]really oh the sun's peeking out over

[17:25]there it's so nice

[17:33]you know it's just a little bit cold

[17:36]which is understandable it's not

[17:38]surprising or

[17:40]anything

[17:43]um just want to figure out a way

[17:47]to make this place as comfortable so I

[17:50]want my heat to last so I don't want to

[17:52]run through my

[17:54]propane got to be real careful with that

[17:56]especially if I'm staying here one or

[17:58]two weeks

[17:59]check that out we're generating solar

[18:01]power 80 some

[18:04]Watts we're using 72 for my satellite so

[18:09]we're generating just a little more than

[18:10]we need it's 7 in the

[18:13]morning only have one panel out I'll

[18:16]probably not bring out the second one

[18:18]very often like how be a big castle but

[18:21]um we're generating power took me a

[18:23]minute I forgot you needed an adapter I

[18:25]couldn't figure out how to hook them up

[18:26]but you needed an adapter I got it

[18:29]worked out now took off this ratchet

[18:33]thing thinking maybe it was hidden but

[18:35]no you just need an

[18:36]adapter that is so

[18:39]beautiful those colors are so

[18:44]vibrant just

[18:46]incredible I love it up

[18:49]here close

[18:53]up oh I got to switch ears

[19:01]so

[19:07]beautiful those are some amazing

[19:23]colors it is absolutely wild going up

[19:27]this mountain in some spots

[19:32]oh I could do that a 100 times I've

[19:35]never been old up and

[19:38]down so

[19:40]cool the wind is really starting to pick

[19:44]up oh it's

[19:46]bright only way I can

[19:49]get this my

[19:52]camera man you could feel

[19:55]that it's only midnight though I POS

[19:59]on pretty much ready to get up until I

[20:02]saw that really

[20:04]stop never leaves me

[20:09]alone I'm finally doing it I'm making

[20:12]coffee from my

[20:13]solar see here we're using 73 watt right

[20:18]now 75 that's between uh my satellite

[20:23]and my lights these lights combined use

[20:25]20

[20:26]watts and about it varies but around 50

[20:30]for the

[20:31]satellite let's see what happens here

[20:34]turn this

[20:37]on oh wow that's quite a

[20:40]spike 750 watts

[20:43]wow I can't even generate that for my

[20:46]solar

[20:48]panels doesn't go

[20:54]down wow that is a lot of power

[20:59]has a lot more power than I was

[21:00]expecting fortunately this doesn't take

[21:03]long hope I don't lose any percentage

[21:05]points

[21:07]here I'm making

[21:09]coffee so that's fascinating it's still

[21:12]on but it's run it process and now

[21:15]that's gone down to 80 couldn't zoom in

[21:17]on that very well but see it's still on

[21:20]keeping the hot plate

[21:24]hot how

[21:26]fascinating this coffee is even better

[21:28]because the sun made

[21:31]it you can't beat

[21:34]that so I'm just chilling back here

[21:37]waiting for the winds to pick up think

[21:40]we still have a couple

[21:41]hours not too worried about it anymore I

[21:45]think I think I can handle it and I'm

[21:49]going to stay so um Friday I'll

[21:52]experience

[21:55]much higher winds but I was looking in

[21:58]that is what the Oregan Coast is like so

[22:01]it's worth finding that out now my hair

[22:03]looks kind of

[22:05]nice

[22:07]um so I'm working on my trip I'm using

[22:10]different apps eye Overlander campendium

[22:13]all that trying to figure out trying to

[22:16]be a little more deliberate in my

[22:17]planning of this next stage of my trip

[22:20]so that's what I'm focused on right

[22:23]now so I think I better understand my um

[22:27]the risk with wind so it's I kind of got

[22:30]it in my head because of artificial

[22:32]intelligence they it was telling

[22:34]me I mean it kept bringing up the wind

[22:36]in the Pacific Northwest and I thought

[22:38]okay that's a factor I'm going to have

[22:40]to deal with but it's mostly an issue

[22:42]while driving it's not really an issue

[22:44]when you're parked so as long as you

[22:47]have your Awning in and you've deployed

[22:49]your stabilizers you're you're pretty

[22:51]good condition really don't need to

[22:53]worry with wind go until they get into

[22:55]like the 50s to 60s maybe maybe 60s to

[23:00]7s so come Friday I mean the wind gusts

[23:03]are going to be 40 I'll feel what that's

[23:05]like they're might be some

[23:08]swaying and I was talking about you

[23:10]might feel a little uncomfortable but I

[23:13]don't being uncomfortable is the state

[23:15]that I'm quite used to so I'm not

[23:19]worried been sitting here waiting for

[23:21]the wind to come I actually postponed

[23:23]something I was going to do today

[23:25]because I didn't want to leave Bailey

[23:26]alone and I didn't know what to you know

[23:28]what to expect

[23:33]so might go do that

[23:35]then so yeah I don't think the wind is a

[23:39]real big

[23:40]issue it's more going to be rain

[23:44]and um you know stuff like that

Summary

rswfire begins his fourth day camping on a mountain at 6 AM with low battery power (25%). He discovers his generator runs on propane and successfully charges his RV batteries using AC power, reaching 1649 watts. He manages solar power generation (80+ watts) to run satellite internet while conserving energy by turning off lights and water pump when not needed.

He plans a town trip for supplies including thermal curtains, laundry, shower, and trash disposal. He reflects on missing his mother while playing Horizon Zero Dawn, a game she enjoyed watching him play. Despite some nostalgia and grief, he affirms no regret about leaving his previous life of material conveniences that brought emptiness.

He observes other campers collecting firewood systematically and notes mixed feelings about their presence disrupting his solitude. Weather conditions are cold (63°F inside) requiring propane heat conservation. He explores using a 20-lb propane tank for additional heating options.

Technical discoveries include learning battery charge indicators, needing a ground adapter for solar charging, and measuring coffee maker power consumption (750 watts initially, dropping to 80 watts). He researches his Oregon Coast trip using iOverlander and Campendium apps, reassessing wind concerns after AI warnings. Current wind predictions show 40 mph gusts coming Friday, which he now considers manageable after research.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission documents the active process of embedding sovereign infrastructure within natural systems. The field is establishing operational coherence through direct material engagement with power, water, shelter, and land - building the substrate for sustained off-grid sovereignty while maintaining connection to larger systemic awareness.

Dominant Language

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Symbolic Elements

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coherent

Subsystems

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1920 × 1080 @ 30fps

Duration

23:47

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