Well it's been quite awhile since my last post, I've made some real headway but have not had time to put up entries.
The following photos cover two days on separate weekends that I had help getting the Gas and Electric systems done. A big thank you to my brother Butch (man what a difference working with an expert!) who helped (actually I was his helper....I think I helped anyway) with the propane system and my very good friend Lynn who kindly offered his assistance on the electrics.
Here are the photos-
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| My buddy Lynn with his ever present smile, a great help the weekend of 6/2 - he even added coaxial for a TV should I decide to put one in - Thanks Lynn! |
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| Light - we have lights! I was so happy when I plugged the converter box in and both the 12volt and 110 systems worked perfectly! |
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| The potty area woo hooo! |
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| The light we are using next to the jack knife sofa |
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| Lynn suggested testing each outlet to insure all is well - great idea |
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| I just had to see how the toilet was gonna look...now for the magazine rack... |
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| I bought this Marinco kit to convert the shore power cord from hard wired to a plug in type, really nice kit! |
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| This is what the male-female plug look like, I connected it temporarily to test all the power systems. |
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| These are bright! I felt like a kid when everything worked correctly! What a relief! |
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| Progress I can see, all 110 and 12 volt (inverter and battery) checked out 100% |
May 14, 2011
The weather cooperated and was quite beautiful for us on this day
- Learning from my big brother...what a treat! He is a great guy plus really knows his stuff - and he was patient with his "kid" brother while I fumbled with the tubing bender and flaring tool - he ran circles around me!
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| This is the guy you want working on your critical systems, here he is schooling me on pressure testing - you folks along the Long Beach Peninsula (Washington) are lucky to have his expertise available! |
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| Smart guy, came ready for the dirty girl Katrina! |
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| This is a new line run for the water heater, the tee takes the gas on to the stove.... |
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| A new route for the line as I added a furnace and the water heater, removing the radiant heater. My home made hanger as suggested by my brother, works great and won't chafe the copper over time |
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| Silver soldered by the expert....I could have spent several weekends attempting to figure it out and not gotten the same great results - |
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| Old and new come together, at least it is readily accessible - the only system that is... |
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| The new tee'd main line - one side goes to the furnace location and the other to the hot water heater |
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| Butch finally allowed the kid to "try" out the tools...LOL - I bumbled a little but he was patient with me. These are the furnace and refrigerator lines |
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| Another view of the hot water heater and the line that goes to the stove |
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| Behind the refrigerator, I still need to vent it and build an enclosure |
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| The furnace set in place |
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| Beautiful huh? |
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The line that supplies the stove and oven, capped for pressure testing
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So there it is; 2 of the 3 major systems completed and tested!
I have several more updates coming, tongue work, Jalousie window restoration, more birch fitting and this past weekend we started re-skinning her!
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