What a great resource you have here! I am 60 and retired. My plans are to chuck it all all go full time at some point. I'm starting with a 2005 Chevy Silverado with a nice ARE shell. It has an LED lighting strip and a couple of cigarette lighter plugs, all running off the starting battery right now. I have engineered sufficient but easily reconfigureable sleeping/living/storage arrangements in the shell. I would like to install a D.C. System that for now would handle lights, electronics charging, and a good fan, with 100-200 w of solar.
Eventually I would like to add a small trailer to the rig but for now I'm going with what I have. Small spaces are alike in many ways so there's good info for me here I believe. I've been lurking and reading here for at least a week. I hope you guys will tolerate a truck shell guy w small trailer aspirations.
So that brings me to my first question. Mods if I need to post this elsewhere on the forum please let me know or feel free to put it where it belongs.
Being in the south I know that if I stay in this climate anytime from May to Nov I will need AC a lot. I have figured out a way to carry and quickly install a simple 5000 btu AC for those times when there is shore power.
Dumb Q #1
Which side of the vehicle should the shore power come in, streetside or curbside? Does it matter? Where do the majority of normal RVs put it? I figure most campgrounds w power would probably cater to those folks.