I’m feeling a bit snake-bit as far as camping goes again. I canceled the trip to Talladega. Two generators arrived, and I am still having issues with the battery, and all I want to do is go camping.
This past week, a friend of mine who has some land out in the county. Let me take the Puma out to do some field testing. I’ve been working out the kinks before a real trip. It’s been boondocking for the past few days.
I’ve learned a lot! The generator, now that we figured the problem with the battery was due to an unplugged connection, has run over 11 hours in the propane test and is still on the same 20-pound propane tank! I think I can get another hour or so from it.
I plan to work from there next week! The T-Mobile home internet box has worked fine. It only showed two bars on the reception meter, but I could get on the internet and stream YouTube TV without any significant hiccups. It’s just an occasional buffering circle every half hour or so.
I plan to run the generator in the bed of the truck. When running at full power and with little wind in the area, I have found that the carbon dioxide warning will kick the generator off. I can fix that with an extension on the exhaust, which I plan to do in the coming weeks and definitely before the February Atlanta NASCAR race.
Camper Jerry and His Friends 