We've been working on getting all the mechanical systems installed, plumbed and wired. This has also included building a few of the cabinet boxes for the interior.
Here you can see the kitchen (bike box) and dinette taking shape. We're using Alder plywood for the interior cabinetry.
The forward bench worked out well. The 42 gal water tank sits under the 3000w inverter charger and 300ah LiFeP04 battery bank. 500# of stuff in 5sqft, forward, low, and centered.
Here you can see the water tank filler, the water pump, accumulator tank, and diesel heater. Still left to add to this area is the AC breaker panel and whatever WiFi/ cell booster equipment we decide on.
This bulkhead for the diesel heater sealed up the last hole in the camper!
The fridge is on a slide out to keep it out of the way but easy to access. It was the perfect thing for consuming that dinette bench space.
The water heater is a Whale 6 gal unit with a hydronic heat exchanger and a 1500w electric heating element. It was originally intended to go under the dinette bench but it worked out much better to put the inverter and batteries there instead. This placement worked out well. It will end up inside our rear closet and the proximity to the shower means we will waste very little water waiting for it to get hot.
Plumbing ended up a little complicated. The silver thing with the red button is a thermostatic mixing valve to account for the possible wild temperature fluctuations from the hydronic heat.
Do you have recommendations on a WiFi modem that accepts a SIM card? How about a reasonably priced unlimited carrier so the truck can have dedicated WiFi? Currently exploring Visible Wireless and a MoFi router.
Outstanding work! Your videos are GREAT! Very informative and interesting to watch.
