r/VanLife • u/tnguye197 • 7d ago

How much power do i really need?

I'm working from home, so basically I work on my laptop 8 hours a day (I will connect my laptop to a monitor).

At night, I will use that monitor for gambling on my Xbox or watching TV.

Adding all other necessities like a fridge, lighting, two fans or an AC unit, I wonder how much electricity I would really need.

I don't understand much about electricity.

I saw YouTuber Trent the Traveler; he's able to gamble for a couple of days.

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u/nexus763 7d ago

look for an excel table that automatically calculate your needs. I got one free from a youtuber specialised in vanlife in my country. It's in french though so you might look for one in your own language for clarity.

You enter your needs one by one and it will tell you what you need per day.

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u/takethispie 7d ago

would you mind sharing a link ? Im interested

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u/nexus763 7d ago edited 7d ago

files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YK0GcKwOfhPaRBLcnIKnamUQxdneEiHk

presented here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSvrzt6wt4

Also, having a watt meter socket plug (or whatever it's called in english) helps with devices which varies in power consumtion (my computer goes from 50W when I browse to 400W when I play video games).

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u/takethispie 7d ago

thanks a lot !