Blue View – Leveling Blue

Blue View – Leveling Blue

In Blue, we prefer to sleep on a bed that is more or less level. We can deal with a little slope, but too much slope front to back and we find ourselves sliding off or crunching our heads against the headboard. Too much side-to-side slope, and we both end up sharing the port or starboard ¼ of our full sized bed. This is just fine (perhaps even kinda nice) for a short while, but our old bodies need to re-position frequently - which is not easily accomplished when one of us is squished against the cabinet alongside the bed. Thus we'd like to be able to level Blue when his parking spot is on an incline.

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Blue View – Blue's Electrical System Installation

Blue View – Blue's Electrical System Installation

All those years aboard Nine of Cups has taught me a number of lessons about electrical systems and electronics, and how difficult it is to ensure that not only are the gear and wiring installed safely and reliably, but remain that way. Much of what applies to boat electrics also applies to van electrics. In this week’s blog, I’ll talk about how and where I installed all that gear .

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Blue View – Blue's Electrical System, Part 1

Blue View – Blue's Electrical System, Part 1

I've pretty much completed the design of Blue's electrical system and am busy putting it together. I probably won't get all of it completed by our departure date of May 1, but I should have the essentials. In this blog, I'll describe the ac side of things.

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