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I also added all these things to the camper, tidying it up and giving me more room to store stuff
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And of course this:
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Almost finished the wiring for the camper hook-up and an auxiliary 110VAC receptacle
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I got the sheet metal air gap installed around the wood stove
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I think that will need just a tad more and I'll be happy and call it done.

I ran out of time, but I had previously ordered these barn lights from Northern Tool.

looking at them, I do like them, but I am thinking that shade needs to be green...Thoughts?
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Driving back home late Saturday, I passed a local Mennonite church

Yup, they like all colors, provided those colors are black and white!
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Looks great Don!. I bet you're exited about staying through winter. I would be. (or maybe anxious would be the right word. lol)

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 Don, things are looking really nice down there. Two comments, the metal air gap for the stove, you might want to drill holes near the floor so the air can rise up and keep it cool between it an the wall. Second, once you get the trailer leveled up, I would block the frame up good but leave the slides unsupported. If things settle you don't want the slides to bind up and bend/break something. It sure does look good...

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Nice looking area
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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Mennonite, well there's the framing crew for the house build...... ;)
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Lookin good chief.
Setting at the cabin after trenching in my solar cables.
Will add it in once I get a bit further along.
Used the tractor so I'm not wore out.
But...it appears we may have up to a foot of snow on the way...
This was not on my plans for the weekend.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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I keep wondering why no insulation in the walls of the shed?

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I keep wondering why no insulation in the walls of the shed?
I'm with you.

Oh, the light shades should be green to match.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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I think the lights should be the same color as the accent on the shed.


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Leave the lights be, they have a coating on them. He has more pressing things to attend to currently.
« Last Edit: October 10, 2016, 01:36:16 PM by stlaser »
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Mennonite, well there's the framing crew for the house build...... ;)

Maybe the roofing crew too?  Around here atleast they can put new steel on a roof for near the same price you can purchase the material for.

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Another long but productive day.
I'll post the pics in a few days...
I have the meter base and all that wiring done now just waiting for a ditch which should happen tomorrow. I had a real electrician look over my work. He liked most of it and I am now working off the things he pointed out. It is all coming together as I continue to press to be ready for freezing temps
I installed the lights as is. The color looks ok

As for no insulation, there is definitely going to be some. No real need just now for the lower level in the shop area, but the living area will get all the goodies. Really I'm still piUtting in all the inside wall stuff so it's not time just yet...but I'm getting closer!
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Another long but productive day.
I'll post the pics in a few days...
I have the meter base and all that wiring done now just waiting for a ditch which should happen tomorrow. I had a real electrician look over my work. He liked most of it and I am now working off the things he pointed out. It is all coming together as I continue to press to be ready for freezing temps
I installed the lights as is. The color looks ok

As for no insulation, there is definitely going to be some. No real need just now for the lower level in the shop area, but the living area will get all the goodies. Really I'm still piUtting in all the inside wall stuff so it's not time just yet...but I'm getting closer!

Carry on Sir, carry on

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Still at it
Have the schedule80 conduit in the trench and all hooked up to the meter base
Awaiting the electrical inspector
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Trying to catch up this Don, just on page 2.
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Don, things are looking really nice down there. Two comments, the metal air gap for the stove, you might want to drill holes near the floor so the air can rise up and keep it cool between it an the wall. Second, once you get the trailer leveled up, I would block the frame up good but leave the slides unsupported. If things settle you don't want the slides to bind up and bend/break something. It sure does look good...
good suggestions Bob!
I'm about to start the skirting project as I try and create a 4-season habitat out of this thing
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Trying to catch up this Don, just on page 2.
get at it man!
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Don, things are looking really nice down there. Two comments, the metal air gap for the stove, you might want to drill holes near the floor so the air can rise up and keep it cool between it an the wall. Second, once you get the trailer leveled up, I would block the frame up good but leave the slides unsupported. If things settle you don't want the slides to bind up and bend/break something. It sure does look good...
good suggestions Bob!
I'm about to start the skirting project as I try and create a 4-season habitat out of this thing

My father rigged up something similar to what Bob suggested skirting wise.  He built a frame well below the bottom of the trailer and then attached the skirting material to it with the upper lip outside the wall of the trailer so that it could "move" if settling occurred and used duct tape on trailer/skirting overlap to shed water without any permanent alteration to the exterior of the trailer.  Pink or blue foam board for insulation (pink is thicker?) worked for him.
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I personally think when Don builds that skirt er tactical cover it should double as a shelter like the first Lethal Weapon movie. Meaning the camper is gunna need a trap door too! ;D
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I personally think when Don builds that skirt er tactical cover it should double as a shelter like the first Lethal Weapon movie. Meaning the camper is gunna need a trap door too! ;D

I want to see him do the "Three Stooges" imitation then too!.........who's Don gonna pull off the outhouse seat to save them from the bomb?  Duane, Nate, Bobby......Ken?  ;D
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I personally think when Don builds that skirt er tactical cover it should double as a shelter like the first Lethal Weapon movie. Meaning the camper is gunna need a trap door too! ;D

I want to see him do the "Three Stooges" imitation then too!.........who's Don gonna pull off the outhouse seat to save them from the bomb?  Duane, Nate, Bobby......Ken?  ;D

Lol
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I see the natives have been restless...again...

Trap door...never thought of that ;-))

OK, just logged another 4.5 days down there. Still on the overtime to get electricity and some four season capability going on.

Let's play tools first.

In addition to increasing capability each and every time I show up down there, I have been adding in tools to effect that goal from a different direction.

Today Mr. Lenox shows up with a really cool and very strong hacksaw. Added a 24 tooth medium blade and I was off to the races
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But first...OSR (On Site Repair). Ever since I drove into the extended awning with the roll bar on the little Deere tractor, it buckles easily, and is pulling loose of the camper. With autumn windy conditions already here, I had to address the weakness
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I decided to add in a simple and removable steel strut which I fashioned from electric conduit.

The main support is cracked and the next larger one is twisted. Both will have to be replaced, but for now this is doing the trick. I observed the struts standing up to some gusty winds and nothing broke further!

Yippee!
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Next up, in goes the meter base. I hired an electrician to both install the base, and give me a pre-inspection. He did a great job on both!
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The first thing he noticed was that ground wire bus I had installed.

With a 3-wire system it is not required. THe ground wires and the white neutral wires both get grounded to the neutral bus bars!

I fixed that in five minutes
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Next he found a 20 amp breaker on a 15 amp circuit which had 14-2 wire. So I swapped out the breaker and made that good.
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Here the meter base and slip-joint connector has just been installed
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And the top half of the ground wire system
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Here it is finished to this point and the 200 amp service cables installed
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The ground system consists of two long copper rods and a copper cable connecting all that to the ground in the box/base
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While that was going on, I finished the electrical service service to the camper and added a 110VAC outlet for Christmas lights
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Since I have an inspection coming right up, it was back to filling all the blue boxes with wire and switches and outlets
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The first thing he noticed was that ground wire bus I had installed.

With a 3-wire system it is not required. THe ground wires and the white neutral wires both get grounded to the neutral bus bars!

I fixed that in five minutes

I wondered about that..... never used them on any panels I've installed but figured it was the Tuck & I'm no electrician!
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I added blocking behind the siding and bolted the exterior barn lights to the walls
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That Champion generator is holding up well. I am changing the oil often. Showing 628 hours in the pic, it now has nearly 650 hours
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Next, Steve showed up and dug the ditch and laid the schedule 80 conduit in it in prep for the service to get pulled from the pole
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Sled Dog approved
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Back to the shed, and the upstairs can lights got installed. I am using three of them. One at the head of the stairs, and two over the living area outside what will become the bathroom.
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Then I screwed in the remaining collar ties
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Then, wall by wall, I pulled the wire and installed the outlets
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The electrician also found several 15 amp outlets installed on a 20 amp circuit, so I dug in and replaced them.

You should see my fingers, or what is left of them!

The one with the "T" notch is rated at 20 amps
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Am also adding to the woodpile with every visit
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Wired the east wall which finished this visit.

Electrical due-outs: Rerun the wires int the can lights properly

Wire in the north and south upstairs wall with outlets

And of course add in the B-room electrics when that gets started
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SOB
(State of the Build) just before dity-mau today
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