Recent content by Tundrawolf

Realistically all you can do is purchases high output alternator from a reputable supplier. Make sure your freon is charged and at optimum levels or you can suffer in the heat. Aside from the aforementioned engine related fluids being fresh and at their proper levels.

Plumber here, it IS possible to be filtered enough to be drinkable (say through a mult stage reverse osmosis filtration system) but it will not yield as much as goes in, the soaps you use would likely change the taste, body sludge and etc would quickly clog filters, in an emergency it's doable...

Like everything compressor air conditioned, that's with compressor at full speed, all fans on, etc, may only draw this on and off for a few hours until the space is cool. The thing that draws me to it, is I am bypassing a 10 percent drop of efficiency of an inverter, to run what is likely a...

That's a good idea. I bought another van I thought was the same van but it's actually 18" longer, has a v8 and 4 speed and gets better mileage and plenty of power, I am probably going to build a topper for it and have it overhang like my other van. This van will probably go up for sale. I...

I gutted all wood/cloth/foam. All that's left is metal and paint. I also pressure washed it three thorough times with mold killer everywhere on the inside.

That's a great question. Before I had to gut the van it had full carpet, cloth and insulated interior and roof. As my ex fiancee pointed out, it was jam packed full of mold and she was 100 % correct. It was causing terrible fatigue, depression, insomnia, irritability and memory loss. Now when I...

I may do just that. It's propane for now, but I guess I have the batteries and solar to go electric. I also am going to have electric a/c Too bad DC stuff is so expensive right now.

Thank you for this intelligent reply. I do want the light so I may actually do the plexiglass thing. I also have some ballistic glass I may put on the escape hatch as a "sunroof"

This reply honestly turned me too to this thread until now. Yes, there is far too much weight on the roof, however I reinforced what weight is up there and it is now able to handle 4-5x as much weight. You're right. It's for a 76 Chevy Santana van that's longer than my dodge. I chopped part of...

Hi, I put together a live in van 3 years ago and found happiness living in it for 8 months. Unfortunately my fiance told me it was infested with mild and she was right. I had to trash every sanded stained and sealed table, wall, everything. I put a fiberglass topper on it, it will have 1,000...

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Hi, I lived in my van for 8 months and didn't account for mold. My fiancee told me it was full of it and she was right. So I ripped everything out of the van and am starting over. I need advice on what to do with the topper/van roof seam. There's tons of areas where water could settle and turn...

Hi,  I have a 99 Dodge Ram Van 1500 that I put a tall (About 30") fiberglass topper on.  I am going to be moving back into the van soon, and I am preparing it for living conditions once again.  My options to mount the AC unit are, towards the very top of the van in the topper (There is a...

Hello, A little back story, I have a 99 Dodge Ram Van 1500 I decided to turn into a camper van, I put a Santana camper topper (Like in Napoleon Dynamite) from a 77 Chevy van on it, cut the roof off, add solar, a sun deck, water, toilet and septic, inverter, etc.  One day I decided to spend a...

Hi guys, I have a nice 20 foot DOlphin RV, and I was concerned about people breaking into it, and the alarm going off, and nobody really caring, or, worse yet, someone breaking in when I am on a little hike, or just too far away to know what's happening (Say in the woods). So, I bought...