IdahoHunter
Senior Member
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My wife and I left Idaho mid-January in our F350 6.7L towing our 2108DS, and the first stop was Florida to visit her Dad. Along the way and before departure I made a few more changes.
Before leaving, I added another towel rack above the existing one in the bathroom, added a mesh storage pouch to the right of the tv for remote controls, added a mesh pouch on the back of the bathroom pocket door, and mesh pouches on both side of the Murphy bed. I also added hooks for keys inside the door to the left. Adding a silverware drawer in the cabinet under the TV was challenging because I didn't want to see any screw heads from the outside. So I ran notched support pieces of wood on either side of the drawer I made making sure to leave the right amount of room for the slides. I also used a wood appearing covering with an adhesive back to get a close match to the other wood overlay. Oh, I also added a paper tower holder that is always under tension so it doesn't unroll going down the road, and an indoor/outdoor thermometer.
After a few days on the road staying in RV parks, I found that running my 115v power from the inverter wasteful and putting unnecessary additional wear and tear on the inverter. So, I ordered a 30A double pole switch (overkill) to create a manual buss transfer. The switch has the center position with no connection. So when switching from one power source to another, there is no way the two power sources will "meet" each other. Glad I left the wire from the breaker intact. This gave me a shore power source to the switch, and the inverter power was present too along with the wire that goes to all the inverter prepped outlets. The sharpie label on the switch plate is crude, but you get the point.....boondocking I put the switch in the inverter position, and in an RV park I put it in the shore power position.
Before leaving, I added another towel rack above the existing one in the bathroom, added a mesh storage pouch to the right of the tv for remote controls, added a mesh pouch on the back of the bathroom pocket door, and mesh pouches on both side of the Murphy bed. I also added hooks for keys inside the door to the left. Adding a silverware drawer in the cabinet under the TV was challenging because I didn't want to see any screw heads from the outside. So I ran notched support pieces of wood on either side of the drawer I made making sure to leave the right amount of room for the slides. I also used a wood appearing covering with an adhesive back to get a close match to the other wood overlay. Oh, I also added a paper tower holder that is always under tension so it doesn't unroll going down the road, and an indoor/outdoor thermometer.
After a few days on the road staying in RV parks, I found that running my 115v power from the inverter wasteful and putting unnecessary additional wear and tear on the inverter. So, I ordered a 30A double pole switch (overkill) to create a manual buss transfer. The switch has the center position with no connection. So when switching from one power source to another, there is no way the two power sources will "meet" each other. Glad I left the wire from the breaker intact. This gave me a shore power source to the switch, and the inverter power was present too along with the wire that goes to all the inverter prepped outlets. The sharpie label on the switch plate is crude, but you get the point.....boondocking I put the switch in the inverter position, and in an RV park I put it in the shore power position.
