A slow walk through the suite — past the galley and the dinette, under the brass lamps, to the front bed and its wall of windows. Hover a clip to play it.
A front-bed Airstream, rebuilt as a private suite. Soft where you touch it, serious where you don't — every wire, cell and panel chosen so the room behaves the same in a parking lot as it does on the playa.
Emma J Shipley–inspired prints, deep velvet drapes and fringed lamps.
A hand-beaten vessel sink that catches the last light of the day.
Fixtures and pulls in a warm, soft-sheen brass — never mirror-bright.
Solid counters sealed in Bona Traffic HD, built for real use.
Full Victron architecture, mounted under the bed. Enough stored energy to run the air-conditioning through a desert afternoon — and a roof that refills it.
| Battery | 600Ah LiFePO₄ — 2× Renogy Core Mini 300Ah · ≈7.7 kWh |
| Solar | 600W roof array, 3S2P — 4× Rich Solar MEGA 100 Slim + 2× Renogy 100W |
| Inverter / charger | Victron MultiPlus-II 12/3000/120 |
| Solar controller | Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/45 |
| Alternator charging | Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 DC-DC |
| Monitoring | Victron BMV-712 Smart with temperature sensor |
| Protection | 400A Class-T fuse, MEGA fuses, single-point ground · Progressive EMS-HW30C |
| Backup | WEN DF480iX dual-fuel generator (propane) |
| Climate | TOSOT 16,000 BTU inverter mini-split — runs on battery |
| Connectivity | Starlink Mini, hardwired to the house battery |
| Water | Shurflo 4008 pump with accumulator |
| Fridge | Dometic absorption — propane or electric |
| Sound | Touchscreen head unit, speakers, powered subwoofer |
| Exterior light | App-controlled RGBW strip under the awning |
A trailer, and a vision for what it could become.
Every Victron component laid out, fused and grounded to a single point, fed by a 600W array wired 3S2P — low-profile, so the silhouette stays pure from every angle. The heart of the suite is the part you never see.
Katia's design lands: the vessel sink, the champagne fixtures, velvet and print, counters sealed for the road.
A week off the grid, far from the noise — dust, heat, no shore power. The mini-split ran, the batteries held, and the quiet never broke.