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Sequoia table legs
We bought two of these for our main table. The fitting is pretty straightforward, the floor plate is low profile, and they’re nicely made, but there’s no getting away from the fact that one or two table legs are not enough to support a reasonable sized table without framing or wobbling. That’s why conventional tables…
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Hammerite Underbody Seal paint
We’re using this to protect the gas tank, which is mounted under the chassis – i.e. in a space where it’s vulnerable to grit, dirt and road debris. This is recommended by the suppliers of the gas tank, and claims to provide: Heavy duty protection for underbody, wheel arches and other high impact areas. Powerful…
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2017-11-02: Gas tank – part 1
I suspect there will be many parts to this series… After much debate, we decided to go with an externally mounted, refillable gas tank. This one came from Gasit in the UK, and it’s about 20 litres.
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Hafele Gas Strut
We fitted these to the overhead cabinets, which have doors that open upwards above your head. The struts hold the doors open, but they also have some initial resistance which hold the doors tight when closed. Hopefully this will mean we don’t need to add latches to these doors. They’re easy to fit, and they…
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2017-10-29: Recognisable furniture
This weekend, we’ve made some satisfying progress in the van, with a few new things going in that make it look a lot more like a home. The two base units that form the support for the bed are largely complete, bar a few doors. That means we have a functioning bed, a bench seat,…
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2012-10-26: Make your mind up time
In this build diary, we’re trying to track our progress in converting the van. But sometimes progress is incomplete. And today, we have a pile of incomplete jobs in the van, so I’m just going to write about one of those: the 12V distribution box.
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Dometic Waeco CRX-50 Fridge
This seems to be a pretty popular fridge for conversions. It’s a simple compressor fridge, not a 3-way fridge that can also be powered by gas, so it works much like a fridge you’d have in a house – only it’s 12V, instead of 240/120V. It’s basic, but it does have a nifty removable ice-box,…
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2017-10-19: Overhead shelf in the cab
One of the first jobs we did after we bought the van was to remove the bulkhead. We toyed with the idea of joining the cab area to the back of the van by installing swivel seats, but that’s an expensive conversion, and we liked the idea of having what amounts to a separate room…
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Vega LED ceiling lights
We’ve got 4 of these mounted along the centreline of the roof, each controlled with its own switch (as well as a master switch for the whole ceiling light circuit). They’re wired up, but hanging loose at the moment, as we don’t have the roof cladding in, but they look simple enough to fit, just…
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Lumo LED spotlights
We’re mounting 4 of these gooseneck 12V LED lamps on the walls of the van, to provide directed task light. I’m not 100% sure about the quality. One of them has a slightly wobbly plate around the LED, that I can’t figure out how to tighten up. But apart from that, them seem solid. £19…
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