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Stewart_H

Seaside, CA

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Posted: 09/27/07 09:18pm

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rondeb wrote:

There has to be another section for MODS that doesn't cover it

Moderator HELP

I'm not a Moderator, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so here' is your answer:

Look in the small, long, rectangular box just above the threads in the TT forum.

It will have the following listing.

Topic Categories: Show All | General Q&A | Modifications and Accessories | Vintage Travel Trailers | Pictures of our Travel Trailers

They are all links (subcatagories) in the TT forum.

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Mike Schriber

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Posted: 09/27/07 10:26pm

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That's great feedback, thanks. I'm in contact with the seller and he seems to be a good guy to deal with. He told me all the cameras come with an adapter so you can connect them to a standard monitor and to 12v. The single cable it comes with should be okay. It just needs to run to the back of my Suburban. When I'm hitched, I'll just unplug the backup camera on the truck and plug in the leads from the trailer.

Now I need to see if I can find a place to run the wire!

Mike

stugpanzer wrote:

Mike Schriber wrote:

How's the quality on that camera stugpanzer? I modified my navigation radio to have video input on my Suburban. I installed a "keyhole" type camera in my license plate already which is great for hitching up. It came from eBay (looks the same as the one your seller has listed as an option) and the quality is pretty poor.

I want to put one on the back of my trailer as well but I'd like it to be of decent quality so I can use it going down the road and backing up.

One question on your installation... did you have a cabinet or something right behind the camera or did you have to fish it down the wall? I have just the wall in mine and I've been mulling over my options. One thought was to remove the center clearance light and fish the wire down through that opening.

Thanks!

Mike

The quality is excellent and as an added bonus, the camera also has short range night vision via some IR LED's mounted on the camera.

Yes, I have a cabinet where the camera mounts to the wall. I then brought the wire down the wall in the corner, but I don't like that so I need to figure a better way to fish it down. Other than that, it has been a great addition.

The Ebay seller I got it from is great to deal with. Remember that when you buy it, it comes with one cable. I had him quote me adding an extra cable...one for the TT and one for the TV. It works great when I hook up, I just connect one more thing...very simple. I will try to prepare more detailed photos of the installation and post them soon.

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LAdams

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Posted: 09/28/07 05:52am

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NYCountryboy wrote:

Les, where did you pull the power for your shower light? and how did you snake the wires?

Scott,

The roof on my Nomad is a truss style roof and that means that there are several openings across the individual supports...

The picture below is a typical RV truss roof frame... In actual practice, I dropped the bathroom light fixture and fished a wire through the openings of the truss frame to the opening I had cut for the wire where the new light fixture was to be positioned...

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It's really pretty easy to fish through walls and ceilings once you get the hang of it... Doing so enables the individual to make quite a few more mods that require power...

Les

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LAdams

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Posted: 09/28/07 06:07am

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rondeb wrote:

There has to be another section for MODS that doesn't cover it

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Here is what the opening forum screen looks like... Under the Travel Trailer Forum you can see several catagories that say:

General Q&A, Modifications and Accessories, Vintage Travel Trailers, Pictures of our Travel Trailers. The Modifications and Accessories catagory will contain all posts that deal with modifications and accessories including the post entitled "Cool Mods"...

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pacamper

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Posted: 09/28/07 09:10am

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Very nice, you need to do these things to make it more yours.
I actually built a good size drawer under our frig, where a access panel was.
Wifey loves it, worked grat for bath towel storage.

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Mike Schriber

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Posted: 09/28/07 01:01pm

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Okay, here's another one. Like everyone else, my water pump was really annoying. To quiet things down and improve the flow, I slightly relocated the pump and remounted it on a foam and plywood sandwich. This cuts down on transmitted noise. I also added a two gallon accumulator tank and flexible tubing which smoothes out the flow, reduces how often the pump runs and quiets the system

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Posted: 09/28/07 02:50pm

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Really nice work, 2Rad4u! I have doubled areas where the wood is thin like the underside of cabinets with solid wood glued and carefully screwed. Usually 1/4 to 3/8 Oak or Poplar stained before gluing up. That supplies a solid basis for short wood screws holding up the Whatever ya put up there!

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