Excellent, looking good , I have a similar clamp too, works really well, are you fitting big eye lashing brackets for ratchet straps? And the infill is trailer board isn’t it? (Phenolic resin )
People will think I've paid you to say that
Yeah its phenolic ply but i might change that later ...not sure yet . Still need to attach lashings and make light guards and brackets. It will most likely never be off the van once i fit it ...but will see
Knowing what i plan to spend on fittings , electrics etc i want it to be a good solid base . I suppose if some folk are just chucking a cheap make do interior in one they'd just cover a lot of it up . But I don't want to be welding it again in a year or 2
To be honest summer time or if im in somewhere like Spain or Greece i use the beach showers or the sea etc.... Winter and cold weather will be my biggest challenge with shower. At present ive not ruled out any system ...so i may still end up fitting a truma type boiler like this caravan has ...or if i can find a diesel option ...still looking in to the bobil heaters and im also looking in to a solar dump style water heater . But so much stuff to read up on and finding people who have fitted these alternative systems and used them in anger is not easy ...I thought about heating from the log burner for a shower too but you will not have the burner on all the time….
If your going to have plenty of solar then some sort of electrical heating of the water may be enough to warm a 5-8ltrs tank just for the shower..?
I know it’s not usually effective to heat water from power but there will be times when you’ll have plenty of sun and excess power, 35-40c is warm enough if your in a warm climate and that wouldn’t take much power…
Cold showers in the summer heat are great but as you know coming from Scotland in the cold weather you need a hot shower to make you feel human again. when You have lots of sun to heat from solar you don’t need it but when it’s cold it’s uaslly overcast so no solar. So gas or log burner for hot water or can a diesel heater do this ?
Northernraider
Yes you can get a bobil heater that works from the diesel heater ...but its a fairly new concept
Yes thats why i might change it ...but that said the floor of the van is phelonic ply and it was still in good condition when i lifted it .Dont think the phenolic ply will have a long life in an area where it will get blasted by saltwater on winter roads . A hard plastic board or ali chequer plate might be the best . JMHO
Aluminium chequer plate would be nice, and last forever and always
Looks like the same principle as the Truma Therme, that's been around since the arc. Latest versions have a small electric heater as well.
We had the engine cover boards of our narrowboat in the Phenolic ply, at least 10 years no issue's
Ive not seen any small burners with the option ... and im fitting quite a small woodburner thats designed for van use
I've recently bought a Chinese copy secondhand from eBay, the problem with it is, I have to run the heating to get hot water. It's not for this van so I've only run it to test it, I'm going to put a vent in the garage of my next conversion to 'dump' the unwanted heat in the summer.
he has a tame bloke who resides in sussex
It didn't look that difficult to be honest. But that price is tempting ...i could get 8 cells and have 280ah at 24v for less than £1k
Thats a bummer as if it worked that would be a good set up for the money ... Still not decided on my batteries yet ...i would love lithium but 200ah victron is not far off £2k .
Just spend it, it’s possibly in the top 3 of important things in a MH, I would go completely overboard on electrics, hot water , lots of it, and at a decent pressure and flow rate , and heating lol
It isn't the money so much its making the right choice... had issues with low power on the hymer when in dull weather so i want to make sure i have more than enough on the merc ... so lithium or gel i cant decide ...i can buy more gel for the price of the lithium ..
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