| Page 1 | Old Rabbit's Van |
| Old Rabbit's Van, photographed in a lay-by that I use for vehicle photographs, somewhere on the B3081 heading toward Wyn Green, Dorset, England. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-06-27 |
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| Page 2 | Camping at Chamonix Mont Blanc |
| The setting sun illuminates the mountain as I get ready to spend the night camping at Chamonix Mont Blanc. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-09-08 |
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| Page 3 | Climbing the Nurfenen Pass |
| Climbing the Nurfenen Pass, I look back towards Italy before passing the summit. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-09-13 |
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| Page 4 | A size comparison between a 6 - outlet Europlug socket and a 3 - outlet BS1363 socket |
| The Europlug socket is a space saver when many small, double insulated, low current appliances need to be plugged in such as phone/razor/toothbrush/camera/music player/battery chargers, table lamps, laptops and the like. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-09-13 |
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| Page 5 | Gas Safety Drain and Water Drains |
| Gas safety drain and water drains viewed from beneath the van. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-05-26 |
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| Page 6 | Van Gas Stack |
| The van gas stack showing pressure gauge, pre regulator and bottle switch, regulator, distribution manifold and gas bottles. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-06-19 |
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| Page 7 | Fitting the Roof Insulation |
| The van roof insulation shown glued between the ceiling support cross members. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-07-05 |
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| Page 8 | Fitting the Ceiling |
| The van ceiling has been glued to the cross members and any remaining voids filled with polyurethane foam. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-08-28 |
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| Page 9 | Fitting the IEC 60309 Connector 1 |
| The IEC 60309 connector box is offered up to the hole cut in the side of the van to see if it fits. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-04-04 |
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| Page 10 | Fitting the IEC 60309 Connector 2 |
| The IEC 60309 connector box after installation as seen from inside the van. All joints have been waterproofed with mastic. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-??-?? |
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| Page 11 | Van load space lighting wiring diagram |
| The van load space lighting wiring diagram for the ceiling, fridge, locker and cab lamps. SW1 to SW3 control the ceiling lamps, SW4 controls the fridge lamp whilst SW5 is the door switch on the over cab locker door. The cab light has a built in switch and is connected directly to the 12V supply. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-09 |
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| Page 12 | Van low power control system |
| The van low power control system for gas alarm, extractor fan, fridge igniter and water alarm. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-13 |
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| Page 13 | Van 230V distribution box |
| The van 230V distribution box with circuit breakers, RCBO and maintained supply relay. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-12 |
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| Page 14 | Van low voltage power distribution |
| The van low voltage power distribution for 12V sockets, water pump, fans, fridge and battery charger. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-13 |
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| Page 15 | Van lighting door switch relay box |
| The van door switch relay box switches on the ceiling lamps when the load space doors are opened. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-13 |
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| Page 16 | Van maintained supply wiring and power alarm |
| The van maintained supply inverter wiring and power alarm that sounds when the ignition is switched on with the 230V hookup still connected. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-14 |
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| Page 17 | Van gas stack |
| The van gas stack diagram showing gas bottles, pre-regulator and bottle switch, main regulator and distribution manifold. |
| gschem - see www.gpleda.org 2009-10-14 |
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| Page 18 | Rear Load Space Lamp Modification |
| An extra plug comprising a section cut from an old computer power supply connector (white plug on the right) has been fitted to the rear load space lamp to connect the door relay box to the bulbs in the lamp. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2009-02-28 |
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| Page 19 | The Current State of Play Looking Rearwards |
| The Current State of Play Looking Rearwards. |
| Sony DSC-T30 2009-10-15 |
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| Page 20 | The Current State of Play Looking Forwards |
| Just a placeholder - real photo soon. |
| Sony DSC-T30 200?-??-?? |
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| Page 21 | Fitting Ferrules to a Bed Section |
| The ferrules to accept the anchor bolts have been placed into position after coating the inside of the holes with epoxy resin. Lightly greased bolts have been fitted to align them, clamped into position and then extra epoxy glue added to the void between the wooden battens. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-08-22 |
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| Page 22 | Fitting Top Ply to Bed Section |
| The ferrules have been fitted to this bed section and the styrofoam centre glued in place. All that remains is to apply styrofoam adhesive to the styrofoam, D4 polyurethane glue to the upper wood surfaces, position the top 15mm plywood skin then clamp firmly and allow the glue to set. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-08-24 |
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| Page 23 | Fitting the Van Floor Spreaders |
| The van floor spreaders have been fitted into place by positioning them on blobs of mastic where they cross the van floor ribs, then pressing them down against spacers to obtain an even 2mm thickness of mastic on each intersection. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-04-26 |
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| Page 24 | Fitting the Van Floor Insulation |
| The van floor styrofoam insulation has been cut to size using a hot wire tool, and a further hot wire tool used to cut channels where the styrofoam passes over the van floor ribs. The foam has been glued into place using a polyurethane mastic. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-04-26 |
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| Page 25 | Fitting the Van Floor Foil |
| The van floor styrofoam insulation has been covered with a heat reflecting layer of aluminium foil before screwing down the 15mm marine ply flooor to the spreaders. |
| Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 35-80mm 2008-04-27 |
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