So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Photos of the cabover/bed area speaker install;
The stereo has three outputs; Speakers A, B and C. A is for the speakers over the dining area, B is the outdoor speakers, but there was nothing connected to the C speakers.
Removing the stereo from the wall cabinet, there was a connector and plug marked for the C speakers. I hooked wire to those and attached to my speakers. The speakers I bought were these;

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CXXDBM/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00



I drilled a small hole in the wall connecting the stereo cabinet to the cabover bed. I routed the speaker wire furthest away under the curtain track.

Grodyman wrote:
Can we kill this thread? Thank you.

Gman

Indeed, just cancel it from your view if it offends you in some way. It doesn't offend me in the least.

Grodyman wrote:
Can we kill this thread? Thank you.

Gman

Why would you want to do that? Is it anything I've done? (I've been posting frequently lately...)

Can we kill this thread? Thank you.

Gman

ggadwa wrote:
Skipro3
Pictures would be nice. We'd like to see your Camper improvement projects.

GARY

As I promised Gary, here are photos of my projects. First, the solar panels. I used 2 50 watt panels. A single 100 watt panel would be cheaper, but I realized that a panel can loose a lot of current if there's even a slight amount of shading. I tested this with my panels, measuring the current into a dead short. With full sun, the panel would put out 3.2 amps of current at 3:30 pm today. If I put my hand over it, a palm, it would drop to as low as .2 amps depending where in the panel my hand was placed. If this was a single 100 watt panel, then I would have zero charging during that time. With 2 50 watt panels, at least one of the panels was still outputting 3.2 amps. I tested this by connecting both panels in parallel, then shaded one panel with my hand. The current went from 6.5 amps down to 3.4 amps.
I used Instapark panels;
http://www.amazon.com/Instapark%C2%AE-Black-Mono-crystalline-Solar-Panel/dp/B004OZDI7O/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=ZO07J7YSGGZ7&coliid=I3HU2PQV02SF7P


I attached them to the roof using Instapark universal mount kit. I used threaded rod a couple nuts and wing nut to attach the panel to the mount. By removing the wingnut, the rod will slide out and I use the rod to tilt the panel to the sun.;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LMIHNQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00


I used the Morningstar Prostar Controller;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0070OS4JS/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00


The panels come with MC4 connectors. To connect the panels in parallel, I used these MC4 T-branch connectors;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004N725UE/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00


I routed these over to the existing solar panel connector on the roof of my Lance camper. Lance prewires for solar at the refrigerator vent. I cut the connector off at the splice and added MC4 connectors to the wires that go into the camper.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004N70DKI/ref=oh_details_o01_s02_i01


To connect the T-branch connectors to the wires now terminated with MC4 connections, I used a 25 foot MC4 extension cable;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FFWZ4O/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00


I attached the solar mounting brackets to the roof of my camper using sikaflex 252;


Here's some photos of my install;

skipro3 wrote:
Installed cabover bed speakers to the stereo system.

We already had the speakers, but I added toggle switches to each one so we can turn them off/on when we need to.

skipro3 wrote:
Installed a hand bar on the screen door today.

Me too....isnt that just a great improvement?

working a horse show in 30* weather and it sure is nice to have a heated TC to hang out in

Fixed the door latch on the main door. It has always been difficult to close.


ggadwa:
I'll take photos today and post them up this evening then.

Skipro3
Pictures would be nice. We'd like to see your Camper improvement projects.

GARY