4 weeks to departure… 2

This time it really is 4 weeks! No more delays!

Meanwhile and whilst the weather is rather unpleasant for any outdoor activities Zoe and I took the opportunity to do some home improvements on our tent. The tent in itself is spacious and will do a good job (we hope) what we have added, since after all, we are going to live in it for 6 to 9 months, are some comfort touches.

This weekends addition is power. Yes, a good home needs light and power outlets. Last week I did some shopping on Amazon and got all the bits we needed, this weekend we did the works.

The tent will be powered directly from one (or both) of our bikes, no other batteries involved. Both bikes are fitted with SAE power inlet/outlets that we can plug into. Since we plan on riding everyday, there should be plenty of power available to get us through the night.

So, the installation consists of a Powerlet saddlebag kit (designed to bring power into a tank bag) allowing the power into the tent, some USB switches and standard SAE cables with cigarette socket type outlets in which we will plug USB outlets to use for charging phones, Gopro etc… The USB outlets will also show the Voltage in the bikes batteries so we can monitor and make sure we don’t end up with a dead battery.

SAE power connection on outside of tent                      USB charging plug with voltage indicator

Wire inside the tent with is sockets and USB switch

for “Luminoodle” lights 

The lighting is provided by 2x 5 foot “luminoodle” strips attached to the tent via velcro straps we stitched into the tent. A switch in 2 corners of the tent allow for “his & hers” lighting control.

2x 5′ “Luminoodles” providing ample light inside the tent

The tent is now tested and ready for the trip.

TA