Small Steps

No major advancements to report of right now, we have been working on a handful of areas all at once as we can. I started roughing in the electrical and have two of the exterior corner trim pieces installed and sealed up. We've also spent some time discussing the interior layout and flow of traffic, which has gotten us sketching ideas for the camper.

This is a sketch of the rear right corner of the camper. The back window is shown on the right. The red lines are the paths for electrical wiring. This will help me to build the interior correctly and not forget anything... Hopefully.

This sketch has a lot going on. Green is the traffic flow. Purple are storage areas. Blue is the proposed AC placement. Yellow are electrical lines (except for the two big circles). Red are water lines. Orange blobs are outlets. Blue blobs are lights.

We have already deviated from this first rough sketch, but it's still mostly relevant. One big decision we made (and likely a controversial one among other campers) was to omit any 12 volt components. Our camper (except for exterior tow lights) will run solely on 110v "household" current. We have had several campers over the years and have never been ones to "dry camp". This simplifies my wiring job and we think it will work fine for us.

A quick photo of one of the completed corner seals. I used ProFlex RV sealant generously under the trim, around the trim, and over the screw heads. After letting it "set up" for 24 hours, I then installed new vinyl trim into the piece. It looks quite nice to have a finished corner now!