Violating a Princess!

[wildebus]

Something that the Maxxair fans with Remote does that Mr Squirrel has not mentioned is that they will adjust their speed and come on and off automatically depending on the difference between the interior temperature and the target temperature you choose.

That feature makes these fans as close to A/C as you can get with a fan. Used to smile when I saw the fan hood rise up by itself in the morning when the sun came out and started hitting the van, and then in the evening it would turn itself off as cooled down.
But you can still use it in manual mode with the remote just as easily, or just push the buttons on the fan itself.

These fans are seriously superior to any fan that is fitted to a typical factory UK Motorhome and the great majority of Self-builds as well.
Unrivalled peice of kit

 

[Millie Master]

It does it all manually Phil, it's just nice to know how it works after looking at them for many months.

 

[trevskoda]

Trevor get a proper job and stop force feeding us.

Yes i will ha ha , by the way the voltronic only feeds 1 ah to the starter battery, rest goes to hab batts.

 

[wildebus]

Yes i will ha ha , by the way the voltronic only feeds 1 ah to the starter battery, rest goes to hab batts.

1Ah is not always enough.
Right now, as I sit on my settee, my starter battery is pulling about 1.3A ....

 

[SquirrellCook]

1Ah is not always enough.
Right now, as I sit on my settee, my starter battery is pulling about 1.3A ....

So potentially I have three dc unused supplies. What if I could current limit one of them to use as a starter battery hold up?

 

[SquirrellCook]

Just a bit of trivia, Anita has been in communication with a fabric manufacturer for Betty. We have a sample of a colourful fabric for the seats and other bits. She decided to talk to them today as we couldn’t find a product that ticked the boxes for the bulk of the trim. Funnily enough they turned out to be the original fabric supplier to plaxton.

 

[SquirrellCook]

Still very slow progress, I’ve finally got hot water from the engine and eberspacher inside. At least this allows me to progress the hot water heating. Anita managed to get in on the act buy soldering some copper fittings. Always good to keep your skills honed. I’ve ran two 22mm bore silicone hoses behind the entrance step, but I think I’ll try and find some flexible ducting to cover them.

 

[SquirrellCook]

Made a start on the internal plumbing today. I decided to put some foil covered adhesive backed foam first. All of this will be buried with furniture later. Just a quick mockup at the moment. I want to prove for myself I’m not being stupid. It looks like it will work, so I’ll do more in the morning.

 

[SquirrellCook]

As usual, just a lash up. These are the water heated radiators. In time they will be mounted to housings that will feed the blown air heating. So much more plumbing than I expected. Still the Calorifier and the shower room heated towel rail to plumb. Shower room needed first

 

[SquirrellCook]

Back on the co-pilots seats today. All was going well until the water cooled TIG torch hose exploded. I did think the torch was getting warm and it would soon be time for a new one. Anyways I've done enough to prove a point and I think it will work. It will be bolted to the seat mounting side rail and also through the floor with reinforcement.

 

[wildebus]

As usual, just a lash up. These are the water heated radiators. In time they will be mounted to housings that will feed the blown air heating. So much more plumbing than I expected. Still the Calorifier and the shower room heated towel rail to plumb. Shower room needed first

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Is that 22mm tube? Going to be able to push some volume through that!

 

[SquirrellCook]

Is that 22mm tube? Going to be able to push some volume through that!

12kw boiler David.

 

[SquirrellCook]

More Owner/Slave collaboration. I drew up the model. Anita cut and glued the blocks of modelling foam together. Then set the tools and indexed the block. The CAM file was loaded and away the machine went for the day. First a rough cut and then a finishing one. So much work for just two mouldings. I know the adapters could have been 3D printed, but they wouldn’t have taken the heat.

 

[SquirrellCook]

More painfully slow progress. I now have the first of two mouldings to connect the fan heaters to the ducting.
Now you will notice that it is translucent and this is for good reason.
This is a vegan friendly moulding. No pigment was used!
If you think I’m being silly, at least I know I am. Unlike so many others

 

[xsilvergs]

More painfully slow progress. I now have the first of two mouldings to connect the fan heaters to the ducting.
Now you will notice that it is translucent and this is for good reason.
This is a vegan friendly moulding. No pigment was used!
If you think I’m being silly, at least I know I am. Unlike so many others

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I've no idea of size but is that something that could be 3d printed a lot easier (if you have a printer)?

 

[wildebus]

you would have to have a"professional/industrial" grade 3D printer to make something that big I would have thought?

 

[SquirrellCook]

I've no idea of size but is that something that could be 3d printed a lot easier (if you have a printer)?

It’s a 90mm Tee section plugged in the end, so you’d need a good size printer. Also due to the temperature I’d be worried about using a thermoplastic.
I should have put some draft angle on the round section. It might have escaped the mould better. I have a few stress fractures in it, but it should be ok.

 

[SquirrellCook]

I've no idea of size but is that something that could be 3d printed a lot easier (if you have a printer)?

A bit of quick research, and it’s possible to 3D print a wax mould and melt it out when done.

 

[SquirrellCook]

As it was a wet miserable day today, I had a play with some more ducting. Window demisting was unimpressive, but showed signs of working.

 

[SquirrellCook]

Most of you know what women are like. They’ve never got enough drawers. So hopefully this will pacify one of them. Another job that I would have lost money on. It’s taking me most of the day to weld in the drawer runner carriers and fit a multitude of M4 countersunk screws with nyloc nuts. I’ll push 25mm PU insulation into the verticals to separate the drawers as some may contain foodstuffs. The Sink will be in the middle. Still need to alter the front legs so you can get your toes underneath. A dummy drawer needs making so that I can work out the drawer catches before bolting in the kitchen unit.