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Can I Leave This On?
New RV owners often ask if they can leave the inverter, the fan, or some other appliance on. We all want to understand how long the power in our batteries will last. Newer Pleasure-Way vans include a tool, the Spyder Control Panel, that helps answer this question. If you don’t have lithium batteries and a…
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Simple Bedding
The van converts from a couch to a bed every day. To simplify the process, Beth made a set of fitted sheets for the two ottomans. We leave these on all the time. The evening conversion is: > Slipping a fitted sheet over the couch. > Put the bed boards in > Slide the two…
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New Table Leg
With two of us in the van, the original table was more than we needed. It was hard to get around, and had a tendency to loosen in its mount when we turned it to squeeze past. Seeing a picture of a Lagun Table leg posted in the Pleasure-Way facebook group, we decided to give…
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Improved Thermostat
The Atwood thermostat that controls our propane heat was a pain to turn on, difficult to read, and cycled through a large temperature range. Someone posted on the Pleasure-way group that it is easy to switch out the analog thermostat for a digital one, so we ordered one and installed it today. If you know…
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More Knowledge Project
With the largest battery we could find to fit under the hood installed, we now have the responsibility to manage that power to maximize the life of the battery. This means not drawing the battery down to more than 50%. With a 125 amp hour battery, we have 62 amp hours of usable capacity. The monitor…
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More Power Project
The ability to camp overnight without needing to plug into the grid is something that would be helpful, especially when transiting to a destination. The van has a single house battery that hasn’t really held much of a charge since we bought it used. Our project is two-fold: 1) Replace the existing battery with one…