Testing RV Power Systems and Planning Coast Movement

Mid-to-late 2024. rswfire is in his RV on the Oregon coast, dealing with power management issues and planning movement between coastal locations. Weather is cold enough to require electric blanket overnight. He has secured the RV and is mobile, experimenting with off-grid power solutions.

Energetic Signature

determined pragmatism

Field State

tool building

Orientation

toward infrastructure independence

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November 26, 2024

15:43

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Author

rswfire

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ARCHIVED

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TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

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[0:00]so I'm getting my day started here I'm

[0:02]making some coffee using my

[0:05]solar so cool I use 20% of my batteries

[0:10]overnight 18% I guess I should be a

[0:13]little more exact that's with my

[0:15]electric blanket

[0:18]so if I have propane Heat going here

[0:21]then you know maybe I can get that down

[0:23]quite a bit more that's actually pretty

[0:24]much just with the blanket cuz I didn't

[0:26]even have lights going or anything

[0:27]really in here so yeah

[0:33]now I know how much my electri blanket

[0:34]takes quite a lot I guess got me warm

[0:37]though it's pretty cold in here I got a

[0:40]whole bunch of things I need to do today

[0:42]uh one of my friends was able to help me

[0:43]out I appreciate him so much for that

[0:46]I'm going to I have laundry to do I got

[0:49]a whole like thing in my Jeep of just

[0:51]laundry that needs to be done have to

[0:53]get propane for this thing I need

[0:56]fuel I need I need a few groceries I

[0:59]don't I didn't even have dinner

[1:01]yesterday

[1:02]um just so much and I think I'll do is

[1:05]go to a camground maybe for a couple of

[1:07]days while I'm there I'm going to get

[1:10]this place organized cuz it it felt kind

[1:12]of chaotic being here like this and I'm

[1:16]going to start scouting different spots

[1:17]that feel manageable to me this one was

[1:20]not so great not so fun so I'm going to

[1:23]try I have some ideas I just need to go

[1:25]do some scouting so whole bunch of

[1:28]things I'll make a list and figure it

[1:29]out and you can follow me along so my

[1:32]house batteries um they made it

[1:34]overnight just barely though

[1:37]so at least I know I can make it

[1:39]overnight I can Boondock for one night

[1:41]and then I've got to get them charged

[1:43]somehow can do that from a campground

[1:46]or got my inverter for my Jeep but I got

[1:48]to figure out how to I I've never used

[1:50]it um I guess it's a priority to learn

[1:53]that now really want to get it installed

[1:55]into the back of my Jeep but that would

[1:57]require professional help so in the

[2:00]meantime you know I can hook it up like

[2:02]your like like they were jumper cables

[2:05]and probably figure that out um just

[2:08]feels very inconvenient or I could even

[2:11]like charge them from my solar cuz you

[2:13]know we work that out in the the

[2:14]mountain in Nevada right so um but

[2:17]that's not a very convenient option

[2:18]either so I guess they're both about the

[2:21]same between the

[2:23]inverter cuz they're both plugging into

[2:25]the RV

[2:26]directly so I guess I mean I guess it

[2:29]depends how much I don't even remember

[2:31]if we figured out how much power it

[2:32]takes to charge those batteries for my

[2:35]solar how much of my batteries that

[2:36]would take probably a lot but

[2:40]um it's time to start experimenting with

[2:42]this I guess even while I'm on the

[2:45]campground so maybe I disconnect from

[2:47]the power there and just just experiment

[2:50]cuz this is now a priority but what I

[2:53]really need are just I just need new

[2:54]batteries

[2:57]desperately that's the moon there I know

[3:00]you won't see it and there's Stars

[3:03]everywhere you'll get some light in a

[3:05]second as this car comes by so that's

[3:08]something but I just wanted to share

[3:10]this moment with

[3:12]you where's the

[3:14]headlights H oh who's this coming up so

[3:18]right as I was trying to show you guys

[3:20]the awesome sky and all of that the

[3:22]moment I was having somebody pulled up

[3:24]next to my RV so I started walking

[3:26]toward that with attention

[3:28]and they drove off but don't even try

[3:30] with me cuz I'll you right

[3:32]back trust

[3:34]me so I went out B for a little while I

[3:38]didn't really do anything though got

[3:40]back

[3:41]here this thing is just covered in

[3:46]moisture Doom I don't know what you

[3:49]would call it it's just covered in

[3:52]water

[3:54]man guys we're doing it I am charging my

[3:57]RV from my Jeep right now my Jeep look

[4:00]to this thing down to my inverter down

[4:03]here take this all the way over to the

[4:05]RV back

[4:07]here and I see

[4:10]Power go check

[4:12]inside oh man so cool I got to get that

[4:15]installed though under the back of my

[4:17]Jeep or

[4:20]something see if we got what's happening

[4:24]here okay the microwave not on probably

[4:27]normal I don't know

[4:30]wait it says 12.1 this is not

[4:34]charging surge protector is probably

[4:36]saying no for some

[4:38]reason or not enough power or something

[4:40]I don't know I see the problem it says

[4:43]ground fault on it I got to use that

[4:46]that little plug that I got same way

[4:48]same thing with the solar I bet so let's

[4:50]fix that just take this little guy

[4:53]here this might actually fix the

[4:57]problem all right

[5:00]think I don't know I mean that light's

[5:02]not on oh it's yellow now what's that

[5:06]about I don't know but I restarted it

[5:09]let's see what happens with some luck

[5:11]maybe it'll work

[5:13]though if it works then I'll get my jeon

[5:16]oh this isn't even showing the light now

[5:18]okay it doesn't like yellow oh it

[5:20]doesn't like that device then that

[5:21]doesn't like that plug

[5:24]damn okay I got excited too fast

[5:29]doesn't like that plug like that little

[5:31]trick so I guess I'll have to research

[5:34]how what to

[5:37]do guess we're charging for my solar

[5:40]which are at 80% but had to try yep had

[5:44]to try all right at least solar was

[5:47]working that's working so we're good

[5:49]just got to Peck it through the window

[5:51]that's why I don't like doing it this

[5:53]way um you know the microwaves on not

[5:56]that I'd use that but um that tells me

[5:59]me everything's up and being charged

[6:03]now so let's see here

[6:07]12.99 basically 13 which means charging

[6:10]it should be a little higher I mean

[6:12]there there it goes at a campground

[6:13]though it' be in the

[6:15]14 they're just bad batteries

[6:18]but this is a workable solution until my

[6:22]solar's going to run out though there's

[6:23]no way to charge those there's no sun

[6:27]here I don't I don't know so I guess I

[6:29]could use an inverter to charge my blue

[6:33]edti this is going to get complicated I

[6:35]need new

[6:36]batteries oh my God guys I was

[6:39]responsible for those lights on the

[6:41]outside there's a switch in there I just

[6:44]turned the switch and they went off I'm

[6:47]sorry Forest River even though you

[6:48]really should you know um waterproof

[6:51]that thing cuz wow but yeah that was me

[6:55]wow

[6:57]okay so I had just been sitting in here

[6:59]because it's warmer in here than my RV

[7:02]oh my God that's so sad but it's true um

[7:05]I made a game plan though I'm just

[7:06]waiting for some money to hit my bank

[7:08]account as long as it does today then

[7:10]we're going to head out to Bandon I've

[7:11]been there before um during my my pause

[7:15]when I wasn't posting videos I went

[7:17]there and I actually did share a clip

[7:19]with you guys from that place I walked

[7:21]out on this long like stretch of it's

[7:24]almost like a road but it's not I forget

[7:26]what they called those but I walked all

[7:27]the way out there and watched the waves

[7:29]um just crashing against it it was so

[7:31]much fun little tiny Lighthouse there it

[7:34]looks like this little

[7:37]tiny well you can imagine um it wasn't

[7:41]anything special so I didn't much care

[7:44]for the lighthouse but I like the I like

[7:46]the um the beach I I did play with that

[7:49]one that ocean there so yeah anyways so

[7:53]I'm I'm just going to go there they have

[7:55]a there's a state park and they've got a

[7:57]campground I've never seen it I should

[7:58]have scouted while I was there I didn't

[8:00]do that but I'll just stay there for a

[8:02]couple days and while I'm there I can

[8:04]take um there's this road so the one one

[8:07]I I mentioned this

[8:08]yesterday after abandon it starts

[8:11]curving Inward and you're not on the

[8:13]coast anymore for like 3 hours it

[8:15]totally sucks but there is a side road

[8:18]like an artery that leads to the coast

[8:20]where there's cape arago

[8:22]and Shady Acres both state parks and

[8:25]both have campgrounds so I can scout

[8:26]those and I can also you know experience

[8:29]those places and also I think I might

[8:31]find better boondocking up there that

[8:33]maybe is less chaotic than down here um

[8:36]I do love this area but you know what I

[8:39]love every area I go to so I guess

[8:42]I'm it's more sentimental being down

[8:44]here than anything I

[8:48]guess I love all of it though like I

[8:50]just love all of it but you know

[8:52]maybe go explore up a little bit not

[8:55]like that I think is my limit for for

[8:58]this stretch of my my game plan so um

[9:03]the circuit for winter anything above

[9:07]that is going to be next season

[9:11]so yeah I guess that's what we're doing

[9:13]hope I get paid

[9:17]yes I mean that says it all right there

[9:22][Music]

[9:31][Music]

[9:35]Fe

[9:38]relax third

[9:44][Music]

[9:48]gear what this is on that wasn't on

[9:51]purpose anyways I'm in Gold

[9:55]Beach um getting supplies I just had a

[9:57]nap to road noise is

[10:00]awful but I got up I had money in my

[10:03]bank account so I came here to get some

[10:06]supplies and then I saw how

[10:09]beautiful it is out like it's nice out

[10:11]right

[10:12]now but and I want to stay but I don't

[10:15]know how to do it I don't know where to

[10:16]go cuz I can't be dealing with this road

[10:19]noise and then I was beating myself up

[10:22]cuz it's like man I guess I'll just go

[10:24]to abandon like I was planning so then

[10:27]I'm starting to look online to make

[10:28]reservation ations and I can't make

[10:30]reservations today because it's just

[10:32]walk up

[10:33]only I'm like well every you know every

[10:36]other day is available so that's

[10:38]probably available you just got to show

[10:40]up I guess cuz of the time it's 2:00 wow

[10:44]okay and like you know so I'm like okay

[10:46]I guess I'm really being brave cuz

[10:49]either way I could end up having to

[10:50]scout a place to

[10:53]sleep so I guess we're going to

[10:56]Bandon I guess we're going to Bandon

[10:58]we're going to Bard State

[11:00]Park there's a whole thing happening up

[11:03]here hold

[11:06]on local police are pulling over the out

[11:10]of state people to make money for the

[11:12]town right we're guessing why did this

[11:16]guy give up he's like I was going to go

[11:18]but then I changed my mind and decided

[11:20]to go in reverse fascinating let's find

[11:23]out if this car is from out

[11:27]estate it is

[11:29]Georgia oh yeah that's what they doing

[11:34]that's what they're doing thank God I

[11:36]have cameras everywhere okay so you know

[11:40]we got to make money somehow I guess I

[11:43]did not just say that cuz you know I

[11:45]don't actually know what I'm just joking

[11:46]I'm in a very playful mood here's the

[11:48]visitor center but I don't see a place

[11:50]to like ask people where can I

[11:54]go moondock where there isn't road noise

[11:57]everywhere

[12:00]you know holding people up let's go

[12:04]we're going to drive down this 101 to

[12:08]where my RV's just parked on the side of

[12:10]the road get my Jeep hooked up and we're

[12:12]going to going to Bandon

[12:17]hopefully there will be a place for me

[12:19]there and I can at least do some

[12:21]scouting and I'm hungry I really need

[12:24]food so yeah we'll leave it there all

[12:27]right just cuz I know what's me all are

[12:30]thinking like why AR you just looking up

[12:33]on the apps where to go let me just

[12:35]explain I actually asked Claud this

[12:38]question and it knows me so it said

[12:42]you're the guy who gave your last $20 to

[12:44]a friend to have him drive you to an

[12:47]Arbor Michigan to drop you off downtown

[12:51]when you didn't have a plan and decided

[12:52]to just be homeless one day and we'll

[12:55]just figure it out cuz that's just how I

[12:58]am that's how I

[13:00]roll I'm not looking for other people's

[13:02]answers I'm looking for my

[13:05]own at the same time maybe I should be

[13:08]looking at those

[13:09]apps so we'll figure it out cu I haven't

[13:13]figured it out I haven't gotten to the

[13:14]point where I'm

[13:17]like accepting that maybe other people

[13:21]have wisdom too who knows could you

[13:23]imagine if that were true

[13:27]wow there's lots of reasons that's a big

[13:29]one though it's like that's just not how

[13:32]I roll I like direct

[13:34]experience so I got to figure this out

[13:37]myself somehow without complicating it

[13:39]cuz I don't want to be sitting looking

[13:40]at satellite maps all day that is

[13:42]so boring like I just need to find the

[13:45]places drive around in my je be like oh

[13:48]right there that's the spot that kind of

[13:51]thing you know um there is a spot near

[13:54]here though that really appealed to me

[13:57]it's off of it's off of the Highway like

[13:59]it's on the highway but it's off like in

[14:01]the grass I'm like can my RV go there

[14:04]I've seen RVs

[14:07]there I don't know I'm still painting

[14:10]all

[14:12]this man cuz it's so nice out there's so

[14:15]many people on the beach my boyfriend

[14:17]could be out there and I and I'm

[14:19]leaving I don't know what to do oh my

[14:23]God Cape Sebastian my favorite place

[14:27]like my favorite cape

[14:30]so many places are my favorites these

[14:31]days but I love Cape Sebastion truly

[14:34]love this

[14:35]place we get to go driving through it oh

[14:39]man I don't want to go I don't want to

[14:42]go I don't know where to go it's a

[14:47]problem Sovereign struggle 101 I guess I

[14:51]don't

[14:51]know we are

[14:54]back I guess my camera turned off I

[14:56]didn't even notice

[14:59]oh man I like it here but I cannot be

[15:03]parked here because like that road noise

[15:05]is killing me it is killing

[15:11]me no guarantees I have a spot tonight

[15:14]but I guess we're going to find out all

[15:17]right I'm just going to go I'm putting

[15:19]my Jeep together getting this done slow

[15:22]so I don't really want to be doing

[15:25]it we're doing it though so I'm just

[15:29]going to compile this and upload it

[15:31]you'll hear from me later and I'll

[15:33]probably be super happy wherever

[15:35]I end up

[15:37]but I really want to be

[15:40]here you guys have a good day

Summary

rswfire begins the day checking battery usage overnight (18% drain from electric blanket) and making coffee using solar power. He identifies multiple tasks: laundry, propane refill, fuel, groceries, and finding a better camping spot due to current location feeling chaotic.

He experiments with charging the RV batteries from his Jeep using an inverter, initially appearing successful but encountering ground fault issues that prevent proper charging. Falls back to solar charging at 80% capacity. Discovers he was responsible for exterior lights being on.

After waiting for money to hit his bank account, he drives to Gold Beach for supplies. Despite good weather making him want to stay in the area, road noise forces him to stick with his plan to move to Bandon State Park. He reflects on his preference for direct experience over using apps or other people's recommendations for finding camping spots.

The transmission ends with him reluctantly preparing to leave the current area despite wanting to stay, heading toward Bandon with no guaranteed campsite reservation.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission demonstrates real-time problem-solving within sovereign infrastructure constraints, mapping power flows and system dependencies while maintaining operational autonomy. The field is testing and calibrating technical systems (solar, batteries, inverters) as extensions of embodied sovereignty, refusing external dependency while acknowledging current limitations.

Dominant Language

figure it outthat's just how I rolldirect experienceworkable solutionno guaranteessovereign struggleI guess we're doing it

Symbolic Elements

powergridflowthresholdedge

Ontological States

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sovereign
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transitional
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experimental
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resourceful

Subsystems

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infrastructural
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cognitive
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somatic

Transmission Details

Source Type

local

Video Quality

640 × 360 @ 30fps

Duration

15:43

Bitrate

334 kbps

Codec

avc1.4d401e