Not sure this is the “final” placement, but I played around with it a bit to see where I liked it. This put a narrower gap towards the front. I’ll likely be facing into the wind, which is where the rain will be coming, so narrower there made sense.
Where do you put yours?
You can kind-of get an idea where I put mine here, but they’re essentially in line with the corners of the tent flap. I messaged Shittco when I installed and he said it doesn’t really matter
One of our Overland Softgoods customers once said…
“First “Rule” of GFC… there are no rules”
Creativity and intentionality rule the day when GFC owners sort out their rig!
Happy trails…
Scott
Pretty stoked on them so far. They do start getting a little pricey when you start adding lids and different options for dividers but the customizable organization is really nice. Quality seems decent as well.
Started with wanting to sew a short piece of fuzzy velcro to the underside of my GFC flooring cushion for my Weboost’s internal antenna puck. Then I got the idea to sew a length of webbing to the underside of the cushion to hold a roll of paper towels. With the tailgate down, it does require long monkey arms like mine to reach it, but I like it. Easier to reach from the side. Does require twist lock fasteners, and a sewing machine strong enough to sew through the webbing.
Finally got around to installing the switch pro. No more having to get out of bed to turn the lights off. Ultimate laziness.
I did a bunch of electrical work:
I opted for Starlink over WeBoost, but just out of curiosity - do you have to put the repeater in the camper like that? I didn’t look close at the mounting details. Seems like it would be just as effective on the front wall of the camper. How did you decide to put it there?
in the instructions it says your phone has to be within 1-3 ft of the indoor antenna puck. I think if it broadcasted to a bigger area; it ironically interferes with the outdoor antenna’s ability to receive a signal.
oh and I sleep on the passenger side, so where the puck is, I can receive it through the floor. I didn’t want it directly under me because my air mattress has foil in it, and that would block the signal. When the signal is really weak, I have to move the puck up to the sleep area between the two smaller cushions.
This makes sense now. Seems like a mild PITA, glad you’re figuring it out.
yup, it’s a mild PITA, but I tend to mostly go camping during the work week when it’s less buy(retired), so I just need to check on text messages from friends/family. Starlink is great for remote working though, so i think it makes sense if you’re doing that.
Does this only control in cab lighting or did you run your external lights to this as well?
Is this just to control camp lighting?
It can control anything that runs off 12v. It’s just a solid state switch with Bluetooth and a bunch of other nice features. I don’t have much for external lighting but I was thinking maybe I should get some.
Right now I’m mostly using it to control the various LED strips I have in the camper.
edit: you motivated me to add some “scene” lighting. I have a BD rock light coming that I’ll be mounting to the top of the GFC racing rearward and this switch will control that as well.
Nice! I installed a second SwitchPros panel inside too. Super handy!
Finally got up and installed 8020 DIY bars I had sitting in my living room for last few weeks
Got the solar panel up, its a bifacial hoping the white top gets a little extra juice
Flat converted starlink also mounted, just temporary mounting as I’m building a quick release and cam holder so I can tilt it up when the tent is deployed.
Wrapped one of my panels with vinyl as a test DEET on panels? - #31 by steezeman
Currently working on the cab build, designing a bunch of parts. Not much to show there. Cleaned out the whole truck to make room for some stuff going on this week
Followed @Chuck.D with my horse trailer vent project… added a really nice bracket to pipe the diesel heater flow into the truck bed. It also helps with ventilation overall, pups or just to let the Dometic exhaust (warm air) escape the truck bed.
Ah shit, QD swivel? Gonna have to repurpose a few unused AR slings.
