Monthly Archives: March 2024

Sorry for the extended break , got super busy with work etc.. so here’s part 3 installing the solar after we got the roof back together. The OG house batteries were worthless for what I wanted to do , additionally the bay they were in wouldn’t fit newer LIPO4 batteries.

Ended up going with Renogy products because they have decent enough equipment and they had a good sale going on at the time, I think roughly cost about $4500 for all the equipment, wiring, tools etc…

4x200watts of solar for 800watts total
2x200AH batteries for 400 AH total
3000 watt inverter/charger
60 amp solar charger
The RV also has a built in 1000w generator that runs off the gas tank and a propane tank to do heating, hot water, and runs the fridge. Coupled with a 30 gallon water tank and Starlink & T-Mobile MiFi for internet I can stay off grid for a bit without needing to use hookups. So far in the few years I’ve had this, I made it to Florida/Florida Keys and back to Connecticut 3 times, Tennessee and back, CT to Mt. Detroit/Rushmore/Yellowstone/Vegas/Area51/Grand Canyon and back on Rt 66 for 3 weeks. No major issues so far for less than $10k for the whole project from start to finish.

Looking back to last year’s post https://www.kali.org/blog/10-years/ going over the history of the Kali pentesting distro I noticed that they still had the screenshots from the desktop background image (check the bottom right) I made when I was part of the original IRC group on irc.unixgods.net that started from muts’ (Mati Aharoni) old website, whitehat.co.il site. I originally found muts from an article he wrote My meanest hack in early 2004. It started out with Whoppix based off the Knoppix live CD then Whax based off the live Slax CD. Though I didn’t take the OSCP test until 2015, it’s crazy to think that 20+yrs later I’m still playing around on the distro for work and for fun (hackthebox), and finally making money fulltime from a hobby that I love.