Wiring Our Off-Grid Electrical System | SKOOLIE BUILD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2021
- This was one VERY busy week! We ran all of our AC and DC lines, and all of the wires for our back-up camera and WeBoost signal booster. We are completely new to electrical, but we learned a TON along the way.
Our bus is a 1997 Thomas International Short Bus. We have some big plans for completing the build, and for traveling in it as soon as it’s ready.
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You have been able to do so much in a short period of time.
Wow !!! Looking nice
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Awesome stuff guys
Really nice work
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You guys did way better on the cable management than I did when I built my computer
It certainly helps when we can shove all the wires behind the ceiling and walls! 😆
Y’all work so well together! Thank you for sharing!
The bus is really coming together! It's always so exciting to see what you do next! Great attention to detail by binding the wires together! Looking forward to the promised shiplap!
Thank you very much! ❤️ If everything goes to plan, we should have it ready really soon!
Good job 👍 doing great
Y’all are such a great team! Can’t wait to see how it looks with the ship lap up! Sometimes you gotta aim for Mars so you can land on the moon 😉
Exactly! Setting an ambitious goal for the week definitely helped us push ourselves to get more done 😄
You guys work so well together and it's coming together quick...you'll be to shiplap before you know it :) Better to take your time to do it right, and enjoy the journey, than to rush through. You will get there, we're rooting for you :)
Thanks for the support! We're trying to pace ourselves.. but we get overeager sometimes 😆
Well I’ll start out by saying I’m so proud of both of you for starting this journey. My first video I watched was your at the garage for like a week or two get the bus fixed and how calm, cool and collective you handle yourself. Then I started from the beginning of your bus build and I’m on the April 23, 2021episode and I’m still impressed how you both work together so well (no drama), can’t wait to finish your bus build and keep you with life adventures and journey, wish you both lots of blessings joy and happiness, take care and be well 😎👍🏻✌🏻🤘🏻
I love how u work together!!! Good job!!!
Thank you!! 😊
I enjoy watching your videos so much. I plan to buy a bus ideally the same size as yours in the near future so I'm sure I'll be re-watching them when I'm building mine. I've been living in a 7'x12' travel trailer my son helped me build for over three years now. It's cute and I love it but it's that practical and it too small. We didn't know how to do better at the time but now I've learned so much. Videos like yours help.
Y'all are doing a great job. One suggestion if it's not too late. The scotch locks you used for "T" connections, go back and zip tie them. They will unclick in temperature changes. Used them in a trailer, they all popped open later on. Keep up the good work. Best of luck from David and Tammy in Florida.
That is very good to know! Thank you! We'll be sure to add zip ties before we put in the ceiling 😄
Good job. Did “after lunch Natalie” ever find her tape measure? You two work so well together. I really enjoy your videos.
I just found this team “Jimmy and Natalie” yesterday. Catching up with all the videos. Quite a ways to go! The build is amazing! You are doing a great job. Great teamwork! 👊🏽❤️
Thank you!! 😄💚
Slow & Steady Makes For a Quality Job! Looking neat clean & orderly wires are not my forte that’s where your research & planning excel!Be Well Be Safe & Stay Blessed.
👏👏 you two are doing so awesome! Moving along so quickly!! I’m kinda dreading this electrical part because I’ve never done any wiring. I’m trying to learn how by watching many, many videos .
Thanks! 😁 We learned a lot as we went with electrical, but we definitely leaned on TH-cam University.. 😅 We believe in you!
Great video! I enjoyed watching your progress! Hope you guys are having fun! 💚
Thanks so much! 😊 We really are!
Your doing a great job but you should have used heat shrink so they don’t short
you just learning but i would suggest the grey tape you use for A/C
Jimmy: You are creative making reel holders (Just needs a handle./ Put in your orders. Place a comment. "Just joking"). Thanks for another awesome video. Regards
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Thanks for watching! 😊 💚
When you guys were putting in the ceiling insulation, did the bolts/screws from the roof help or hurt? I could imagine them stabbing into the insulation could help hold it in place, but they might also just get in the way.
Yeah it was a little of both, but it mostly was helpful for holding it in place
Any reason why you decided to put up framing before you laid down a floor?
Where did you ground the solar electrical system on the vehicle?
looking for help.. trying to do a conversion.. is it possible to charge the battery bank from the alternator, and also have the inverter to charge from shoreline? What would happen if the bus was running (charging from the alternator), and you plugged in to shoreline power, triggering the inverter to charge simultaneously.. how would you set it so the alternator charging would auto shut off when plugged in? Thank you for any advice..
@Tim Prelog Hi! Yes, it is totally possible to charge from your alternator! The most common way I see people do it is through a DC-to-DC charger. It works by connecting your Bus starter batteries with your house batteries and then there is an "ignition wire" that is connected and will tell the DC-DC charger when you turn the key of the bus. That way, it is ONLY charging your house batteries when the bus is on. Due to this, it would be pretty unlikely that your bus would be on AND have the shore power plugged in at the same time. But there is nothing stopping you from doing that as long as (1) you have big enough wires to handle the high current and (2) the batteries you have can handle a large continuous charge current. For example, the maximum continuous charge current for our batteries is 50 Amps, so I would probably not want to run my shore power and DC-DC charger at the same time.
Good luck on your build and hope this helps!
Renogy DC-to-DC charger (60A): amzn.to/3CAcbuU
What gauge wires did you use for the 12v system?
Can you tell if the bus is a little warmer now with the insulation??
Haha, it might be too soon to tell for that, but it seems to run a bit quieter with the insulation!
I wanna build a bus or van but wiring seems super hard
Hey!! Question, so I’m definitely getting a professional out to do my bus electrical but just for personal knowledge, does it matter which devices are hooked to AC wires or are there specific ones that have to be DC wired?
That sounds like a great plan! In general, we try to get DC appliances whenever possible because they are more energy-efficient (and can be used without turning on the inverter). Hope this helps! 😊
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But! If I ask a question, please help me out.
BTW, I may have been your 1,001st subscriber 😁
Hey! That’s awesome to hear!! We are ecstatic to have reached 1,000!
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