Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012

[2Rad4U]

My daughter was getting a little warm in her bunk during our last camping trip, so I decided to put her a fan in to keep the air flowing.

I had been wanting to add a 12-volt fan to the main living area anyway, so I decided to tackle both jobs today. A trip to Wal-Mart for two fans($8.48 each) and we're halfway there.

She picked the spot, and I got to work -



I picked up the power from her overhead light. All I have left is to install a short piece of wire cover and I'm done -



I added one in the main area -



I dropped by Lowe's and found this cool soap dispenser. I also just installed these Pop-a-Toothbrush holders -



I added a sopa dispenser to the kitchen area as well. I also installed a Pop-a-Napkin under the radio -



Here's an easy mod. I found this over the door towel rack at Walmart and it works great -

[Zeppe807]

austex wrote:

Zeppe807 wrote:

wannavolunteerFT wrote:
I really like your lights Zeppe. They look like they would light up your campsite without lighting the entire world. So do your lights plug into outlet, or have you wired them in somehow. Also please tell me which LEDs you ordered, since searching for LED on Amazon gives you way too many responses to try to sort through.

Thanks All,

Yeah they were great this weekend. I got a lot of great comments from passers by. Unfortunately the camper next me, liked the area enough to intrude on my campsite most of the weekend with her car, so a picture would be worthless.

As far as the lights:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MVMRS6O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01

I am very pleased, although I would, if I could, mount them up a little higher.

Thanks,
Joe

Joe, instead of the bent washers to clamp to the frame, one could drill the frame rail up through the lower edge, then mount the (bent) eye-bolt vertically through the hole with a nut on either side of the frame rail. Adjust as high as you want up to the sub-floor.

As an engineer I would not recommend drilling the bottom flange. You want all the strength that you can get. If you were set on that idea that middle of the web would be your best option, but I would not recommend modifying your frame.

I also have another MOD that I have hidden up there, that I will share later, so it was my best option in my case.

Thanks for the ideas.

Joe Zeppe

[austex]

Zeppe807 wrote:

wannavolunteerFT wrote:
I really like your lights Zeppe. They look like they would light up your campsite without lighting the entire world. So do your lights plug into outlet, or have you wired them in somehow. Also please tell me which LEDs you ordered, since searching for LED on Amazon gives you way too many responses to try to sort through.

Thanks All,

Yeah they were great this weekend. I got a lot of great comments from passers by. Unfortunately the camper next me, liked the area enough to intrude on my campsite most of the weekend with her car, so a picture would be worthless.

As far as the lights:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MVMRS6O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01

I am very pleased, although I would, if I could, mount them up a little higher.

Thanks,
Joe

Joe, instead of the bent washers to clamp to the frame, one could drill the frame rail up through the lower edge, then mount the (bent) eye-bolt vertically through the hole with a nut on either side of the frame rail. Adjust as high as you want up to the sub-floor.

[Zeppe807]

wannavolunteerFT wrote:
I really like your lights Zeppe. They look like they would light up your campsite without lighting the entire world. So do your lights plug into outlet, or have you wired them in somehow. Also please tell me which LEDs you ordered, since searching for LED on Amazon gives you way too many responses to try to sort through.

Thanks All,

Yeah they were great this weekend. I got a lot of great comments from passers by. Unfortunately the camper next me, liked the area enough to intrude on my campsite most of the weekend with her car, so a picture would be worthless.

As far as the lights:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MVMRS6O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01

I am very pleased, although I would, if I could, mount them up a little higher.

Thanks,
Joe

[dannytas]

Cool job....

[chr_]

Home Depot...Lowes...

Wall mount mail/file slots for offices work well too and are made for the task. The screw holes are usually the slot type to make them easy to hang.

[Bigbird65]

Great idea. Where did you buy the heater vent cover?

[gerriec]

Love that idea!...

[PennyPA]

Now there's an idea I can use!! Thanks!

[kiloseven]

Well, I guess this was our first "mod". We lacked places to put stuff like phones, wallets and keys by our beds, so my wife thought about doing what we did.

She bought a few of the household heater vent covers that are designed to go over the heater vents on the floors of homes and redirect the air. We used heavy duty velcro along the edges and stuck them to the walls by each bed. Now everyone has a place to stick their phone, wallet, ipad, etc.. when they bed down for the night.

[wannavolunteerF]

I really like your lights Zeppe. They look like they would light up your campsite without lighting the entire world. So do your lights plug into outlet, or have you wired them in somehow. Also please tell me which LEDs you ordered, since searching for LED on Amazon gives you way too many responses to try to sort through.

[Rthomas61]

Freakin' genius right there! Looks sharp and useful all at the same time! Nice work!

[bill-e]

Great mod, I like it!

[Zeppe807]

I was looking towards installing awning lights on my trailer, mounted against the house vs on the roll. But then I visited someone that had them, and I didn't like the light, nor the glare when looking towards the trailer.

So I bought a dozen LEDs off Amazon for cheap, and added them to the bottom of my frame rail. I made one mount, tested it, liked the ambiance, so I made more. I added 5 total, but I think I may add one towards the hitch, one at the steps, and one facing back.

Unfortunately I have the trailer parked near the curb,so you don't get the full effect of the light. I will update the pictures after this weekend trip.










It was pretty dark last night, considering the street light was out, so it really put out a lot of good light.

Happy Trails,
Joe Zeppe

[John_H]

Just maybe mds47588 I told ya this before but we have that same trailer. It's good to see another, as they are very rare. Only made them for 3 years, fits us to a "T". If you install an electric tong jack, you won't need the cheater bar on your anti-sway chain hook up. Take it from one who went down that route, it make life a whole bunch easier.

[rrev]

Last week I replaced my bathroom vent fan with this.
http://www.amazon.com/Hengs-Industries-90046CR-Vortex-Replacement/dp/B00DPJ3RDA
I also added a speed control unit. This one from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009HKFAIQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

I absolutely love being able to have multiple speeds for way less money that the Multi Speed units are selling for. Easy mod. Just unscrew the old fan and unhook the wire and wire the new one and screw back together. I think it only took about twenty minutes. And the best part is the misses really likes the fan. WINNING!!!