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BoonHauler
Feb 17, 2014Explorer
Jfet:
I went for the legal limit of 102" in width. Due to some shrinkage from the welding I'm just under that.
As for the ramp by all means, if I can help please feel free to ask and I'll be more than willing to offer my two cents.
I noticed that the ramp's incline was rather steep. I was up against the same issue due to the high ground clearance I built into my rig so the fold out leaf took care of that problem.
I also noted you've up'd the size of your fridge to the RFU 9000 IIRC. I was headed that way myself until I thought things through a little further and shifted gears to a seperate Refrig/Freezer stacked over each other. I'll now be using the R5812 fridge (no freezer model) and the F5810 freezer. I decided the much larger freezer would much better suit my boondocker mentality.
The one thing I would offer right now in your build logic would be to go 24VDC for your electrical system. That's the one thing I'd change right away if I had the chance but I'm already too far down the 12VDC road to change.
That new Magnum hybrid inverter looks like the way to roll as well but I've yet to sit down and take a real hard look at it. Going 24VDC is less money in the long run as all the wire sizes are smaller and much easier to deal with voltage drop issues.
I'd also point out that Thin-Lite has a complete line of fully dimable LED light fixtures now and that's the way I'll be rolling.
What window mfg. have you decided to roll with?...and how thick will the overall wall assembly be?
Like I said, awesome job!!...and I'll stay tuned.
Cee
I went for the legal limit of 102" in width. Due to some shrinkage from the welding I'm just under that.
As for the ramp by all means, if I can help please feel free to ask and I'll be more than willing to offer my two cents.
I noticed that the ramp's incline was rather steep. I was up against the same issue due to the high ground clearance I built into my rig so the fold out leaf took care of that problem.
I also noted you've up'd the size of your fridge to the RFU 9000 IIRC. I was headed that way myself until I thought things through a little further and shifted gears to a seperate Refrig/Freezer stacked over each other. I'll now be using the R5812 fridge (no freezer model) and the F5810 freezer. I decided the much larger freezer would much better suit my boondocker mentality.
The one thing I would offer right now in your build logic would be to go 24VDC for your electrical system. That's the one thing I'd change right away if I had the chance but I'm already too far down the 12VDC road to change.
That new Magnum hybrid inverter looks like the way to roll as well but I've yet to sit down and take a real hard look at it. Going 24VDC is less money in the long run as all the wire sizes are smaller and much easier to deal with voltage drop issues.
I'd also point out that Thin-Lite has a complete line of fully dimable LED light fixtures now and that's the way I'll be rolling.
What window mfg. have you decided to roll with?...and how thick will the overall wall assembly be?
Like I said, awesome job!!...and I'll stay tuned.
Cee
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