Looking Like a camper

It's been very sunny this weekend so I washed the van and took some pictures.I fitted the fresh water tank filler cap, situated behind the sliding door.The fresh water tank will be fitted under the galley units, along with the water pump.
Also managed to wire in the monitor and two reversing cameras. A large one on the roof, above the doors and a smaller one, below the rear bumper.

Bought another 3 sheets of 6mm ply to finish panelling the Walls.I now need to frame the windows.

Fixed Bed.

Built up the rear bed today, decided that the mock up in an earlier post was too over engineered. So I settled on using 2 lengths of 75x50mm for the horizontal bearers.These two timbers were fixed to the steel ribs of the van with some M8x60mm bay pole screws. These are self tapping and wound in very easily with an impact driver ( my newest tool ).
I then built a frame out of 18x44 soft wood to form the garage area underneath.Then sat the Ikea bed base on top.I just need to cut and fit a sheet of 3mm ply underneath the bed base.
Also managed to box in and ply the wheel arches.the EHU consumer unit will be fitted to the o/s wheel box, next to the hook up plug which I have already fitted.
My order of cable arrived this week, so I can start wiring in some of the lights and the rear cameras.

Split charging.

As requested by Tim, some more details on the split charge system in use in my van.

A simple drawing of the system can be seen in the picture below.As the starter battery and leisure batteries are quite close I have used 16 mm2 welder cable and the thinner ones used between the relays etc are 1mm2 thick cables.A ring smartcom and a 100 amp relay and two 60amp midi fuses plus a blade fuse holder.Along with assorted ring terminals and blade terminals make up the system.

The system seems to be working ok , but only the reversing camera/ monitor are using power at the moment.

Toilet door fitting.

I have now cut out another hole and fitted the thetford access door.This job was a bit tricky as I didn't have a template or any instructions! Managed to find a pdf file for thetford toilets, this gave some measurements and instructions.I then made up a cardboard template for the cut out size and a bigger template for the overall size of the door and frame.
I wanted to get the door as low as possible without cutting into the black plastic trim strip on the side of the van.After a lot of measuring I marked up inside and out and drilled a hole.Moved the whole thing 10mm towards the rear wheel arch and cut it out.Then I made up a wooden frame to go inside the van to put a bit of strength back as a strut had to be removed, where the door was.
Then I cut the piece the piece of metal that came off the van, to fit inside the door.Top tip when trimming the piece of metal is to cover the side which will be facing out with masking tape. This is because when you cut it with a jigsaw the metal shavings scratch the paint.

Flimsy Shower Tray.

I'm using the thetford shower tray with the cut-out for a C200 toilet.It arrived this week and seemed rather too flexible.After a bit of research on the SBMCC,I found a solution and this is how. Using some upvc d section I cut out some discs with a hole saw and glued them to the underside of the shower tray. Then made a cardboard template the same dimensions as the recessed area under the tray. This was then used to cut out a piece of 12mm ply.This was also glued down over the top of the discs. Once the glue has cured this process really stiffens up the shower tray.

Waste Water Tank.

The waste tank arrived this week , it's a 50 litre one from CAK tanks.
It came with 4 hook bolts to hang it under the van.Try as I might, I just couldn't get them to fix in any holes properly.I bought some lengths of threaded bar and drilled 4 8mm holes in the floor and hung the brackets on those.It has made a much sturdier job.

Rear view

Also managed to fit the camera kit and test if it worked.This is a chinese kit that I bought from EBay.The monitor is a good size and Theres quite a good camera view also.Have purchased another smaller camera to fit at bumper level and still have to fit later.