Been out of town for amount three weeks. All the kids seats in the bus are going to various kids, relatives and friends. I took some pictures before we headed out of town on the 2nd of July, so it was a pretty easy sale. Having some discussions with the DMV and insurance company( both want to see pictures of more conversion before tax, title, tag from DMV and underwriting by insurance.
Layout is about finished and parts selected.
With heat index over 100 it makes it rough to work on it in all this heat, but trying to put in a couple of hours early as soon as my neighbor goes to the gym in the morning I have a clear shot until my heat alarm goes off.
We got a new sleep by number bed so our old one will grace the MBR. Modified the air pump to work on twelve volts. Fresh water and gray water tanks in workshop.
Found the driver and co-polit chairs, but lots of money so looking for some a little less expensive.
Got the sensor to put in 5 cubic foot chest freezer we have so it can be used aa a chest refrigerator, had something similar in a sailboat years ago, so far it looks like it is going to work. have the sensor set for 38 degrees and stuff below is staying frozen with stuff above a close to refrigerator temp. Also measuring power consumption and looks like 300 watts solar on cloudy day might be enough. Since it will be a while the test can run until I put it in the bus just to make sure. Since this will be the biggest draw not including the air conditioner it is a good test.
Have seen the ductless air conditioners used on buses here and on youtube, capacitor load startup balancers, and small diesel 12 generators. I have some time to play with configurations around that. Going to see a 1 lung small diesel tomorrow, if the price is right will build a 'cheap' diesel generator for 12 volts. this is taking me back to my undergrad in ME and EE from over 40 years ago. When the build gets serious will start including pics.
This is fun. Lots of little projects that are part of the 'GREATER' project.
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