As I mentioned yesterday, I have been thinking too much about the electrical cabinet without actually building anything. Today I built the cabinet. If it doesn’t work, I guess I can build a new one!
The considerations that have gone into this cabinet include: the batteries, the inverter, the other electrical pieces, how the driver’s seat swivels when the cabinet is installed, and how to access the parts inside when needed. All of those factors led me to build a cabinet that looks like a stair step. If I just build a large box, I won’t be able to swivel the driver’s seat and sit comfortable. Given that the front seats are really the only seats, making them functional is pretty critical!
Here is what I ended up building today.
Sara worked on a few different projects today, including starting her boot rack. The goal is to build a boot/glove rack that can sit in the bottom of our wardrobe. The piece de resistance is that we are going to tap it into the heater blower so that when we open the valve it will blow hot air into our gear! The Powderhunds need to start each day with warm, dry boots!
That’s it for tonight. We have to pack up because it looks like tomorrow and Friday might be a powder day! The area circled on the left is Anthony Lakes. The area on the right is Brundage, in McCall, ID where we hope to end up after the season. It might be a cold night in the van without the electrical system finished (to run the heater), but it also might be time to hit the road for a couple days!
