Off grid washing machine

[Billy The Impaler]

Just got back from about 3 weeks on the road. Now I've got a buttload of laundry to do. Has anyone carried an off-grid washer with them, perhaps one of those plungers style ones, and done their laundry on the road that way? It would be great to carry perhaps one week worth of clothes and do laundry on the road that way, rather than carry 3 weeks worth of clothes. Use biodegradable soap, figure out a way to ring excess water from the clothes, and spread bungee cords across the inside of the van and hang them up to dry that way. Has anybody done anything like this?

 

[Turtle]

I just went to a laundromat when on the road.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

I thought I was going to do that, but I barely get enough sleep on the road as it is.

 

[danthewolf00]

Look up portable washer.....you might find a spinner too to get more water out.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

I've seen those. They look very good, but power is a problem.

 

[danthewolf00]

Have you checked camping world?

 

[danthewolf00]

And a 3k watt inverter should run anything but a air conditioning unit.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

Would a single van battery power a 3000W inverter?

 

[Billy The Impaler]

Have you checked camping world?

That's a good idea. I was hoping someone had experience with one.

 

[danthewolf00]

That's a good idea. I was hoping someone had experience with one.

To many years off the road now......or I would have had one.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

And a 3k watt inverter should run anything but a air conditioning unit.

So much for that.

 

[danthewolf00]

6 volt golf cart batteries have MORE amp hours than 12 volt you just have to wire them up as one big 12 volt battery.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

How many golf cart batteries would I need?

 

[danthewolf00]

How many golf cart batteries would I need?

No more than 4 depending on brand and the amp hour of them.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

And a 3k watt inverter should run anything but a air conditioning unit.

Okay, so how about this. The battery Bank of golf cart batteries, charged off of the alternator of the van when it's running. And then the Eco wave or Eco cool whatever it's called for portable air conditioner with an extra battery for that, and they get charged as needed off of the golf cart battery bank. Would that work?

 

[danthewolf00]

Okay, so how about this. The battery Bank of golf cart batteries, charged off of the alternator of the van when it's running. And then the Eco wave or Eco cool whatever it's called for portable air conditioner with an extra battery for that, and they get charged as needed off of the golf cart battery bank. Would that work?

It should, you might want to look at solar panels down the road.

 

[danthewolf00]

Turtle a member on here has a post on battery banks and how to set them up.

 

[Billy The Impaler]

It should, you might want to look at solar panels down the road.

It's not my van so I can't install solar panels, only things that can be easily uninstalled.

 

[danthewolf00]

It's not my van so I can't install solar panels, only things that can be easily uninstalled.

Look for one that rolls up and that you can lay on your dash to charge your batteries with.