My previous water post primarily covered how I’m going to store water. This post is an overview of the entire plumbing system; How water comes in, gets moved around, heated, used and ultimately departs. The schematic above illustrates the overall design of my water system, which I’ll further describe in the sections below. Water Pressure…
Category: Conversion
Updates and Whatnot
I realized today that it has been months since my last post. I assume no one is reading this dreck, but I still like to try and maintain some kind of consistency. Here’s a few things that don’t really justify their own post. Inline Vent Fan I was spelunking in the far reaches of the…
EMERGENCY!
The question has been asked more than once regarding the legalities of driving a former emergency vehicle. In short, it’s perfectly legal as long as you don’t try to run through traffic with lights and sirens going with some restrictions on the quantity and types of flashing lights that can be installed on the truck….
Just Chillin’
Selecting a refrigerator, or some means to preserve food in a mobile application, involves a lot of considerations. Options include everything from a simple cooler full of ice to 12V coolers, to upright units with combined or separate fridge and freezer sections that can run off DC or AC power. You have to consider how…
Progress
While it may seem I’m making little progress (at least as far as updating my blog), I’ve been making decent headway on a variety of projects. It just takes a lot of time to plan things out, order supplies, take pictures and then write a post. Overall Scope & Workspace As we’re now nearly at…
Insulation
I have spent much of my time in recent weeks devising and implementing a plan for insulating the truck. This included both thermal and noise insulation. The cab in particular, needed quite a bit of both as it was little more than steel bodywork and some flimsy interior ceiling and wall panels along with a…
Build Quality
I’ve yet to find anything to suggest corners were cut or something done cheaply in the manufacture of my ambulance. In fact, the exact opposite seems to be true. The module is a masterwork of aluminum fabrication and the thousands of feet of wiring are absolutely first rate. Every single wire is numbered at both…
Electric Avenue
One of the (many) advantages when converting an ambulance into an RV is they often come with an inverter, shore power hookup and are pre-wired for 12V DC and 110V AC loads. They may also have an existing house battery system in addition to the truck’s service batteries. The task then becomes how to best…
1.21 Jigawatts!
What the hell is a jigawatt? ~ Marty McFly The Power Audit The first step in designing an electrical system is to figure out how much power you are going to need. This is done by conducting a power audit, wherein you examine, in excruciating detail, every electrical device you intend to run on a…
Insurance
While looking for insurance for my truck, I learned very quickly that “ambulance” is a four letter word to many insurance companies. I first contacted my local Hub International agent and made the mistake of mentioning the word “ambulance” when I first inquired about coverage. None of their carriers would even bother to quote it….