I would love to have that set up at my house!

You're very welcome!

Good question. I use the adapter on the end that plugs into the house/generator/shore power. I haven’t seen adapters for the van end of the plug but even if those are out there I try to take as little as possible that is bulky, especially if it is for a single purpose. Keeping the 30amp cord with a small 20Amp (and also a 50amp) adapter takes up the least amount of space in the van and I try to replicate the routine for home plug in too.

Thank you!

My pleasure!

Glad it was helpful!

Oh man! Well that stinks. Looks like you'll be blowing water out of lines and draining furnaces and water pumps. Not a total fun killer but it's definitely nice to be able to get around it.

I don’t blow out anything. Takes me about an hour to winterize my 32 ft. Class C, I just pump antifreeze through all the lines, takes less than an hour and about 2.5 gals of antifreeze. Furnace does not contain water and the water heater is simply drained and bypassed. When we camp in the winter we dry camp. Antifreeze to flush, Cary a few jugs of water. Works fine.

@@frito_bandito_ Now that sounds like a good video! I know some people are all about blowing air into the lines versus antifreeze.

Blowing the lines out with air does not guarantee all the water is out of the system, for example, the water pump. Antifreeze is completely reliable, and faster, especially if you have to disconnect the pump.

The lithium is a good option but you have to remember that you need to drive to charge it. While there are no seatbelts in the back of my van, the ones that do are only lap belts and some don’t face forward which is somewhat dangerous. I know some people modify theirs to have shoulder belts in the back.

Ugh. So sorry I have missed your questions. Not sure why I’m not seeing them. You can run the Truma on the AGM through the inverter but it is quite the power draw and that’s only on 750W. Lithium will always be a better option for that stuff but will still just drain the battery unlike anything else on the van.

Thanks! And you are correct, served 10 years active duty.

I opted to wait on the lithium since it was so new a thing and it totally leaves you without a generator. With the electrical system I have I can swap out my AGM battery for a 330ah lithium one and will have both a good lithium battery and a generator. I did look at the Travato. I really like them but the Ford Transit base on the Beyond really sold me.

That is actually a project I am going to undertake when I have some more time. Thinking of either doing the leaf method or having a panel the length of the bed for the middle and then other flat panels with hinges to form the support for the middle. Hopefully I can get that figured out.

I have to admit that's the one thing that I wish was different on Bertha. Having just one valve to empty both tanks would be awesome.

@@TeamLynchSpiritofAdventure That's the trade-off for having the (BETTER!) RB floorpan, rather than the C or D. AND the RB has the Maxxfan venting above, whereas the C and D unfortunately do not.

@@RockAndGrohlMe I agree. I do love my RB floorplan!

Pretty much with a few exceptions. In the mountains it can be above freezing and you might think you are ok, but at altitude and in continuous shade your valves can still freeze. Another exception is that the beauty of vanlife is being able to just pick up and go at a moment's notice, but if your route takes you through changing elevations across hundreds/thousands of miles you can end up starting out in a warm place but spend several hours in freezing temps before getting back to warm. Depending on where you live in can hard to wrap one's head around that, but out here in the west it can happen a lot. This time of year I would recommend always keeping 1-2 gallons in the van just in case.

@@TeamLynchSpiritofAdventure I was just curious. I don’t own a van, but I own a truck camper. Don’t have any water or should I say tanks, in my Kimbo Camper. I do like the open feel of your van though, compared to others.