I have a contract! We had decided that if I hadn't found anything by 1st March then I would stop looking (half a day everyday not working on the truck) and we would bring forward departure to stop spending money on "waiting". Two days later the phone started....agents wanting to know if I was still available! I should have stopped looking weeks ago if this is how it works! Anyway, I'll be working locally as a project manager for a while - this will top up the coffers and we now plan on leaving in September. Sue is working almost full time on the census for the next few months and is enjoying it.
The truck has continued to evolve - the ceiling has been insulated, the headlining put up and all the internal lights fitted and wired. It looks good!
I managed to get hold of a Sterling split charger (an electronic box of tricks that lets the engine alternator charge the domestic batteries without allowing the truck batteries to run low) - in fitting this I've reworked all of the battery wiring and renovated the truck's battery box. It's all looking good. The domestic batteries are in a sealed box under one of the seats - even though the batteries themselves are "sealed", as we're going to be putting them to hard use I still expect there to be some gassing of hydrogen and acid into this compartment, so I've fitted a small extraction fan system that takes air from the top of the box and pumps it out through the floor, all controlled by a voltage sensitive relay so that it only operates when volts are high (ie during charging when gassing takes place). Hopefully this will keep the inside of the box from suffering too much.
The truck has continued to evolve - the ceiling has been insulated, the headlining put up and all the internal lights fitted and wired. It looks good!
I managed to get hold of a Sterling split charger (an electronic box of tricks that lets the engine alternator charge the domestic batteries without allowing the truck batteries to run low) - in fitting this I've reworked all of the battery wiring and renovated the truck's battery box. It's all looking good. The domestic batteries are in a sealed box under one of the seats - even though the batteries themselves are "sealed", as we're going to be putting them to hard use I still expect there to be some gassing of hydrogen and acid into this compartment, so I've fitted a small extraction fan system that takes air from the top of the box and pumps it out through the floor, all controlled by a voltage sensitive relay so that it only operates when volts are high (ie during charging when gassing takes place). Hopefully this will keep the inside of the box from suffering too much.