Bedford TK

[mylesdw]

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the nearside locker is in place. This will contain the fresh water tank, grey water tank, water pump, pressure vessel and filters.

 

[mylesdw]

Kitchen starting to take shape



It's all recycled office furniture. Spot the L-shaped desk and the drawer set!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Kitchen starting to take shape

Coming along nicely! I'm liking the 'distressed' look decoration

 

[jpmillermatic]

excellent work! looks great. upcycling is way to go!

JP

 

[mylesdw]

Coming along nicely! I'm liking the 'distressed' look decoration

The decoration is great; I do the sawing and bashing and then Helen comes in and adds colours and arty stuff.

 

[mylesdw]

Wiring going in to the battery box.

You can see :

• Mains fuseboxes (2)
• House batteries (2)
• Starter batteries (2)
• 3000W inverter
• 24/12 battery equaliser
• Battery cut-offs and protection devices

 

[awemawson]

Are you going to have hold downs on those batteries? You don't want them thrashing about if you have an accident

 

[mylesdw]

I was undecided about that. There is a lot of inertia in a truck so you don't get the bouncing about that a smaller vehicle does, on the other hand, it would be quite easy to run a ratchet strap around them.

 

[jpmillermatic]

I would tie them down for peace of mind...beautiful work! keep at it

JP

 

[jerrytug]

I use ratchet straps on my boat for 120 ah batts, she's been flung about by the waves like a terrier's rat, no problems.

Any battery movement will eventually result in chafed wires, shorts, fire, etc...

Lovely job you're doing anyway!

 

[mylesdw]

Probably best to take off your watch when working in the battery compartment...

 

[awemawson]

That's why I never wore a watch or rings when I was working on industrial computer installations. Wife got quite shirty about the ring, but it just wasn't safe.

 

[Browser]

Seconded, batteries contain a godawful amount of energy, no metal attached to you whilst working on them is the only option to avoid shocks

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Probably best to take off your watch when working in the battery compartment...

Please tell us that's a Google image, and not you.

 

[mylesdw]

'Twas but a flesh wound but it certainly made me jump. Gave me tourettes (briefly).

 

[DaveB]

I don't wear a watch these days but when I did I learned very quickly to get a rubber watch strap rather than a metal one.

You might need to demagnetize that watch now.

 

[George Erasmus]

One of the first things I learned years ago as an apprentice in the Telecom industry is not to wear any jewellery not even a wedding band, stick your hand in the wrong place and 50V DC will vaporise a wedding band leaving you with some severe injuries

 

[mylesdw]

Terminals on the starter batteries are way too close for comfort. I can turn them around and make a longer link to improve this a lot. I was worried about it anyway, being very careful with spanners etc. So a lesson learned without too much destruction.

 

[mylesdw]

A little progress but nothing very interesting. Solar panels are screwed and bonded to the roof. Just under 1kW there.



Need to wire them up now; I feel I'm wasting good sunlight!

 

[jpmillermatic]

great idea using solar panels...looks great!

JP