Building the 102DL3 (continuation of "Bumper" thread)

[Jim Blackwood]

I'll worry about that later on, it'll likely be months before I drive it anyway but thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to keep that in mind. Before I go out with it I want to pour a reinforced slab over the culvert so that I have more room to make the turn. Can't really see that happening before spring.

Jim

[Jim Blackwood]

Two more posts to this thread and I've come to the end of the stripping, cleaning and assessing stage. Starting at the rear bay, a photo looking forward from the passenger's side shows the 24vDC power distribution panel that was used to feed the inverters. I'll use this and re-route the wires so they are more hidden and allow the evaporator door to open fully.  This bay is 80" deep along the axis of the bus but 29" of that needs to be kept reasonably clear for HVAC access. All bays are 92" wide, 85" between the latch plates and 30" tall under the 4ft wide center duct All doors are 56 x 35" in a 54 x 32" opening.

The center bay, in the next two shots is a clear 58" space with a 2 x 2" conduit across the upper rear corner.

[Jim Blackwood]

The front bay is 65" deep with panels, ducts and conduits as shown including the downslope of the central channel under the isle.

The last two shots show the interior of the coach with removal and cleanup complete, so that concludes this section. To find the previous posts go here:

https://www.busconversionmagazine.com/forum/index.php?topic=33639.105

where you will also find a link to the discussion that lead to all of this.

The project continues in this thread:

https://www.busconversionmagazine.com/forum/index.php?topic=33684.new#new

Thanks for your participation, please do not post to this thread as it will bury the links.

Jim

[Oonrahnjay]

... photo looking forward from the passenger's side shows the 24vDC power distribution panel that was used to feed the inverters. I'll use this and re-route the wires so they are more hidden ...

      Nice work, Jim.  You're getting along well.  One suggestion, though.  You may want to assess those inverters.  Sometimes, people will put several small, low power, inefficient inverters together "because they were cheap".  And many times this will work out to be penny-wise, pound-foolish.   If this is the case, it might be tempting to use them because they're there and free but often the less-expensive inverters -- especially mod-sine-wave types -- are unreliable, don't give much useful output, and might not handle electronics and other sensitive loads well. 
      I'm not saying that they're bad inverters, but I'd sure check to see type, rated outputs, brand names, etc.  before I depended on them.

[Geoff]

Another post that belongs in the "projects" topic.  Somebody needs to pay attention: moderators and posters.

[buswarrior]

There hasn't been any moderating here since HighTech Redneck gave it over.

Moderating historically meant re-arranging bits and pieces, adjusting the occasional subject line, moving topics to more appropriate parts of the forum.

It meant staying on top of the content, and trying to make information sharing go more smoothly.

When someone helps this along, the posters follow the trend.

When the forum gets ignored, it becomes no easier to find information, or be efficient with your online time, than on social media.

I miss Moderators too...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[bobofthenorth]

There hasn't been any moderating here since HighTech Redneck gave it over.

Posters can be so inconsiderate. I'm sure its much better over on BNO - easier to keep everything neat and tidy when nobody ever posts anything. 

[buswarrior]

Posters can be so inconsiderate. I'm sure its much better over on BNO - easier to keep everything neat and tidy when nobody ever posts anything.

You got that right.

Nothing's like it used to be.

Keep helping where you can?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[Jim Blackwood]

So much for not burying the hyperlinks. Thanks guys.

[mqbus767]

Not trying to derail Jim's thread, so please post any questions about these sketches in my project thread.

Jim: Wanted to let you know that I've just posted a few pictures of my recent floor plan sketches for our 102DL3 in case you'd like to check them out. It sounds like you and I are on very similar build paths for the near future. 

https://www.busconversionmagazine.com/forum/index.php?topic=33689