This is How I Power My Van | Full-Time w/ Gaming Setup

How many solar panels do you have and what W?

Currently planning Van life, plan to be on the road in january 2025. THIS is my biggest worry. I want to build my own, not buy already converted. I am terrified of trying to tackle electrical...

This video helpped me so much!

Anyone know the speakers that is on his gaming monitor

But what about running AC if you have a cat?

Coolest set up ever!!

thorough explanation, love it!

Do you have air conditioning in there too?

Thanks! Greatly explained. Just one question, let's say I have a heater or AC on, which is a 1500w appliance, then I need to use Microwave simultaneously which is also a big appliance to draw power let's say it's also 1500W, and neglecting those small appliances like 1W led light; In this case, if you have a 2kw inverter instead of a 3kw inverter, you definitely gonna overload the circuit and destroy the fuse right? Also I heard in Canda during the winter time, Solar panel is not functioning at all or not functioning well to charge the battery, is it true? To be honest, I don't understand how it can not charge battery even we have Sun light in the winter

I’d never be satisfied with these vans. I want what he has but also a shower and toilet.

When you said 120v instead of the usual 110, I subbed and liked. Thank you random van person, thank you so much. Also great video, thanks for explaining and showing everything off.

I want to see how it got built 🤔

How much solar do you have? I don't think you mentioned it, or if you did, I must have missed it.

But how do you shower and wash your clothes?

Hi rya, I love the way the van is laid out, but how do you shower and go to the bathroom? that's the only doubt I have left

Small Tip: Maybe use Watthours and Watts instead of amps when talking about power draw and power capacity. Because that makes it universal. Drawing 5 amps on 12 volts is a whole different power draw compared to 5 amps on 120 volts.
Same with a battery. A 12Ah (amp hour) battery running at 100V can last more than twice as long as a 12Ah battery running 50V.

Great video, not a full time van / camper man, but power is always a most.

My laptop with an RTX 4060 uses less watts.

You can put in an extra Orion 12/12 30a easy.
The input cable is 10mm? dont you want to go with 16mm?

Where is the bath ?

if you upgrade your Orion Tr Smart to a 60amp or more ... be sure to see if you alternator has more amps than the device... otherwise you will damage the alternator ....orrrr look in to installing a bigger alternator with more amps ...maybe the sell a kit for that

I'm making a camping van now. Your video was very helpful. It is most difficult for me to make electrical facilities.😅

Ryan, thanks for taking the time and showing us your system. Lots of good info.

How do you get internet in the van?

10 amps of what? 12v? That’s only 120 watts which sounds too low. A large gaming monitor is easily 50 watts. An Xbox one is 120 watts. Add inverter inefficiencies and you’re looking at closer to 200 watts or 16 amps.

Bro, your kitchen setups, specifically the herb, seasoning, cooking supplement shelf is crazy.

Solar?

"Let's head out into the desert and talk power" are supposedly the last words heard by Jimmy Hoffa.

Who can help me setup a van in the next year ?? 💰

I want to live in an RV, but I need 1gb internet.

get some tints on the front windows and front windscreen will make such a difference when you're driving and for heat and interior damage

This has helped me massively and was exactly what I was looking for. I'm building a van around my disabilities but only for lots of trips away not live in. But I have a few special requirements I was concerned about.

THANK YOU SO MUCH 🤝

What van is that?

Thanks!

lol, USB power is only 5v... not 12.

Ohh breakfast looked good.

How do you deal with carbon monoxide? Thank you.

i coulnd't live in one of these, not at all, But i would love to rent one of these for a long road trip!!

There's no discord link :(

I have a 400ah 375watt solar and battery bank set up and I find that's the perfect amount of power for boon docking for a few days at a time. I have a water heater for my shower and induction cooktop which use up the most power (about 10% of my batteries per day).

How much solar you have is far more important than the battery pack size which is why a van was immediately not an option to me, which is why I went with a truck with 7x2.4m of roof space with 2000w on it. If I go into minimal systems usage and only use what my panels bring in each day which is about 1500wh I can just get through the worst of winter without plugging in. You most certainly can't be the house cat type living in a van full time with the limited roof space they have and not be pluggin in regularly.

What Wi-Fi do you use

Some great tips here. Impressive you did this all yourself. I probably wouldn’t trust myself or be able to do it all safely and properly. Also a good tip on using a portable solar generator depending on one’s power consumption. A lot cheaper and easy to set up!

Nice to see a gaming van setup, thanks for sharing!

vanlife4ever!

Was about to praise your cleanliness discipline but then the fans appeared.

Always wanted something just like this

If you were to rebuild another van will you do it?