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[Putts]

I'm sick of running all my electronics of an extension cord and plug strip, so I installed my 12V to USB power outlets. You can see the one lonely wire now going to the top of the third switch bank to the left.

One outlet bank is mounted in the end door of the electronics cabinet above the dinette. Here's the inside of the cabinet.

I can easily reach it when seated at the table.

Blue Sea Systems marine outlet bank...vewy nice!

The two bottom outlets have two USB connections each; the top outlet is a cigarette lighter plug for 12V. You can get adapters from ciggy lighter to MacBook power plug. The important thing here is to be able to power up all my electronics without having to turn on my 110VAC inverter...too inefficient.

 

[Putts]

The other USB outlet is above the bed in the bottom of the clothes cabinet.

It's a rather disorienting picture..you'll figure it out. The outlet has two USB connectors in it.

Last bit of building was the electronics cabinet door.

Made a little goof on the pocket routed out for the charge controller.

Oh well, no one will see it from the outside. The pocket needed to be routed out so that the charge controller controls and display are easily available with the door closed.

It's a pretty lame hole. Had to freehand it with a router. Oh well, it's functional.

And with the door closed.

Gotta paint the header board white at the top, and need to paint the gray on at the bottom.

The cool thing about getting that done is that it completes the final seal between the cabin and wall/ceiling venting systems. It's not hot enough to need it yet, but I'll test it soon.

 

[Putts]

That's it for construction this time, but I've also done a lot of packing. It's funny to think that two years from now there will probably be quite a few changes to the items and locations...but...you gotta start somewhere.

Food cabinets

Clothes cabinet above bed.

I've moved out of my bedroom at home. Almost all my clothes are in Putt or have been thrown out or put in the rag bin. Gave my dresser away to someone in need. My room's beginning to look empty.

 

[Putts]

And the drawers...left side.

This is the top left drawer that I can reach easily from the dinette seat. Kinda my office drawer.

Kitchen utensils below.

Pots and pans at the bottom

 

[Putts]

And the right side... top drawer is my toiletries.

Then my junk drawer...have no idea what's really going to last here, but I kept on finding stuff I needed to ferret away and had no place to put it.

And cleaning supplies at the bottom.

That's about it for now.

Living in my driveway. Winning!?

 

[Queen]

Really nice and very exciting!!

 

[Putts]

Thanks, Queen!

 

[tav-2020]

Living in my driveway. Winning!?

Totally winning! The driveway is closer to the open road than your house/bedroom was... so excited for you! And thanks for all the pics.

 

[Matlock]

snip It's funny to think that two years from now there will probably be quite a few changes to the items and locations...but...you gotta start somewhere.

Change is good ... after the second, third and fourth remodel/change in 2 years... I gave up trying to remember where I moved stuff and used post-it's on each shelf. Sometimes that worked too.

 

[galladanb]

I swear! Every time I look in here, you've been a busy boy!!

I can only wish I were so ambitious!!!

But hey, awesummmm!!!

Oh, and where did you get those cool latches for the electronics door!
I really like them and I'm thinking they would be awesumm for my rear cabinet door panels!!!

Thx for the movational therapy!!!

 

[highdesertranger]

great work and great write up. I do love me some Blue Sea porn. what's up with that junk drawer it's way to neat. LOL. highdesertranger

 

[breeze]

Putts,

Who is guiding you on your electronics, or are you doing like Gordon Solie would say, just using Intestinal Fortitude with a little Catch-as-Catch-Can wrestling style?

It's looking impressive. Lots of copper in those wires!

 

[waldenbound]

Putts, your are going to be the star of the show at the RTR next year.

 

[Putts]

Oh, and where did you get those cool latches for the electronics door!
I really like them and I'm thinking they would be awesumm for my rear cabinet door panels!!!

Thx for the movational therapy!!!

You're welcome.

The latches work and look fairly good in place, but they're also kinda cheaply built.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009AQINRC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 what's up with that junk drawer it's way to neat.

Dude, give me some time.

Who is guiding you on your electronics, or are you doing like Gordon Solie would say, just using Intestinal Fortitude with a little Catch-as-Catch-Can wrestling style?

It's looking impressive. Lots of copper in those wires!

I'm a fairly competent electronics repair tech. Used to repair scanning electron microscopes, among other things. Those things are complicated!

Yeah, it's all 12 awg wire. I'm on my second 100' roll. $50 a pop...not cheap. But I also won't be burning out electrons as they struggle to get from A to B in 16 awg wire.

Putts, your are going to be the star of the show at the RTR next year.

:blush:

Wait 'til you see the Farkle Hut.

 

[tx2sturgis]

Me thinks your screen name should be changed to:

Methodical.

Cuz you got that in spades...

Looks good...damn good. I hope to fly my camera drone over it for some aerial pics sometime soon!

 

[Putts]

Sure, you can take some drone footage if you'd like.

Or...I can save you the trouble.

 

[Putts]

On to the next thing: the spice rack.

Checking for size.

Paint, thread the paracord, and mount.

The biggest trick was figuring out how to run a single strand through all the holes and never go through the same hole twice.

I did paracord on the back side, 1/2" from the wall, so stuff wouldn't rattle against the wall as much.

I just shoved stuff in there to fill it up, but some of the stuff will go back up into the cabinet after I go shopping today. Gonna resupply and then start really cooking in there. Now that I've got a gray water tank and it's not freezing I can fill my water tank and start washing dishes. Biggest question as I work through my meal planning is whether to set the fridge as a cooler or a freezer. Could go either way. Prolly need to get that seal-a-meal thingy Garry talked about...I did hook up 110VAC so I can plug it in now.

Onward!

 

[B and C]

Thanks for keeping us updated. Putts is coming along nicely.

 

[Bud Smiley]

Yeah, Putts is coming along nicely but it's not helping me any! I'm trying to sell my step van and every time I read an update here I reconsider it. Kinda on the fence right now.

Speaking of my step van... have you considered adding a walkable roof rack like I was going to do? I think you should.

 

[Putts]

Speaking of my step van... have you considered adding a walkable roof rack like I was going to do? I think you should.

The current plan is a roof rack over the entire roof. Three large 330W panels will cover the entire front of the roof leaving about six feet uncovered in the rear. The bottom of the panels will be about 7 inches above the roof; the fantastic vents will open up under the panels. The rear six feet will be a little deck. I'll make a collapsible picnic table up there, and will have a Cinzano umbrella stored up there as well that goes into a hole in the table. 

Then all I have to do is find a motorcycle race, back my butt up to the fence near a dangerous corner, and drink beers while I watch kids who don't understand their mortality push the edge.  Good times ahead!