Imagine trailvan spring cleaning

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taliv

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Pretty compact. 11’ long trailer. Made by imaginetrailvans.com in Africa. I imported one back in 2016. Averaging 50 nights per year in it.
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Solar panel is removable to track sun all day.
two double beds pop out front and right.
top pops up.

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I normally just run with the batwing awning (NOT Pictured) which takes literally 30 seconds to put up and is fantastic. But sometimes when you’re going to be somewhere a few days like elk camp, it’s worth putting the attached tent up.
As you can see in the next posts there are 4 wall sections and they Velcro to the roof and each other and connect to the floor mat which I didn’t deploy because it’s a little muddy and I didn’t want it to get dirty yet. (Defeats the purpose of spring cleaning)
But you can run with any combination of walls or no walls at all.
for perspective the enclosed tent portion is about 15’ on the long side.
And I’m 6’5” and my head doesn’t touch the ceiling anywhere inside.
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i'm especially fond of the kitchen, and the fact that the kitchen is inside the tent
90L national luna fridge/freezer that plugs into a powerlet outlet inside.
double burner propane stove, hot/cold water sink.
plenty of storage for food behind the swing out cabinets. foam holds 4 bottles of whiskey firmly in place.
120v outlet beneath kitchen pull out, connected to inverter.
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you can see the front bed is pretty roomy. as is the bed on the right in the next pic, which doubles as a bench during the day. both are great to shoot prone from.

PETT toilet in the floor next to the fridge slide, a folding table and mirror too. yes, that is a roll of TP in the storage on the side. nobody get excited.

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definitely NOT a fan of how the electrical components were installed or engineered. but that's really my only complaint. 2x more batteries under the seat to the left.
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putting the walls up...
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apologies for the Dogwood Shadow camo. sun was obviously setting behind me.
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following pics are like ones above, but i added the rain fly over the bed sections. i've never gotten wet with these things. however, when the wind really comes up (like >40mph ) they turn into giant sails and start flapping off, so i pack them in. fortunately, i haven't had a combination of rain and high wind, always one or the other.
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adding the ground mat, and tightening the ropes will take the sag out, but i'm just cleaning today.
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taliv

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tried to take another pic, with my finger adjusting the lighting haha.
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this shows how the tent wall is attached to the side of the camper. HOWEVER, the roof and the rain flies attach via a rope like edge to the fabric that slides through a C-shaped aluminum slot, which you can see in the next pic
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in this pic, you can see the propane over 2x water jerry cans and an instant hot water heater over 2x diesel cans. between the tail lights is the hella annoying euro style powerlet outlets. i was charging my phone. also on the right, the anderson jack for solar panel.
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two more pics of rear as i'm removing walls. one door open, one closed.
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Lanlubber In Remembrance

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Oh man I missed an opportunity! I should have said that. They all walked by several times and asked from a distance what I was up to
If it had been my old neighborhood they would have called the police out on me. :-)
 
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Updated the electric in early summer. And by upgrade I mean completely replaced everything. Here’s the new schematic I laminated and pasted to my door. 7AF2ACDB-DB28-444A-B005-5E14B7469C90.jpeg
And this is what 3 new victron chargers look like with custom panel and mostly bluesea switches and bus bars. There are two mains: one connects batteries to chargers. The other connects batteries to all loads. A bus for the chargers is in this pic. The main bus is located with the
batteries in the adjacent compartment.
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this is the main 600a rated bus (though I’ve added a 3rd battery cable since the pic was taken so the third post isn’t empty anymore)
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Lanlubber In Remembrance

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none - BREAKER BREAKER HAND HELD CB AND WALKIE TALKIE
Updated the electric in early summer. And by upgrade I mean completely replaced everything. Here’s the new schematic I laminated and pasted to my door. View attachment 170988
And this is what 3 new victron chargers look like with custom panel and mostly bluesea switches and bus bars. There are two mains: one connects batteries to chargers. The other connects batteries to all loads. A bus for the chargers is in this pic. The main bus is located with the
batteries in the adjacent compartment.
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this is the main 600a rated bus (though I’ve added a 3rd battery cable since the pic was taken so the third post isn’t empty anymore)
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Very clean set up. I'd need to see it to understand what you've done here. I know it's what I need for my rig though.
 
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taliv

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at a high level, i have the following victron components that communicate together via bluetooth
- a 30a MPPT solar charger
- a DC-DC charger for charging from the alternator while driving
- an AC-DC charger for charging from shore power
- a smartshunt which estimates how much juice i have left in the batteries
- a couple battery monitors that communicate temp and voltage

then some 100Ah 12v batteries connected in parallel , an inverter for AC appliances, and various breakers, fuses, switches and bus bars
plus 4x 160w solar panels connected in series