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.