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Archives for December 2013

A gas powered instant water heat–experimenting with jet sizes

December 29, 2013 by Mike 14 Comments

In this post I got over how I fixed this boiler up to work in my van. The gas wasn’t burning properly and was quite unsafe. This is to heat the water for the shower–see shower post I knew nothing about water heaters or boilers before taking this apart and had a lot of questions […]

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A shower in my van

December 29, 2013 by Mike 7 Comments

In my van the hot water feed comes in through the wall of the bathroom (see post), through a tap and into the shower head. The water feed to the shower comes straight from the output of the instant water heater. No mixer is needed because the heater has it’s own temperature control. All you […]

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12V electrics and wiring for my campervan conversion

December 25, 2013 by Mike 16 Comments

Yet another major part of the build that can probably be as simple or as complicated as one likes. I think I went for somewhere in between. For solar panel installation please see installing the solar panels Update: In my book I go through and explain everything needed, in clear detail, for the vans electrical system […]

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12V LED lighting

December 23, 2013 by Mike 5 Comments

I fitted two LED down-lights but then decided I needed something brighter for working, reading, whatever so I used a £8 Ikea lamp (in picture above) and attached it to the chest of draws – its really useful. The two LED down-lights take just 0.8W each and give a warm but fairly directional light – straight […]

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Van solar panel installation and wiring

December 23, 2013 by Mike 19 Comments

I was lucky to inherit two 100w solar panels with the van – they just need to be wired in. I used an external waterproof junction box mounted on the roof of the to take the panel cables into the van via compression glands and then into the MPPT solar controller charger (MPPT30 solar charger – […]

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Installing the sound system

December 21, 2013 by Mike 4 Comments

Wherever I live I need to be able to reproduce sound to an OK standard. For the last 8 years I’ve used my Alesis speakers. I’ve discovered and shared nearly all of my mammoth music collection on these speakers. All those last minute bedroom parties that would never have happened without these speakers. All that fun […]

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micro-home on wheels …project update

December 20, 2013 by Mike 2 Comments

According to my google calendar, I was meant to leave the country 20 days ago. I really don’t know how I thought I could fully convert a van into a home in just a month but then optimism is probably the key ingredient in this whole project so I guess I forgive myself. I always […]

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Finishing the pine cladding

December 18, 2013 by Mike 3 Comments

This pine cladding is too white. I want a boat look rather than a sauna look. I’m after a  glowing semi gloss sheen effect but it was really difficult to find a product that would give me the image I had in my head. Finding the right wood finishing product is confusing and finding the […]

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Installing the Shurflo water pump – reduce the noise

December 18, 2013 by Mike 5 Comments

Today I installed my Shurflo water pump straight onto the wall of the van but when I switched it on, I couldn’t believe the noise coming from this thing! it transmitted around the full van. I realised that, ideally, these pumps should be mounted on solid floor or on any solid structural members to prevent […]

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Storage and boiler flue

December 16, 2013 by Mike 3 Comments

No major update but the completion of this cupboard really makes the van start to look more complete. I’ll now start to run the pipes for gas and water.

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