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Power Inverter Shenanigans

Power Inverters are inefficient beasts.  Even when they aren't powering anything they are sucking precious battery amp hours from you.  To combat this, I took a readily available power inverter and took it apart.  I was able to build a remote switch and remote status button that I wired into the cabin of the trailer.  Now - when you want to use the 120 volt plugs in the trailer, you press a button in the cabin and wait for the yellow light.  Now you can plug in your crappy 120 volt electronic stuff.  When you are done, you press the button again and wait for the yellow light to go off.  This saves epic battery power.  Easy squeazy-lemon peazy.

The devil is in the details.....

Been awfully busy lately, so I haven't had much time to update this.  Here's a few pics of what I have been up to.....

Added Locking mechanisms to all of the cabinets, and built some support cords that take the weight of the open doors off of the hinges.  Classy.  Now I have a beer holders in the trailer.

 This is a 120 Volt outlet I cut into the side of the trailer that an extension cord fits into.  This powers a trickle charger, as well as a 120 volt junction box that I can use to power the trailer with when it's plugged in.

Still need to get the inverter installed.


Wicked epic spice control center.

My fair lady and my fair dinner.

Apocalyptic Rain and Such

Took the trailer out for its first far from home adventure this weekend.  It was an  adventure.

As you can see in the pics below, I decided  to vagabond my way to the Gila Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico to laze in the hot springs and gawk at Indian ruins and such.

Here are some shots of the trailer in the high country - check out that sweet diamond plate tool box I've secured to the front.

After a successful weekend of drinking beer and soaking in hot springs - I made my way home.

For those of you not in the know, it's monsoon season in the southwest.  For some reason or another, the monsoon Gods did not approve of the trailer, and tried to wreck it at every chance.

Chance #1:  Gail force winds and the hatch:  I found out the hard way, but if you expose the rear of the trailer to 70 mph winds, the hatch unlatches and tries to fly like an eagle off of the back of the rig.  I tried to get a picture of this but almost swerved into a van full of old ladies, so you'll have to take my word for it.  This happened three times before I para-corded the thing shut.

Chance #2:  Holy rain, Batman:  I received rain all weekend, but not enough to frighten me.  The hurricane hinge didn't drain water as well as I would have wanted, but it was definitely water tight.  Not until I got on the I-10 back home did I start to wonder what the heck was going on.  I've seen some pretty gnarly tropical storms in the Pacific, but this storm on the I-10 coming home was epic.  Semi trucks were pulling over because visibility was so bad.  Flash flooding across the desert.  (Not the arroyos!)  Like the honey badger, I kept my head down and made it home, and inspected my precious tear for the anticipated water damage.  There was only  small leak in the cabin from the window, and this was due to my own stupidity for not unblocking the bottom weep holes in the window.  Needless to say, these are unblocked, and my drop is now dry....  :)