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It is!! It is a Hafele #HA-287.31.741, Heavy Duty 12'' Folding L-Bracket, Steel, 15mm (19/32'') W x 300mm (11-13/16'') D x 200mm (7-7/8'') H, White from KitchenSource.com

Hello! Yes AND not quite…though the sink itself is above a waterproofed battery compartment, there is no holding tank for water anywhere nearby. Water comes in, then goes down the drain and directly out to the separate external water compartment. In the event that it leaks in the 5 inches of tube between the sink and exiting, our mixing bowls would catch that and give us plenty of time to just turn off the water and fix that. We should do a better job explaining that because we’ve gotten that question a few times.

Ooo that's exciting!! Best of luck on your ambulance journey :) I think you're making a better decision not gutting haha. That made things so much more complicated and extended the build time by a LOT. Feel free to reach out if you need any support as you set up your electrical system! Anthony has been enjoying connecting with others around this lately :) Huh, interesting question - I missed it at first so am now editing my response. I will consult with Anthony on that and let you know.

I'm so glad, Robyn :)

Hi Robert, thanks for the concern. The grey water tank for our sink is in a whole separate compartment. Should any leak from the 5 inches of P-trap to pipe leading out into the tank happen, it first would fall into the mixing bowls we keep directly below, or get protection from the waterproof flooring we put in the bottom of the kitchen cabinet that is above the batteries. In tiny home life, it is always necessary to make creative adjustments.

Hey Kevin. It's exciting to hear that you are about to tackle your ceiling. Sure, there are a few tips I could offer. 1) If your original ambulance ceiling is like mine was, then it is made out of fiberglass. It's really nasty stuff to cut through. Definitely wear eye protection, a dust mask, and gloves. I'd also recommend a long sleeve shirt, pants, and a hat. You'll feel like you have sand and glass in your skin for days if you don't, even after showering. We had to cut our ceiling with a reciprocating saw in order to get it out of the truck after we took it down. 2) You can take advantage of the wiring that is already being run to your current ceiling lights for your LEDs. This is convenient because it is likely they are already tied to switches on your console. If you want to give your LED's the ability to dim, then you'll need to switch around the wiring slightly (namely all of the LED's have to share the same ground), but it's not a huge task. I'd recommend taking stock of how many LEDs you plan to install and compare it to how many lights are already wired into your ceiling. From there you can remove the wiring for any extra lights that you didn't use, or make them accessible for future appliances you would want to install (fans, reading lights, etc.). 3) We went with 4 of these LEDs: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012ZOI3ZW/ It is plenty of light for the place. We probably could have gotten away with 2 or 3. We also ran two of these red LED strips along the ceiling wire channel for a night time light: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MXXDWDM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Our lights are attached to DC dimmer switches: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089N9WYGT/ The only thing we don't like about these switches is that they let out a just barely audible high pitch sound when you dim the lights. Beth is able to ignore the sound, but it drives me nuts. If you think it will bother you too, then you may want to search for a higher quality dimmer switch. Feel free to reach out if you have other questions. Have fun!

Also! One thing I forgot is that I would highly recommend adding a layer in between your metal studs and your new ceiling. Furring strips or even just a 1/8 inch thick layer of board and/or insulation. This goes for any new walls you install as well. The metal studs get HOT when the sun is directly on the ambulance. A buffer layer between the studs and your cedar ceiling will help reduce the heat transfer.

@@bethzabiegalski7874 This is awesome! Thank you so much

Great points for folks to consider! Our truck house does not have a capacitor in its system, everything is protected by a fuse and we test everything with a volt meter before touching it. More safety tips at instagram.com/vanlifeelectric

Hi, Lang! There's a bit more about that in this video: th-cam.com/video/X04P00Q_d6s/w-d-xo.html. The truck's AC was connected to the house AC, so we had a mechanic disconnect the two, isolate the truck's AC and evacuate the house lines so that we were able to rip out the parts ourselves. Hope that helps!

Hi, Lang! Congrats on your new ambo and welcome to the community 🎉 We are in the US and have ours registered in Pennsylvania. It’s currently registered as a Class C truck, because there is a whole list of things we need (only a couple left to go) in order to pass an RV inspection, which is required to earn that reclassification. It’s different state-by-state in the US - for instance, we could already be an RV in South Dakota because it’s way easier. The best advice I’d have is to go to the Canadian equivalent of the department of motor vehicles and ask! As for insurance, that depends on weight of the vehicle. Many companies won’t insure vehicles this large, and truck insurance is much more expensive than RV (why we’re working to change our classification). Again, this likely has its own set of rules in Canada, so call around or fill out insurance applications and see who can help you! See you on the road!

Hi, Keith!! Would have loved to see you two :) We'll be seeing Jess in a couple of weeks! Happy to answer questions. 1. YES the toilet is all self-contained so we just disconnect the exhaust and move it into the living area to shower. 2. We have a little basket for trash hanging on the door and we just toss it at gas stations, keep it in the cat external compartment until we get there. 3. We are so excited for the fridge soon! Anthony is building out the space for it today. We keep meals simple, usually a protein and a lot of veggies - less ingredients but try to make sauce to spice things up. We DON'T eat out hardly at all because we have limited our monthly budget to $2200 as Anthony takes a "sabbatical" from work :) I love to cook and our kitchen works so well with solar power! Thanks for asking :) I hope you and Julie are well.

2005 built on a Ford f350 chassis with a 6.0 powerstroke turbo diesel engine

You’re so welcome, Mae! Are you working on your own ambo tiny home? 😃

@@bethzabiegalski7874 I am still looking for an ambulance for my next home.

Hey Patrick! Sounds like you have a good set of plans going in. We ended up doing some things similar to what you describe. I like your thought about using the switch to toggle the solar charge between house and truck batteries. Our battery switch in the cab now enables/disables the Battery Doctor Battery Isolator so we can charge the house batteries from the alternators while we're driving if we want, though that isn't needed now that solar is in the picture. It's really only useful if we want to reverse the current and recharge the truck batteries from the house in the event that they die. I imagine you are thinking of something similar with your solar toggle since you will have everything living off the house batteries from now on. We moved all of the controls to the house, including the flood lights. The rear flood lights are tied into the backup relay, so they come on automatically when in reverse in addition to when the switch is flipped. And the runner lights are tied in with the headlights so they are automatic as well. We thought that we wanted to have control of the flood lights from in the house in case we hear something strange in the middle of the night and want to scare someone off. I thought it would be great if we could control the flood lights from both the cab and the house but I didn't want to invest more time in figuring out how to make that happen. Having the schematic is amazing! It was definitely a life saver for us, that coupled with the fact the the wires are labeled. I'm very thankful to Wheeled Coach for that. Though I will say, even with all of that it was still a pretty steep learning curve for us. It sounds like you may be coming in with some knowledge to give you a jumpstart. Good luck with the rest of the build. Would love to see some pics or video along the way.

@@bethzabiegalski7874 Hey Beth! Just today I'm sorta on the fence as to whether we keep and use the battery switch, just in a different capacity, or just don't use it at all. Having the option of routing charging to the engine batteries is still appealing, and that's just one option of several for that. Another thing I've changed my mind on is the floodlight control left on the cab switch panel. You're right about the things that go bump in the night, it would be great to have the capability to fire up the floods from inside the box. I've also kicked around the idea of mounting a couple of infrared cameras at the top of the box's walls, but that may wait until we have a few trips under our belts! I'm also looking at controlling certain things (the floodlights included) from more than one location. Putting in two 3 way switches would do that. Then you can turn the floods on and off from the cab AND from the box. I've had a bit of trouble finding 12V switches that accomplish the same purpose as a standard house light switch, but they ARE out there! I'm taking pics at every stage, and I'm happy to post a few! Thanks again for the great video!!

Hey! Feel free to connect and message us on Instagram (@theheartwantsadventure) to chat further if you want! Questions for you - is your ambulance running when you try the outlets? If you have an inverter, it *should* be under the pilot seat in the box, at least that's where ours was. The ambulance + inverter is set up initially to send power to the box while it's running. But whether you've got the engine running for power now or you've got the battery bank set up, if there's no inverter, the power still can't switch from DC to AC so the outlets won't work. Hope that helps a bit! Any diesel garage can work on your engine also, and we recommend at least consulting with an electrician to get started with your electric if you're new to it.

@@bethzabiegalski7874 thanks for the videos. David

Hey! We are overdue for another video and would love to cover the electrical system in greater detail. Especially now that we have added solar to the setup. In the meantime, I can answer your question about how we disconnected the truck from the system by pointing out the junction point at 8:40 of this video. The ambulance originally had power from the truck’s batteries leading to that junction. We removed the line from the truck’s batteries and added a line from our house batteries. This makes it so now the whole system runs off the house batteries instead of the truck’s. In regards to the AC outlets, those are connected to our victron inverter, which is in turn, also connected to the batteries. When we do another video, we can point this out more clearly. Essentially there are three lines coming from our batteries: 1) to the inverter which runs the AC side of the house, 2) to the junction point that powers the ambulances 12v system, 3) to the battery isolator which can receive charge from the truck’s alternators. Theres actually a fourth line now that is not included in this video and that is to our solar setup. More on that to come. Thanks for asking and for the suggestion for another video. -Anthony and Beth

Hey Bob, we don’t have plans of being back anytime soon. And we got it about 10 years ago! Perhaps if you call them (Morgantown WV) they may be able to help you out!

@@bethzabiegalski7874 Thanks Beth. I will get in touch with them. Bob

Hi there, Bob! Slowly coming along! We pretty much just got the ceiling and bathroom done this winter. Hoping to finish up with the mini split AC/heater and the fridge over the summer, then we can start investing in things like windows and other cosmetics. :D

@@bethzabiegalski7874 Yes. Its not a project that can be done without a lot of planning

Oh no! I would say it's still always super intimidating to start. Then your brain will make sense of it all eventually.

Thanks for watching! I'm so curious what you're going to start observing more closely! Feel free to reach out any time: hello@theheartwantsadventure.com

Haha! Thank you :) Fish Bowl is an awesome hole-in-the-wall bar and restaurant in Morgantown, WV. It was a favorite of ours in college and has the best wings + homemade blue cheese sauce.

Hi Randy! We used pipe insulation to cover us for the most part, but we’re also snowbirds and don’t plan to be in temps below 30 any time soon 😉

@@bethzabiegalski7874 cool, I was in colorado with a travel trailer. The sewage hose froze up...then the toilet filled up....fun times

@@randyhiggins9635 😱😱🥶 sounds like the opposite of fun!!

Hey, Sarah! We took the ambo to a mechanic to get that done. We didn’t want to mess anything up in the cab, and it’s helpful to have some help! They evacuated the lines, recharged and capped them, then we just had to rip out the furnace. Sorry that’s not too helpful from a strict DIY perspective, but we definitely value involving experts in our process. Best to you!!

So glad we could help! Let us know how it goes :)

@@bethzabiegalski7874 will do! currently along ways to go still. I have to get house battery's installed along with solar and all that good stuff and tbh I have no idea what I'm doing😂. I saw that you guys are from AZ which is awesome I'm down in tucson. what was the company that you worked with you to have your battery's installed? I need all the help I can get

@@Lancetheambulance nice!! We worked with a local company called Vision Mobile Repair, in the West valley of Phoenix. We found them by calling Camping World and asking for local recommendations! Bigger companies like that typically won’t service anything that isn’t a straight-up RV or professional conversion. You could try getting a referral like that!

Thanks, Scott! Yes to both your questions. We were fortunate to have the wiring diagrams with the purchase of our truck. If yours is Wheeled Coach, you could probably request diagrams from them for your specific make/model

Hey there! Your 3-prong outlets are AC power, and trucks are DC power, so you need an inverter to convert the truck’s power to AC in order for them to work. If you already have an inverter, there may be something wrong with it. Let us know how it goes!

Woo hoo! Best of luck to you.

Hey, thanks! Last winter we installed a Victron 3000W inverter, 400 AH of agm batteries, and a battery isolator so that we could charge batteries from the truck while driving. We disconnected all the outlets and power from the cab since ambulances are made to run all the stuff back there while they're ON and of course you'll want to run it while it's off :) Cedric, the RV repair guy and former electrician talks a bit about the process at the beginning of this video. We definitely recommend working with an expert to help start to understand the system and what you need, which is what we did to get started. Happy to answer questions!

Yes, definitely! You'll want to look for either a right-hand or left-hand shower pan so that the lip for the "front" is facing the way you want it when the drain is at either your left or right (you may already know this but want to make sure!). So we got a right-hand pan for our space: www.campingworld.com/abs-shower-pan-24-x-32-x-4-38-white-with-right-drain-115602.html#q=shower%2Bpan&lang=default&start=21&cgid=inside-rv%2Fbath%2Fbathroom-fixtures%2Fshower

Thanks, Tony!

Thanks for watching!

Hi, Meadow! We have insurance and are registered in PA since our permanent residence is PA. We don't meet RV standards yet, so right now we have it insured as a truck, which is also difficult to find because of its weight!! We have Progressive auto insurance and plan to get RV insurance as soon as it can pass. Can't wait to see your project!!

I (Beth) resonate with that feeling so much!! It is possible, just very tedious work. Just months ago Anthony was saying how he didn't trust himself to do electric work, and now he's discovering new, more efficient ways to wire us every time he works on it. We believe in you!! <3

Hey, thank you!

Thanks, Ronald! That's a nice thing to say :)

@@bethzabiegalski7874 im about to purchase an ambulance and i will be converting it, and its hard to find quality videos about it, its definitely a smaller niche compared to buses and vans

@@ronaldsauber258 That's so exciting for you! We'll be continuing to post videos as we move along. And feel free to reach out with any questions - we've definitely learned a lot!