Thanks Josh! Lots of time spent on this build, I am really enjoying doing it myself.
This last week I added a 12” section of L-Track below the folding countertop extension to secure a Radius Outfitters Canvas Trashcan. I bedlined some aluminum angle for the vertical corner of the galley to protect the laminated edges and to give it a more finished look.
When I built the plumbing system last month, I installed a KUS Tank Level Sensor in the 35 gallon freshwater tank to monitor the water. I already ran an electrical line a few months ago behind the panels that goes from the sensor to the Victron Cerbo GX on the driver side electrical cabinet. It was an easy setup using the Victron Touch 50 and voila: we can now monitor our water level and set high and low level alarms.
I temporarily mounted up some on/off switches for the water pump and the water heater. The water pump is backlit blue and the water heater is backlit red.
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When I did the electrical wiring this past summer, I prewired a 10awg duplex line for a portable solar panel. The duplex wire goes from a Victron SmartSolar 75/15 MPPT Solar Charge Controller (in the electrical cabinet), through the driver side lower access panel, outside and underneath the van to the trailer hitch.
I wanted to finish this up in preparation for a camping trip in a couple weeks. So, I used a Curt brand trailer hitch L-bracket that’s made to secure 7-pin trailer harness to mount up a water resistant junction box. The duplex wire goes into the junction box and and then to a DC plug/outlet.
I went with a 200W ALLPOWERS Portable solar panel and am very impressed with its value, packable size, quality of construction and output.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09725M32Z?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I did a test run on a partially cloudy day and was pulling around 150W! Having the ability to adjust the angle and move the panel around is great. The 400W roof panels were only pulling in around 150W because of the angle of the sun and the inability to orientate the roof panels.
I added another 20 feet of duplex wire to the panel to give me a little more portability. The setup and tear down of this system takes less than a minute.
I ended up switching from my 200W portable solar panel to a portable 400W EcoFlow. A friend had an EcoFlow 400W portable panel that he sold me for a steal of a deal.
We went camping this last weekend and before going there was a few things I wanted to do. First, I wanted to install the gray water tank. I installed a 22 gallon undercarriage water tank for the gray water and used a Mopeka wireless sensor to monitor the level of the tank. So far I am not impressed with the Mopeka sensor because it looses Bluetooth connection to my Cerbo GX at times. I may end up returning the Mopeka and installing the KUS Wired sensor, which is what I am using for the 35 gallon freshwater tank.
My wife wanted me to build some cabinets, so I made two for her, one on either side of the galley. I used 20" soft close drawer slides, 1/2" baltic birch, and push-pull latches. For the cabinet face I used the same white WilsonArt Laminate, and for the rest of the cabinet I used the same wax/oil as the butcher block countertop. Overall I am happy with how they came out.
My wife also wanted me to build a temporary overhead storage shelf above the galley countertop. I used some scrap birch plywood to build this and mounted it to the unistrut. This took me a couple hours to build and provided plenty of storage for kitchen essentials. This is only temporary and will be replaced with overhead cabinetry down the road
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