westend wrote: Understood, you're building ICF, right? You want to be around to make sure that gets off to a good start, I'm thinking.
Yeah, the LED panels are just the tip of the wave that is coming at us. We'll be using this kind of lighting in everything within a few years, IMO. I saw that Home Depot is now stocking an LED can light that is a diect fit to existing 6" recessed cans. It won't be long before everything is available in LED. I will keep working on how to best implement the panels, I was trying some difusion experiments a few days ago and the 36 SMD's didn't benefit from anything I've tried so far.
I know that attachment thing, the Hilton is starting to look like the same kind of affair.
Yeah we do build with ICF's, not every job but for those that want the ultimate in efficiency and strength then it's the way to go. First job is a 1000 sq ft addition, stick built, with attached garage and full basement.
Just saw LED bulbs at Menards on sale for $14, the price is coming down. These were 4 watt bulbs, equivalent to 40 watt incandescent. If they were 6 watters I would've bought a couple to try. As demand and production heats up I suspect they will come down in price to an affordable level.
Well I better get to work, have a brake job to do on a 1990 Saab. Along with building I've opened up a brake repair business in my shop. I am now The Brake Doctor. I enjoy the work and there's decent money in it, even while I beat the local shops by 40% on average. Almost no overhead helps.
westend wrote: Understood, you're building ICF, right? You want to be around to make sure that gets off to a good start, I'm thinking.
Yeah, the LED panels are just the tip of the wave that is coming at us. We'll be using this kind of lighting in everything within a few years, IMO. I saw that Home Depot is now stocking an LED can light that is a diect fit to existing 6" recessed cans. It won't be long before everything is available in LED. I will keep working on how to best implement the panels, I was trying some difusion experiments a few days ago and the 36 SMD's didn't benefit from anything I've tried so far.
I know that attachment thing, the Hilton is starting to look like the same kind of affair.
Yeah we do build with ICF's, not every job but for those that want the ultimate in efficiency and strength then it's the way to go. First job is a 1000 sq ft addition, stick built, with attached garage and full basement.
Just saw LED bulbs at Menards on sale for $14, the price is coming down. These were 4 watt bulbs, equivalent to 40 watt incandescent. If they were 6 watters I would've bought a couple to try. As demand and production heats up I suspect they will come down in price to an affordable level.
Well I better get to work, have a brake job to do on a 1990 Saab. Along with building I've opened up a brake repair business in my shop. I am now The Brake Doctor. I enjoy the work and there's decent money in it, even while I beat the local shops by 40% on average. Almost no overhead helps.
Do yo have a lath so you can turn the rotors? Or, do you send them out?
Well, all that I can say after reading all twenty pages is WOW!!!!
You have done a great job and I have no doubt that you will be enjoying this camper for many years to come. It is so nice to see someone bring one of these "Classics" back to life.
Your Sun Line reminds me of our first TT. It was a 1990 Coachman Catalina. The DW and I really loved that little trailer. To this day she says that she enjoyed camping in it more than our 37' Toy Hauler, go figure. LOL
Thanks again for posting your project. Now comes the time to get out relax and enjoy your "New" old trailer.
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Do yo have a lath so you can turn the rotors? Or, do you send them out?
No lathe, at least yet. It hardly pays to turn them anymore, and most by the time they get to me are too far gone. I paid $21/ea for rotors today, costs almost that to have them turned. I will have some of the bigger truck rotors done if they're ok since those often cost a lot more. There's a shop close by that can usually do them quickly for me if I need.
TugCE wrote: Well, all that I can say after reading all twenty pages is WOW!!!!
You have done a great job and I have no doubt that you will be enjoying this camper for many years to come. It is so nice to see someone bring one of these "Classics" back to life.
Your Sun Line reminds me of our first TT. It was a 1990 Coachman Catalina. The DW and I really loved that little trailer. To this day she says that she enjoyed camping in it more than our 37' Toy Hauler, go figure. LOL
Thanks again for posting your project. Now comes the time to get out relax and enjoy your "New" old trailer.
Thanks TugCE! I am enjoying it very much already and I'm sure for many more years to come.
Major advancement in creature comforts today. Seems as though heat has always been somewhat of a problem. With my last two fifth wheelers it was the battle with the batteries, the furnace fans were hogs and could drain my bank in a night or two if it was really cold. Then there was the old truck campers with the capillary bulb thermostat that never seemed to be able to keep it at the right temp, which leads me to this rig. The furnace I installed in it came from an old truck camper and had the hydraulic bulb thermostat. I chose it due to it not having a battery hogging blower. My first night I got baked and had to shut it down. Since then I would use it to heat up the camper then let it idle on the pilot. But now, now I have this!!!
I have a wall furnace at my camp which I never use since getting a better wood stove. I ran out there Sunday after church and stole the millivolt gas valve from it. Whoa baby it was a direct fit! All I had to do was pull the inlet and outlet fittings from the old valve and put them in the new one. Installed the new thermopile in place of the old thermocouple, hook up the pilot, run a thermostat wire and walla, thermostatically controlled heat. I'm ecstatic!
The new gas valve in front, old one behind.
And installed. Pic before I routed wires and such.
westend wrote: Now that is retro high-tech, UP.
Where do you get ahold of a valve like that?
I pulled the valve off a LP wall furnace, one that didn't use power. Gas fireplaces also come with millivolt gas valves, or you can find them online. I found this wall furnace kit that comes with everything for under $100. If I didn't already have everything or couldn't find it local, that's probably what I would've bought.
Started waxing the Sunny last night. Got the right side and back done and it's cleaning up well, especially the decals. They were faded but the color came right back. The paint had some mild oxidation that shined up real nice.
Doh, I bet I have one of them in my pop-up. Will check that out since Ihave the same experience, the heate really gets everything hot and then I have to turn it down to pilot/idle.
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