In Episode 3 of our Rolling Smooth series, Doug Simcox sits down again with Stan Cromlish of Wandering Gypsy RV Life to talk about one of the biggest challenges on the road: power.

From crowded rodeo grounds with questionable electrical hookups to keeping the air conditioner running on a hot summer day, Stan breaks down what RV owners, rodeo families, horse trailers and travelers need to know about soft-start systems, generators, inverters, converters and batteries.

We also talk about maintaining your RV air-conditioning system, improving cooling performance, AGM versus lithium batteries, and a few lessons learned the hard way from years of traveling.

Because when you’re miles from home, parked at a rodeo ground and everybody is plugged into the same power pole, ...