I managed to get quite a few little things done over the past couple days.
I got the electrical pretty well cleaned up securing the battery bank and installing the permanent cables:
Circuit breaker installed coming off the starter battery before heading to the separator:
As discussed earlier, I should probably used 100A circuit breakers with my #4 wire but these are the parts I had already purchased so I moved ahead. I know I can force the separator off, but it is nice to have a shutoff here too. I got everything working as it should but when I fired up the van I was surprised to see my alternator putting out about 14.9V! This voltage level has me a bit intimidated that I could prematurely screw up my AGM house batteries, so for now I just have the circuit breaker open while I figure that out.
Here is what the rear platform section will look like:
There is a slot between the storage platform and sleeping platform. This will house a 2'x4' camp table. We loved having this little table with us on the last van, but it sat underneath the rear foam and was a pain to pull out and put back with bedding, etc. stacked up on the rear bed. This should make that table super easy to get in and out.
Now for the big glory moments of the weekend. I filled up my propane tank for the first time and low and behold the Propex fired right up! Hooray for heat!
It doesn't quite put out the heat like the little Espar D2 did - I really loved that heater! I think that this will work pretty well though. I'm sure I'll have more to say after we get to use it a bit.
Stove fired up too!
We actually drove the van around town a bit for the first time since it was just a cargo van too. It seems to drive great and should make a nice travel rig - looking forward to some camp trips this summer!
Still plenty left to do - more finish panels, cabinet pieces, flooring, etc, but having most of the systems functioning makes me pretty happy.