Step one. Bought the van.
Hello Everybody, First post. I camp a lot in tents but after spending three days straight in a tent in the rain at Dolly Sods I swore I'd make a change. Here it is. Bought it Wednesday. Dro...
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BFD (Big Flooring Deal), Post 3
Meant to include this in the previous post but forgot. So I'm looking at the finished floor patch and notice the gap at each end.
Occurs to me that would be a perfect spot to run wires into the basement for a light. Wasn't on the original agenda but why not? Still had some of the rigid LED light strip left over from the fluorescent light fixture upgrade. Cut the strip in half.
Cut up some scrap plexiglas pieces and add a switch. Then use the acrylic cement to glue up a led light fixture.
I notched the insides of the small square fitting on the right end so the switch will snap into place and stay.
Wire it all up to the house battery then use 3M VHB double sided tape to attach it to the roof of the basement. Test. With the aluminum walls of the basement acting like mirrors it's very bright.
Last step. Take scary looking picture.
Meant to include this in the previous post but forgot. So I'm looking at the finished floor patch and notice the gap at each end.
Occurs to me that would be a perfect spot to run wires into the basement for a light. Wasn't on the original agenda but why not? Still had some of the rigid LED light strip left over from the fluorescent light fixture upgrade. Cut the strip in half.
Cut up some scrap plexiglas pieces and add a switch. Then use the acrylic cement to glue up a led light fixture.
I notched the insides of the small square fitting on the right end so the switch will snap into place and stay.
Wire it all up to the house battery then use 3M VHB double sided tape to attach it to the roof of the basement. Test. With the aluminum walls of the basement acting like mirrors it's very bright.
Last step. Take scary looking picture.
