Friday, September 30, 2011

Home Automation

I've put in some home automation to automatically turn on/off lights. I totally recommend the one from Jaycar. It is very versitile and has battery backup. It is in parallel with the normal light switch, so you can do one or the other.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

camper van

Here is is in photos. Not really shown in the dual battery set up.




There is a window in the back that opens. A smaller one as well on the front side. It has fly screen to keep out insects.





The matress sits on the shelf below. We got a latex 5cm thick matress and it works well.



Sunday, September 18, 2011

Ute Camper - Squaring Up

An age old problem with mounting doors is squaring up the frame so the door does not sag. I went for the over designed industrial solution - mainly because that is all the materials I have...












Sunday, September 11, 2011

Camper

We are going on two week camping holiday in a month. Time to build a camper.. The super structure is basically complete.