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Re: Using Truck Alternator to Charge House Batteries
Chuck_thehammer wrote: at idle most charging systems can only produce 30 percent Max. you are mostly using the battery in the truck to run your coffee pot. if you could run the truck engine at 1,500 to 2,000 then you would be charging your trailer batteries. You could try a Coleman Camping Coffee pot... Coleman Camping Coffee Pot It works very well on my stovetop. :)405Views0likes0CommentsRe: Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012
legolas wrote: USMCRet93, I neglected to thank you for your service in my original post, so thank you. I know from personal experience the sacrifice you made. Living jamb up against the Great Smokies is wonderful; unfortunately that means that the closest HD is 30 miles away and so most of the time I make do with Lowes. I guess now I'll make a point to go by HD the next time I have to make the trip in to Asheville. Have you considered ordering the galley rail online and having it shipped to your home? It could save you a 60 mile drive. :)398Views0likes0CommentsDVD Shelf
Having put in the coffee pot shelf and the TV, it was time to look at building a shelf to store DVD and Blu-Ray disks in the TT. I started by taking measurements of the area where I wanted to install the shelf. Then I cut the wood pieces and sealed them with 3 coats (all sides) of polyurethane, sanding the wood between coats and finishing the final coat with 0000 steel wool. Once the wood was sealed and dry, I used wood glue on the edges and clamped the wood together to let the glue dry. After it dried, I used 1 1/2" brads around the edges to keep things together. I used 1/4" fiberboard for the back of the shelf, and cut and fit the galley rail for the top of the shelf. Seems I made one mistake with the galley rail... I cut it with the BACK of the rail (stained) showing, not the front (un-stained). Once I corrected my galley rail mistake, I stained the rail and secured it in place with wood glue and 1" brad nails. Next step was to provide some means to keep the DVD's from falling out of the shelves while traveling. I solved this by going to Hobby Lobby and getting (I don't know their proper name) some kind of button/dowel. I stained these, drilled four 1/4" holes, inserted bungee cord in the holes, and inserted the buttons in the holes with wood glue to secure them in place. This is the shelf, completed and ready to install. I secured the shelf to the wall using L brackets on top and bottom of the shelf. As you can see, there is a small area inside the galley rail for storage. I would have liked to have left more room, but I had to raise the shelf to this height to make room below for a door to a storage area to be able to be raised. As you can see in the picture above, it was a bit of a tight squeeze on the right side. I pre-drilled the top and bottom holes on the right side, then used a 1/4" socket, ratchet, and phillips head bit to get into the tight space. And here is the pic of the finished product in place, fastened down, and ready for our families first TT trip this coming weekend. :)3.6KViews0likes8CommentsRe: Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012
BillB800si wrote: Ah yes, what's that old saying, " measure twice- cut once". Been there done that... :B No, no, you misunderstand... my measurement was spot on. But I was doing corner cuts (45 degrees) on each end and had the wrong side of the rail facing out. No way to reverse the rail so the proper side was out... no way to recut the mistake without making the railing shorter... had one of two choices. Go with what I had and have the WRONG side facing outward... or buy another stick and cut it properly (correct side out) the second time. I hate doing things half as*ed... so I went for the second option and went back to HD. :S398Views0likes0CommentsRe: Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012
BillB800si wrote: So??? How much of it do you need? $12 or $16 should buy all you need. Not all that much... unless I make a mistake like this... Seems I wasn't paying enough attention when I cut the first (stained) piece... and cut it with the back of the railing showing... instead of the front. And not having enough rail left over to recut... I had to go back to Home Depot for another stick. :S399Views0likes0CommentsRe: Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012
LarryJM wrote: I found it in the same section and was in a box sitting on the floor in the trim isle at HD. Comes in IIRC 3' and maybe 4' lengths. Larry The downer to having found it is that Home Depot wants about $4.00 a foot for the stuff. :(327Views0likes0Comments
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