So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?
I saw these threads in some of the other Open Roads RV Forums, but didn't see one for TCs. I'll start... I installed Interior LED puck lights and a 12v power outlet.
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Perhaps it will ease your concern to know that the wall the pump is screwed on to is not just a sheet of paneling over insulation, but paneling over marine plywood. So the screw is sunk into plywood behind the paneling.
My concern about pump life was probably totally unfounded, but I figured it can't hurt.
As to the electric and water being in the same cabinet, that's how Northstar built it so there wasn't much I could to. The converter is visible in the lower right of the After photo, the solar charger is mounted just above that, the batteries are on the floor under the cabinet shelf where I plan to mount the inverter, and the fresh water tank is next to the batteries under the cabover step. In the interest of short cables, that seems to be the most efficient place to mount the inverter.
Most of my camping is to fly fishing destinations so I'm usually not far from water. The FW tank in my Adventurer is only 20 gallons so I've learned to be very frugal with water usage. I can easily make that last me 5 days, but I carry a small 12v pump I can use to refill the FW tank from whatever water source is near. As an aside, I do not drink water from that tank, but even so I generally treat it with a little bleach if I fill from a non-treated water source.
Isn't traveling the roads less traveled the reason we have a TC to begin with? :)
My concern about pump life was probably totally unfounded, but I figured it can't hurt.
As to the electric and water being in the same cabinet, that's how Northstar built it so there wasn't much I could to. The converter is visible in the lower right of the After photo, the solar charger is mounted just above that, the batteries are on the floor under the cabinet shelf where I plan to mount the inverter, and the fresh water tank is next to the batteries under the cabover step. In the interest of short cables, that seems to be the most efficient place to mount the inverter.
Most of my camping is to fly fishing destinations so I'm usually not far from water. The FW tank in my Adventurer is only 20 gallons so I've learned to be very frugal with water usage. I can easily make that last me 5 days, but I carry a small 12v pump I can use to refill the FW tank from whatever water source is near. As an aside, I do not drink water from that tank, but even so I generally treat it with a little bleach if I fill from a non-treated water source.
Isn't traveling the roads less traveled the reason we have a TC to begin with? :)
