rruff
Explorer
You actually considering building them?
How to build your own Carbon Fiber Camper making your own Composite/Foam panels.
- Thread starter ebrabaek
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ebrabaek
Adventurer
I am not.
I will never be able to make anything on them as no one will shell out the 15K'ish plus it would take to break even.
Perhaps I did a lousy way of explaining the logo. I have had several local and transient people inquiring where on earth I got this and I thought it would be cool to stick a logo on it. Perhaps that is my ego talking here..... ha ha.... but I'm quite proud of it.
ITTOG
Well-known member
The logo can say home built. There are stickers on eBay with that wording.
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ebrabaek
Adventurer
Yessir.
I'm gonna take it a step further.
I have used my signature as base in the past and I am thinking a double layer of a layup.
Inner kevlar in whatever color then outer carbon which will expose the inner kevlar logo which is my signature design.
Way to much time for a simple logo.....
But I kinda dig it.....
llamalander
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"Ebrabaek Customs--you can't afford it"
That will only make people want them more!
Slippery slope here...
That will only make people want them more!
Slippery slope here...
ebrabaek
Adventurer
ebrabaek
Adventurer
Ordered solar panel and controller yesterday, along with LED pods for inside and out illumination. Turns out the Ford F150 Powerboost has an issue charging or should I say maintaining the 12VDC battery under the hood and after 5000 miles mine is running low not being charged well. Simple fix as I was going to run 12VDC back to the camper anyway.
I will start this in the end of Oct.
I will start this in the end of Oct.
ebrabaek
Adventurer
Along this project I wanted to bring 12vdc as well as usb ports in the truck bed.
Not a fan of drilling in alloys if I can help it so I used the plastic inserts already in place. For strength I overlaid a few layers of carbon fiber and bonded it to the plastic. The Schrader valves are for the Firestone airbags. Solar panel and charger is next.
Not a fan of drilling in alloys if I can help it so I used the plastic inserts already in place. For strength I overlaid a few layers of carbon fiber and bonded it to the plastic. The Schrader valves are for the Firestone airbags. Solar panel and charger is next.
ebrabaek
Adventurer
100 watt solar panel was mounted to the roof with velcro.
The Victron 75/15 is once again my choice of controller. Have used in in now 3 different units since 2017 and it works great and offer a whole lot of Battery data. I ran a 15 amp fused 10 gauge cable to the 12 vdc battery in the front.
The Victron 75/15 is once again my choice of controller. Have used in in now 3 different units since 2017 and it works great and offer a whole lot of Battery data. I ran a 15 amp fused 10 gauge cable to the 12 vdc battery in the front.
ebrabaek
Adventurer
Fall has definitely arrived here on the western slope of Colorado. We did a fall drive up and around the Grand Mesa NF. It was a 4'ish hr long drive with some of the worst wash board roads I have ever seen, and I couldn't help thinking......Hmmmmm wonder how the camper would hold up. I could see the whole truck bed banging from side to side. Afte returning home I inspected the unit and found that there were not a singe crack anywhere. The corner bonding method is working as advertised and this was bad. Real bad. It is an attest or should I say assurance and attest to great mix of epoxy and construction methods.
Teardropper
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ebrabaek
Adventurer
Thank you.Great job. What brand of panel?
It is the Renogy 100 watt version of the 50 watt I had on the Smitty.
Teardropper
Well-known member
They've changed. Mine's a five-year-old Renogy 100 watter. It's still doing great.