Ford Transit build out

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Galley cabinet rough frame, the refrigerator will sit next to the Jerry can and grey water tank

I removed the Dometic Brisk Air 2 air conditioner and got a Kingtec DC powered ac. It pulls about 35 amps. It is comparable to the Brisk Air but much quieter, it doesn't put out as much air flow. I think the fan is about 200 CFM less, but it puts out a good amount of cold air, compared to to brisk which put out more cool air.

Maxxair fan going in where the old air conditioner was (that was convenient)

Water tank fill roughed in with 1 1/2" with a 2" 45 at the top in case I have to fill with 5 gallon jugs. I will make some sort of funnel and I have a 2x3/4 adapter so I can fill with a garden hose as well

The inverter showed up finally and I mounted that on the 80/20.

 

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Bed platform above the AT drawers and chuck box


Hooked up the batteries with the mini BMS (Battery Management System)

Main and sub AC panel

For the plumbing I used Pex and copper pipe and tested the pump and got the water on!!

 

[toyotech]

What kind of water tank is that ? Cool build so far. A lot of work.


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TT,
Its a Plastic-mart tank 25 gallons. It comes pre-drilled with outlet, vent outlet and fill inlet or they can custom make you one any size with the fittings placed anywhere you want.
I probably should have looked around a little harder for one with baffles in it, I'm not sure if it's going to be an issue yet. Thanks man! Yes it has been a lot of work but its been a lot of fun at the same time.
Thanks for looking

 

[_hein_]

Nice quality work. Photos are great.
What is the capacity of the battery bank?
Probably good to make a cover for it.

 

[Vandit]

This build is looking awesome so far! Nice work! Looking forward to more...

 

[Clean1]

Nice quality work. Photos are great.
What is the capacity of the battery bank?
Probably good to make a cover for it.

Hey Hein-
Does the insulation look familiar? I stopped by your place a few months ago to pick it up, works great by the way, a lot less noise and the heat takes longer to get in and easy to work with/install. I'm not sure what else you could ask for in a product. 1000 Amp hour capacity and I've got some covers in the works thanks for the suggestion.

 

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Vandit (Awesome screen name BTW)
Thanks man I really appreciate the props. Defiantly more to come I'm about two weeks behind on the blog so updates for sure. I had a big milestone on Friday and am happy with the progress so far.
Thanks for looking!

 

[ujoint]

Look great, thanks for the pics!

 

[Josh_G]

Looking good.

 

[Clean1]

Thanks Josh, I will update the thread soon with new pics.

 

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Time for an update. The big green semi arrived and had this in the back. A folding sofa from RB Components, very comfortable, relatively light and fairly easy to mount.

Here I'm working on the a/c portion of the electrical system, on the other side is the d/c side and in the middle is the amp meter

Plumbing is finally finished

Main a/c panel, sub panel, outlet, amp meter, inverter isolating switch and vent for inverter.

 

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Plumbing and electrical getting closer to being finished

Amp meter hooked up and fused (not sure if it needed to be fused or not)

I don't even want to say how long it took me to make and install this upper cabinet. The walls are reasonably flat (slight inclination in toward the center) I would probably pull my hair out if I had to do an Econoline van.

Amp meter on and tracking amps

Took a little drive to Aluminess in Southern California. Pic of the new sexy rear end. Bumper, swing out tire carrier and galley box

Tug em strap and shackles storage?

Rear closed

 

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Roof rack and ladder. I'm going to relocate the ladder aft as far as possible, now it puts you right on the solar panels

Mesh on the rear portion of the rack

Slats under the solar panels

Laying down some underlayment for the heated floor film

Heated floor film down and secure. In hindsight I should have tested it at this point.

6 mil over the heated floor film

 

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I used plusnuts to attach the upper cabinets. They worked fairly well and would use them again.

Drill proper size hole, in my case these holes in the passenger side rear worked perfect no drilling needed.

Hold back with wrench and tighter with ratchet until tight

unscrew Plusnut driver and insert 1/4" x 20 bolt for a secure bolting location.

I used 7 or 8 to hang this upper cabinet in the rear it would have been 2 more but I screwed the pooch on 2 of the Plusnuts.

I mounted 4 of these 3 watt "soft" light led's

And 2 of these bar "soft" light 5 watt lights behind both upper cabinets