So long Jackknife Sofas on my BT5210

The bottom and back cushion sections are connected to the jackknife mechanism by 1/2” nuts. The mechanism is anchored to the wood frame by a couple of screws, ours had four each side. After that the plywood cover is held down by several screw around the perimeter. When we opened ours we found the water pump, water tank and had access to much plumbing & electrical on the drive side. Our 5210 had the dinette we have removed that. Our plan is to add twin beds.

Appreciate the info!
 
Took out the over head cabinets today, both sides. The old ones measure 12 x 12. Planning on increasing them to 15 x 15. A little more overhead storage will be nice. I also want the doors to expose a larger opening. My wife wants the doors to open on the vertical plain. Hinges on the side. Six 12 inch doors should work.
Also installed liquid tight from the power panel to the wall on the door side of the refrigerator cabinet. That will carry the cables from the line power and the hybrid inverter.
The pictures shows removing the refrigerator roof vent added 2 glands for the solar panels. Should be able to get 800 watts up there. 3 - 200 watts and 2 - 100 watt panels.
 

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I would like to add a thermostat controlled fan in the roof patch from removing the refrigerator. Anyone know of a nice one?
 
I would like to add a thermostat controlled fan in the roof patch from removing the refrigerator. Anyone know of a nice one?

I guess it depends on how big of an opening you have. If you have a 14x14 opening there are many on Amazon, including Maxxair and Fan-tastic. If you don’t have a standard opening, not sure what you can do.
 
Small Vent

I was thinking about repurposing a smaller one like the one pictured. Not necessarily solar powered but 12 volt. Switch it with a thermostat, when it gets over the set temperature it turns on. I opened the wall just right of the entrance, this is where I mounted my hybrid inverter. The fan will vent that as well as the refrigerator.
 

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Replacement for the uncomfortable beds

Well we did it. Replaced the dinette and couch with these pull out beds. They convert from couch mode 21” to 37” single beds. Uses 6 22” slides each. They slide smoothly. We bought 6” IKEA mattresses we plan on cutting 10” off the width to use as bolsters. Also those are IKEA slats. They are arched so they act as box springs.
 

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Another bad thermal spot.

Getting ready to install the laminate floor and found the floor area between the cab and the camper has zero insulation. Added some self sticking insulation. Has 3 effects, first it insulates, second it soundproofs and third it levels the area.
 

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Mattresses cut down

Cut down the IKEA mattresses. 10 inches off the width. Cut those down 3 - 24” sections. Had these upholstered, looks pretty good.
 

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Countertops done.

Replaced the oiled wood countertop with quartz. Anyone have thoughts on using quartz for RV countertops?
 

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Hey that is a nice fit! I may be doing this next year.
We took the Rig out to the east coast. Had a E 3 error coming up on the refrigerator. Norcold, looked it up and it links to under voltage. Measured the voltage and it came out high not low. Temporary wired it to the output (load) of the 12 volt MPPT solar controller. No issues. I have since replaced the cheap 24 v to 12 v voltage regulator with a Victron 70 amp it is adjustable and has worked great.
 

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