Freedom in a Can: Adventures with Hamlet

Just the other day, we searched on YouTube for “DIY solar.”  Not surprisingly, hundreds, if not thousands, of results filled the screen, scroll after scroll after scroll – it never stopped.  There is literally a ton of information out there, almost too much, but there isn’t exactly a comprehensive one-stop guide where everything can be easily found now  and referenced again, later.  Maybe you really like the way one woman put panels on the roof of her van.  Maybe she explained things in a way that totally made sense to you; but she didn’t make any other videos on the charge controller, battery, or inverter.  You find yourself overwhelmed, discouraged and frustrated, so it's easy to give up.  We realize how hard it can be to find quality information that is presented in an easy-to-follow and digestible manner for the solar curious. We wrote this blog to specifically help you sail through the sea of information out there.  We’ve been living mobile with solar since 2012, and have lear