Been a few weeks since last update. Man heater was a son of a ********** to get burning properly tell you what. But I got it installed and finally burning right for my elevation (7000-10000). ended up having to set the Chinese Diesel Heater to .8-2.3hz and upping the lower end fan speed to 2250rpm's...
Got the heater all plumbed up and working now !!!! it's gonna be so hot in there haha. Will post a few pics soon on that . Definitly took a while and made me have to redesign my power and where i'm going to put my battery.
Added roof fan and started work in on the heater this weekend. Fan turned out great, but the heater pulls more amps than my tiny powerstation could handle (oops). The little knob installed in the shelf is a variable speed switch to make the RV fan go from full on to something nice and quiet...
here is a few more updates from the progress this weekend. Got a fair bit of the cedar up. Only kick in the ass was the big back door will be to heavy with cedar on it and plywood. so no cedar on it sadly. Going to go with the same carpet i put on the celing instead should still look decent...
Custom ordered it from ARE. wanted the biggest Contractor cap they made. Got to choose the side door options and the back door vs barn doors and the ladder rack option. All said it was about 4k
Here is a shot of the interior shelf. Also gonna try and get the cedar on the walls up this weekend and maybe get to adding the roof fan and maybe the electrical (BIG MAYBE).
Yea i was looking at a project M or simalar but wasn't willing to wait a year. It's just me and on my mid rise didn't have near enough head room. Looked into what was the biggest topper A.R.E makes and this was it.
got a few more pics i need to upload but currently going to make some shelving about 6 inches by 8 inches in the upper area near the walls. Got one side done but not the other yet. Then going to finish the walls in cedar and install lights, diesel heater, roof vent fan, and god knows what else...
Figured i have got a ton of super awesome help from this community and it was time to share a little. Here is a bit of a dump of my progress so far turning my DCU cap i just got into a camper.
Started with a 29-32 DCU wedge.
Grand plan is as follows.
Put 1inch foam insulation in the...
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