We made a lot of great progress over the past week. While most of Elkhart county are working “4-10’s” these days, Jeff & the guys have been working almost “7-12’s” for the past 3+ weeks.

The good news is that the end is almost in sight…

We got the entire camper insulated now. Most of it was done with spray polyeurethane “Handi Foam”:

It is pretty great stuff, that expands to fill every single crevice and give a tight seal of 2″ thick insulation.

(NOTE: Handi Foam is within the international guidelines for protection
of the ozone layer, and with respect to the Montreal Protocol,
1987, and other environmental guidelines, utilizing a nonflammable
HFC (not-CFC) blowing agent)

After it is blown in (wall on the LEFT), we trim the excess with a sawz-all so it looks like this (wall on the RIGHT):

At the same time, Paul took my Napkin scratches and started fabb’ing the entrance steps:

Here they are – Less than 4in thick when stored, and over 30″ drop when deployed:

We can make them any length if anyone wants a set for their truck! Very light, very strong, very thin, very cool.

Then Leon & his guys at Home & Mobile Energy finished up all the wiring, and installed the breaker panels and controllers for the solar panels.

I agree with Jason’s comment above that it looks like there’s loads of gadgetry in the truck. Much more than I initially wanted actually… but our goal was to power the entire truck, remotely, with minimal use of the generator.

So we wound up with:
– Dual 200A alternators
– 8.5 kW diesel generator (for shady days & if we need to run the washer – yes, there is a washer – remember 2 kids full-timing for 2 years = a lot of laundry)
– 8 Lifeline 12V batteries, ganged in 4 pairs of 24v each
– 8 Sanyo 195W solar panels
– 2 Outback 2kW inverters
– 1 60Hz 120v shore power transfer switch & battery charger
– 1 50Hz 240v shore power transfer switch & battery charger

It looks something like this:

I’ll post final pics when I have them. (it’s now done, I just don’t have pics yet)

…and finally, at long last the furniture/cabinetry is starting to go in. Today, they installed the kids beds and cabinets!

Stay tuned for more updates over the next few days.

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