Got my office situation in place for an extended fishing trip to Lake Superior. Figured I would share to help anyone else looking to do the same. The AC mount was inspired by longhorn1.
Posted 04 June 2023 - 07:59 PM
Got my office situation in place for an extended fishing trip to Lake Superior. Figured I would share to help anyone else looking to do the same. The AC mount was inspired by longhorn1.
Posted 05 June 2023 - 04:38 AM
Where do you keep your antenna's and mast when not using it? Hard to aim?
Posted 05 June 2023 - 07:55 PM
The main mast is a two piece telescoping fiberglass pole. I have 3 different antenna attachments I can put on it. I keep them all in the crew cab part of my truck. Aiming the 4G antenna is not bad. I basically just loosen up the trigger clamp slightly and spin the pole. I use Network Cell Info app to get me pointed in the general direction.
Posted 06 June 2023 - 03:44 AM
sick! For comparison, I'm using a Husky Parsec antenna and am pretty impressed, even though it is omnidirectional and permanently mounted.
Posted 06 June 2023 - 03:04 PM
Wow thats a nice antenna. I might have gone that route had I known about it. Do you have a thread that covers the details, setup, etc?
Edited by jdavis, 06 June 2023 - 03:07 PM.
Posted 07 June 2023 - 06:01 PM
Wow thats a nice antenna. I might have gone that route had I known about it. Do you have a thread that covers the details, setup, etc?
Thanks for the prompt.... I have not yet written that up, but just started a thread on that topic!!
https://www.wanderth...sting-and-more/
Posted 09 June 2023 - 02:55 PM
How do you take the AC mount off of the window? Going to be building mine this weekend!
Posted 11 June 2023 - 02:59 AM
I used two vertical boards outside that use bolts to hold the frame in place. Really I just use those to keep it steady when Im putting the AC in place, after that the weight of the AC holds everything in place. So to remove the frame I take the 4 bolts out and then it comes right off. Let me know if want some additional pictures.
One thing worth noting is I used pipe insulation on the bottom of the frame, where it rests on the wood inside the camper. This mostly eliminated any vibration/noise from the compressor.
Posted 11 June 2023 - 11:43 AM
Thanks. I figured thats what you did, but was curious if maybe it stayed there full time. I built mine yesterday and will finish it today. I decided on eye-bolts for the interior for easy deployment.
Good idea on the insulation for vibrations. Will add that to my list.
I used two vertical boards outside that use bolts to hold the frame in place. Really I just use those to keep it steady when Im putting the AC in place, after that the weight of the AC holds everything in place. So to remove the frame I take the 4 bolts out and then it comes right off. Let me know if want some additional pictures.
One thing worth noting is I used pipe insulation on the bottom of the frame, where it rests on the wood inside the camper. This mostly eliminated any vibration/noise from the compressor.
Posted 18 June 2023 - 02:09 AM
Made some more progress on the workspace. Setup a mini computer thats attached to the table. It has an i5 and 16g ram with a 512 nvme, so solid enough to do some actual work. The computer wants 19v and the display wants 12v. Instead of having different adapters etc, I got a USB PD outlet that was made to hardwire. Neither the computer nor the display know anything about USB PD voltage negotiation, but! I found some cool usb C to 5.5mm cables that have chips built in to do the negotiation. Turned out pretty clean, would look nicer if I went with a wireless keyboard, but the ones I found just weren't blowing my skirt up. The computer and monitor combined are using about 30w.
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