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08-26-2013, 05:39 AM
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#401
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-03-13
Thank you every body
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08-26-2013, 05:41 AM
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#402
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-03-13
Found some time this weekend to work on the overhead storage and re-wire bedroom
paint is your friend
sign drying
mounted and pirtied up some
added recpticles everywhere
this one is over the tv/desk/dirty laundry and emergency toilet area
lift up to poop
down for desk/place for mama to put her suitcase
added lights and rectiacle for each side; switch controls the light and 2 plug-ins
Lisa's side
my side
both on
here you can see the overhead area
also mounted to boxes on back wall to run ac and something(just no more extension cards to walk or trip on
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08-26-2013, 07:53 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 732
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT466
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
You're cruisin, man! I love the sign, lol... I like the way you are doing the electrical. Nice and simple and you can add on on the fly. Woodworking is looking excellent as well!
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08-26-2013, 07:57 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Great work! I like all the pine boards and the effective use of space over the toilet. Have you figured out yet how you will secure the toilet? You certainly don't want that thing flying around while you are whipping the bus around a hairpin turn!
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08-26-2013, 08:24 AM
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#405
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by Diesel Dan
Great work! I like all the pine boards and the effective use of space over the toilet. Have you figured out yet how you will secure the toilet? You certainly don't want that thing flying around while you are whipping the bus around a hairpin turn!
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I say just a ratchet strap across your lap to two tie downs and your set. It will keep you and the toilet in place on those hairpin turns.
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08-26-2013, 08:26 AM
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#406
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by wmkbailey
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diesel Dan
Great work! I like all the pine boards and the effective use of space over the toilet. Have you figured out yet how you will secure the toilet? You certainly don't want that thing flying around while you are whipping the bus around a hairpin turn!
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I say just a ratchet strap across your lap to two tie downs and your set. It will keep you and the toilet in place on those hairpin turns.
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MMMMM. ....... now I have to find a place to store a helmet
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08-26-2013, 10:07 AM
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#407
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Olympia, Washington
Posts: 557
Year: 87
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International s1700
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
i love the way you did your outlets
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08-26-2013, 07:40 PM
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#408
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 635
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Bookmobile body by Farber
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466/Alison MT643
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by proconsul100
i love the way you did your outlets
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Me, too.
At one time I had planned to install all my outlets and switches in the same way, but decided I had a lot of room inside the ceiling and walls to run conduit, so I changed my mind and hid everything. I figured the cabinetry would be easier to mount if I didn't have the exposed conduits running around, but after seeing yours, I really like that look. Too late for me, now!
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08-28-2013, 11:13 AM
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#409
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Thanks all, one extra reason for building this way is I can have an empty shell in a day if need be
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08-28-2013, 04:04 PM
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#410
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by Diesel Dan
Have you figured out yet how you will secure the toilet? You certainly don't want that thing flying around while you are whipping the bus around a hairpin turn!
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I screwed some 1 1/2" tall oak boards to the floor to coral our porta-potti and we haven't had any problems so far, but we haven't tried the rollover maneuver or the jump to light speed yet.
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08-28-2013, 04:13 PM
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#411
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Looks as easy as angle to the floor...will see what gets done this weekend
I still gotta get power into the bus less redneck than throwing the 50 pound anaconda out the window, and the duct taping the 1-1/2 opening closed
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09-03-2013, 05:50 AM
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#412
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Disclaimer:
I know what I made was a dangerous cable (we know and understand this)
Is this to any kind of spec?hell no...people shouldn't be messing with stuff that isn't there's
so why did I do this you ask?
Because I could not find any 50 amp twist lock or other flush mount male plugs locally, i will order one and redo this this winter(maybe)
so now that that is done and out of the way
pilot hole for the this
use this
to make hole bigger
install recepticle
open sign; then open this
plugged in...the 50 amp cord actually goes straight down
and then made this up, just in case some idiot wants to help me
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09-03-2013, 05:58 AM
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#413
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
also installed a few solar panels i had from other projects
3 40 watt panels(to help with fridge while stopped at tourist attractions)
got some curtains sewed up (wow out of focus)
installed grommets to hold these
shower curtain holders
and we got a 3 drawer holder and I mounted it to cabinet top
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09-03-2013, 09:03 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
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Engine: 3126
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
I see a jungle theme going here with all the animal print, But the color seems to be off on my monitor. I guess it needs adjusting.
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09-03-2013, 09:15 AM
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#415
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by wmkbailey
I see a jungle theme going here with all the animal print, But the color seems to be off on my monitor. I guess it needs adjusting.
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NOPE...wife loves her pink so I let her do the front of the bus....I will move the "old" curtains (normal cheetah print) to the bedroom area
Bedroom area is basically my decorating and the front 2/3 is her's
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09-03-2013, 11:56 AM
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#416
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,227
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
That photo looks perfectly in focus to me--but then I didn't get to help with those wine bottles. Darn! Jack
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09-03-2013, 12:26 PM
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#417
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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Originally Posted by bansil
Quote:
Originally Posted by wmkbailey
I see a jungle theme going here with all the animal print, But the color seems to be off on my monitor. I guess it needs adjusting.
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NOPE...wife loves her pink so I let her do the front of the bus....I will move the "old" curtains (normal cheetah print) to the bedroom area
Bedroom area is basically my decorating and the front 2/3 is her's
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You are a better man than me! But fortunately my wife has no interest in decorating, so I'm off the hook.
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09-03-2013, 04:34 PM
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#418
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Salt Lake City Utah
Posts: 1,635
Year: 2000
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: ISC 8.3
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Disclaimer:
I know what I made was a dangerous cable (we know and understand this) Because I could not find any 50 amp twist lock or other flush mount male plugs locally, i will order one and redo this this winter(maybe)
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I guess most of us have some kind of skeleton(s) in our electrical closet. I'll only say this: Anderson PowerPole connectors, which I first became acquainted with in ham radio circles, are actually UL listed for AC power usage too.
The smallest of them (PP15/30/45) have contacts available for up to 45 amp 600 volt AC/DC use (carrying, but not interrupting -- use a switch to interrupt); amperage ratings go up substantially higher in the larger-bodied lines. These include the type commonly used for battery packs on electric forklifts etc. Anyway.. they're a nice, compact, genderless connector with shroud on both sides to avoid the possibility of hot blades sitting exposed to direct contact (though the larger models may be big enough that a person, especially a child, might theoretically poke a finger into the opening). They're convenient and affordable for applications like yours where you have a single-purpose cord that doesn't need a conventional NEMA connector because it isn't intended to connect with anything else.
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Originally Posted by bansil
DO NOT OPEN BEFORE UNPLUGGING FROM SHORE POWER
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Also known as tamper-evident: The one who is dazed and smoldering holding the live end of a hookup cable is probably the guilty party..
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09-05-2013, 04:17 PM
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#419
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 732
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Wayne
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Engine: DT466
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Quote:
Originally Posted by wmkbailey
I see a jungle theme going here with all the animal print, But the color seems to be off on my monitor. I guess it needs adjusting.
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NOPE...wife loves her pink so I let her do the front of the bus....I will move the "old" curtains (normal cheetah print) to the bedroom area
Bedroom area is basically my decorating and the front 2/3 is her's
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You are a wise man
Also, it took me half a sec to realize why what you did was dangerous, lol...then I visualized the cable.
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09-05-2013, 07:18 PM
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#420
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-26-13
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