So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Finally installed the temperature sensor so my solar controller can charge the batteries properly.

Also ran a test of my new Coleman Mach 8 Cub air conditioner. One of the hottest days of the year here so far, temperature topped out around 98* in the shade. The only shade the camper had was the 4 Renogy solar panels. I didn't quantify with a thermometer but I was MORE than comfortable while installing the temperature sensor. I left the AC running, fan on low, while I ran to the hardware store for parts for my front hitch mount generator box build (look for a write up of that maybe later this week). When I got back it was downright chilly in there. :) And that was with the sun shield open on the Heki hatch!

Got it back on the truck and loaded up for a few weeks down in Assateaque. :)

Stars101 wrote:
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Our next project will be to replace the bottom panels on each side of our 2014 Travel Lite 770R. We started getting galvanic corrosion last year. It was slight, but we knew it would need to be dealt with. This year the bottom half of the TC siding looks like swiss cheese - it's just eaten away.

Dang! :M

You guys have certainly had a real headache with that camper. Hopefully your next one will be problem free.

Nothing today, pulled the new 12 gauge awg correct color coded wire for the clearance lights on the front of the Amerigo and installed the new clearance lights.

Won't be too much longer and the cabover will be done :).

Cleaned the roof and reinstalled the Crossbars so we can load up the Kayaks for our vacation that starts friday evening ( 9 days on the road)

Loaded that Bad boy on the truck, vacuumed and cleaned the whole camper and getting ready to head to Great Sand Dune Thursday!

Finally broke down and had the Atwood furnace blower motor replaced in our 1997 Lance SquireLite 185 because it was starting to squeal when the furnace started. Read about others trying to lube the motor but that always seemed like a temporary fix. The old motor put in almost 20 years of service, with most of those years in Alaska. Figure we got our money's worth out of that little motor!

The hardest part of the job was deciding to finally get the repair done. The camper will be 20 years old next year and we weren't sure we wanted to put much more money into it. We bought the camper when it was less than a year old and we've made several trips up and down the Alaska Highway and across the US. With all the memories, and considering it still meets our needs, it was a no brainer to make the repair. It's like an old family member!

Will admit that I did not do the blower motor repair. A friend recommended a two-man mobile shop that comes out to the rig. The guys did a great job; 45 minutes start to finish including a complete heating system test. All for $275 parts, labor and tax. Yes, I could have saved some money by doing the job myself, but with triple digit heat, I wasn't going to take the job on. It was hard enough to even think about furnace repairs with the heat, but I know it will be well worth it when we go to the Albuquerque Balloonfiesta this October.

I did install a Honeywell TH1100DV1000 Pro-Digital 2-Wire Heat Only thermostat after the guys did the heavy lifting of the motor replacement. The new Honeywell moves the little Lance into the digital age :-)

Replaced our water pump that died at the tail end of a recent extended trip.

thedavidzoo wrote:
Ran 2 110V lines down through the floor, underneath the camper, and back up to the inverter. Thankfully we only had to drill one new hole inside a cabinet through the floor, the rest of the run could follow previous wires and holes in the battery box. Now we should be able to power our microwave and one more socket off our inverter.

I use the inverter connected directly to the 110 volt AC mains to run our microwave. I do however, have to throw the Charge/Converter Breaker in order to kill that huge AC draw. If I do that the Microwave runs fine off the 2000 Watt inverter. No need to try to charge the Batteries with the Inverter. The 285 Watts in Solar Panels does the job fine on the two 6 volt New River AGM Batteries. I run just a two foot long pair of 0 gauge Battery cables to the Inverter from the Batteries.

Gary

mr70ss wrote:
Picked up my new 2016 Adventurer 910FBS last weekend, I installed a simulated tile back splash in the kitchen, installed plexi glass sheets around the stove, and mounted up a 32" smart tv.

This, and a previous post, inspired me to do the same. Went full height behind the stove, then under window and around above counter. Also section above the bathroom lav. came out really bitchin. I'll try to post pictures when I get it back home, it's in Paso at my son's for the summer, going to be my wife's "guest house" when grandchild #4 arrives any day now.

Thanks for the inspiration and eDubZ as well.