My RV Power & Internet Setup
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People keep asking what I actually use to run real work from an RV — over satellite internet, off generator power, with two people on live calls at once. So here's the exact kit, and why each piece earns its place. Nothing theoretical; it's all in the rig right now.
Power — the part that makes everything else possible
- EcoFlow power station — my UPS between the generator and my work gear. It absorbs the surges that would otherwise reboot Starlink in the middle of a call. The single most important piece of the setup.
- Pecron F3000LFP — what I'm upgrading to: about 3,072Wh of LiFePO4, enough to run Starlink plus two laptops for a full workday, and it lasts thousands of charge cycles.
- Battle Born 100Ah LiFePO4 batteries (two of them) — the house bank that keeps the power station topped up, so most days I barely touch the generator.
- Westinghouse inverter generator — the backstop for cloudy stretches and heavy loads; quiet enough to run during the morning boot-up.
Internet — redundant on purpose
- Starlink — my primary connection. Fast enough for Teams, Zoom, and AI coding work from the middle of nowhere. (Referral link — we each get a free month; it isn't a paid commission.)
- AT&T hotspot — the always-on backup. When Starlink drops in heavy weather, calls fail over to cellular without me touching anything.
The rig & the small stuff
- 2020 Thor Compass 23TW (on a Ford Transit chassis) — small enough to park almost anywhere, big enough for two people to actually work.
- RV surge protector — cheap insurance against bad shore power and generator spikes.
Want the reasoning behind the power setup? I broke down the wattage math in Your AC Will Kill Your Starlink, and the full internet stack in My Off-Grid Internet Setup.