Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
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The other day while out running errands I picked up some 194NA bulbs and threw those in the side markers. Smoke lenses reinstalled, and that is "done." And today while in the shop, I addressed another item - the residential shower we installed had been creating some black/dark dust. We couldn't figure out where it was coming from, then it hit me - it was the aluminum rails sliding and fretting against each other. Sure enough, the screws that are supposed to hold them in place had fallen out. I got some better screws, and more of them, and put those in. We'll see how that works out.
I've also been trying to figure out how to best run the solar panel wires down to the controller, and after doing some looking today, I think I figured it out. There's a cavity of about 6" between the rear of the interior and the rear of the bus. I can drill a hole into that cavity from the roof, run the wires down and through it and then that more or less will feed down to where I need them for access to the bay where the controller is. Tomorrow's goal will be to run all of those and cut the holes for the cooling fans as well (and maybe the supply hole so the cooling fan has a source to get air from). I'm still missing some hardware so I won't get the controller mounted, but I should get most of the way there.
While up there, I pulled the cover off of one of the air conditioners and found that, sure enough, they're both original. They're also both working (for now) and I also confirmed that, as I thought, they're the 13,500 BTU variants which in the RV world, means they could be upgraded to 15,000 BTUs since those are the two sizes available. I've been considering this for some time, but I think I'll put it off for the moment, at least a bit longer. One of the things that's come to mind, though, is whether to go with heat pumps again, or whether to go strictly AC. The reason for doing the latter is that it's much cheaper, and since the heat pumps only work down to around freezing on RVs (don't know why - but they do) and that heat is all coming from the top, it does present the question of whether I'd be better off putting in some baseboard heaters instead. Recall that I deleted the propane heater, so therefore electric heat becomes a requirement at some point if we go places in the winter, which we do. I need to think on this a bit more, but I'm not going to think about it too much more right now.
Probably.
I've also been trying to figure out how to best run the solar panel wires down to the controller, and after doing some looking today, I think I figured it out. There's a cavity of about 6" between the rear of the interior and the rear of the bus. I can drill a hole into that cavity from the roof, run the wires down and through it and then that more or less will feed down to where I need them for access to the bay where the controller is. Tomorrow's goal will be to run all of those and cut the holes for the cooling fans as well (and maybe the supply hole so the cooling fan has a source to get air from). I'm still missing some hardware so I won't get the controller mounted, but I should get most of the way there.
While up there, I pulled the cover off of one of the air conditioners and found that, sure enough, they're both original. They're also both working (for now) and I also confirmed that, as I thought, they're the 13,500 BTU variants which in the RV world, means they could be upgraded to 15,000 BTUs since those are the two sizes available. I've been considering this for some time, but I think I'll put it off for the moment, at least a bit longer. One of the things that's come to mind, though, is whether to go with heat pumps again, or whether to go strictly AC. The reason for doing the latter is that it's much cheaper, and since the heat pumps only work down to around freezing on RVs (don't know why - but they do) and that heat is all coming from the top, it does present the question of whether I'd be better off putting in some baseboard heaters instead. Recall that I deleted the propane heater, so therefore electric heat becomes a requirement at some point if we go places in the winter, which we do. I need to think on this a bit more, but I'm not going to think about it too much more right now.
Probably.