Monday, July 10, 2017

Fridge / Microwave cabinet

Work has begun on finishing the Refrigerator / Microwave / Hot water system cabinet

The solar powered refrigerator exhaust fan was mounted



Duct work was started underneath and behind where the fridge will sit and one side  wall was insulated.


A vent was worked into the removable lower front panel as was the house battery master switch.









Microwave and fridge trial fitted with cabinet trim piece




Sunday, June 18, 2017

TV Cabinet Wall

The bathroom wall has been reinforced, a TV extension arm added, light switch added and lined with some Gunnersens lightweight matt white ply





Sunday, June 4, 2017

Side entry slide out step

A manually operated slide out step assembly rated to 200kg was sourced and fitted to the main side entry door way to avoid the use of temporary plastic steps.





Bathroom Wall / Door

In order to finish our "Hugo" bathroom module, we are utilising an inner 3mm skin of Gunnersens WallArt in gloss white which is an alternative to the commonly used Laminex Aquapanel and an outer skin of Gunnersens 3mm lightweight ply/vinyl in a matt white finish,
As the bathroom door was designed for a 26mm frame, a 20mm ply/styrofoam sandwich was created in between both panels.





Wall fitted to bathroom module and door test fitted in opening whilst awaiting door frame from powder coating



Completed wall and door assembly with powder coated u channel surrounding the door frame


Saturday, May 13, 2017

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Slide out BBQ

A slide-out BBQ was planned, so a quality alloy 650 x 450 hatch was sourced from Hugo at Custom Coaster Conversions and fitted to the rear of the passenger side.





Ross from Alloy Magic fabricated an alloy box to suit the hatch which was bonded to the body and hatch


A quick release straight sliding tray was sourced for our Sizzler High Lid 2 burner BBQ all from  Caravan & Marine BBQs 





Saturday, May 6, 2017

Solar Controller, Inverter & Charger

An MPP Solar Controller, Inverter & Charger was chosen to control our house power needs.
We chose MPP Solar model PIP-2424MSD which supports a 24V DC battery system, is a 2400W continuous / 4800W surge Pure Sine Wave 240V AC inverter,  80A MPPT solar charger supporting up to 2000W of solar and a 60A battery charger.
It's apparently highly configurable through the integrated LCD display and comes with a comms interface and monitoring software to watch what's going on with the battery banks, solar panels and loads it real time.