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Können PV-Module mehr Leistung bringen als angegeben? Ich ging bisher davon aus dass wir 2 * 200W auf dem Dach haben. Hier auf 800m Höhe in Spanien und kaum Bewölkung bekommen wir bis zu 450W rein laut unserer Anzeige. Ich bin auf jeden Fall positiv überrascht dass die Büttner-Panels so eine gute Leistung bringen.

Last night camping in Penelope. Today I focused on tearing down the site:

Stowed the awning, various outdoor decorative lights, outdoor tables, outdoor rug, Starlink, and the ice maker. All neatly packed into the car. Also did laundry.

I'll make it an early night tonight to wake up early tomorrow. Departure day I usually do a thorough wiping down and cleaning of the interior (kitchen counter, sink, wet bath, table, surfaces, vacuum) rugs. I love when I go camping that I start my journey with an entirely sanitized and cleaned trailer.

It was very peaceful these last 10 days. Got to see my BFF and am able to work from the trailer. Was particularly productive this week.

I'm actually finding a lot of 3D printed solutions to things. I also got 3D printed shelves for my old RV fridge on eBay, since the originals are hard to find.

I'm getting a 3D printed siphon attachment for a hose as well. Moving water from one place to another can be a bigger problem than you'd think.

Bis Donnerstag super Sommerwetter mit bis zu 27 Grad. Ab Freitag bis mindestens Sonntag wieder Regen und Gewitter.

Campingplatz: Wir machen den Pool ab Sonntag auf. 🙄

Naja, der Strand ist nicht weit, hoffentlich können wir etwas in den Atlantik springen.

Auf jeden Fall das erste mal seit langem wieder die Stühle und den Tisch rausgeholt!

Plywood under mattress is still staying damp all day.

sigh

Still spinning my wheels on problems that never get solved.

I went all out today and replaced the 3 1x2s with *5* 2x2s. So I can stick my hand under. Which involved a lot of muscle, levering up a queen mattress with stuff still on it, and moving some stuff around but not as much as my efforts last week. Pretty much took all my spoons except for the broken beige blind replacement in the kitchen I did first. (See photo.)

(Yes, this is what I did today instead of protesting. But if it molds again, that's a whole other big huge bunch of repeated work and possible worsening health.)

The mesh and sheet drapes down somewhat to continue blocking airflow, (I might have fixed that slightly with reused Velcro from my Apple TV mounting failure), but I'll check if it at least helped over the next few days and then work on that problem.

Maybe it needs *7* 2x2s!

Finally had a good day yesterday. Wasn't a *pleasant* day. In spite of years of effort, I still judge a day as good if it's productive. I got a huge thing done — I changed my sheets.

In an RV? That's no small feat. It's been on my list since the thaw in..gosh, mid March? Late Feb?

Under my mattress sweats w condensation. I feared mold, and needed to know that after the difficult task of moving the mattress I'd be able to handle whatever I found. I needed my battery at 50-60%+ to start.

I had to take apart a stack of crates and other things blocking the mattress. And it has to move bc there is NO SPACE. Can't fit my fingers between the edge, much less a sheet. Thankfully during the harrowing winter move, I'd thought to sew two straps to the mattress, otherwise.. I'd also put special puffy plastic mesh under which was supposed to prevent the mold. (It helped.)

With every surface of this space covered with stuff where it didn't belong, I slid out the mattress to discover the mold. Not as bad as it could've been, but mold is mold. Opened all the functioning windows, sprayed it down with Lysol, set up a fan, left the vicinity and planned. Extremely tired at this point and still hadn't changed the sheets. But I had 25% battery left to finish, and I could go into deficit if needed.

Decided I could cut 3 1x2s and run them under the mesh to give more air flow, and had enough energy to put everything back together, hands shaking towards the end (that means battery entering negative range and I'll pay for it later). I should've used 5 boards? But I'm feeling better about it. I also redid the crates for less work next time.

A big worry off my mind. This project would've been unthinkable last week, when I was freaking out about how long I'd been nonfunctional. Waking with 20% every day for 2+ weeks is not sustainable under these conditions.

Now I'm listening to the wind try to rip off the fake roof I built to stop the leak over the slide-out.. 🤭