Our Expander with upgrades, Progress Reports...

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Foxtel dish, stored on the front of the van on another jockey wheel holder welded to the drawbar. this runs foxtel iq for the front, and foxtel sd for the rear. also able to run foxtel iq for outside. portable unit dish. cable is a 3 cable system, which is stored in a pipe running from the back to the front along the chassie. the cable is heatsrunk in a tube to make it look like a single cable. the dish has its own cables already installed on it, so that tuning and cable connection do not play havic with the dish positioning. extra tuning port on the dish for the finder, so that you do not have to swap cables after tuning.

 

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more pictures. this time of the tv mount for outside. fixed mount on the wall painted white to blend the van. single connection contains video - audio send and audio return. when travelling i use just a blank connector to stop the dust and dirt. when only using the sound without the tv. i use another connector with loopback feature. this gives you sound through the outside speakers without having the tv mounted, as the tv controls the volume of the outside speakers when mounted there.
also on the drawbar is the second mount opposite the jocky wheel. you will also see the external gsm antenna on a 3 pce pole for hard reception areas.
inside there is a switch box, this controls the outside tv. either foxtel, media player 1, media player 2 or foxtel picture and media player sound. enables music during watching things like sports. both tv's are 32inch full hd 3d units. the outside tv is stored in the hanging cardboard flat against the inside wall on another bracket.

 

[17triton]

Gday Adam don`t forget to share all those pics you put on the foxtel thread because not everyone might have looked at that where they will here. You have some awesome mods for people to see and many to come by the sounds of it.

 

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will be ppsting them again. just packing for a trip away today. leaving in the morning. only to geelong area for 2 nights. just need a holiday hit

 

[Antman]

Thats certainly a cupboard of power points. :eek-53:

 

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it keeps them out of harms way, just iphone charges, and game console chargers.

 

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oops, that is networking gear and media player stuff, as well as hard drives and stuff. all running from inverters. i responded to another picture i thought i posted. which i am about to post now

 

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foxtel in the rear bed/bunks. cardboard fitted to under rear bed for easy access. seperated into 3 sections. power points inside to keep the clutter down for charging iphones. headphone amplifier mounted under tv, so that the kids do not disturb us adults. with media player. all networked with cable. the access under the bed behind the shower can now be accessed from outside with another access panle cut into the side of the van. picture soon.

 

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here is the extra external hatch that i added to access under the rear bunk bed.

right next to smaller toilet section.

 

[Antman]

Was the hatch hard to install?

 

[Brad]

Geez Adam.... What a lot of mods.
my eyes just run over pics trying to work out what is mod VS what is remaining of the original expanda.
keep the pics coming.

 

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i thought it was going to be hard, but it was really easy. i drilled 4 holes from the inside to the outside first, to locate the corners of the inside storage area, then just cut from corner to corner from the outside. of course measing that it was going to fit first. the hatch is a little taller than the cardboard, but modifiing the hatch and seals, the door has around 2 inches of nothing once you open it. which is a wall. uncut. just at the bottom. sealed with silicon and srewed in with stainless steel screws. the hatch was around $100 by memory. just the side marker light needs to be moved up above the hatch. which i have not done as yet.

 

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this is the plug i am using now, it runs power to the fridge, power to the battery, also the camera feed and all other normal connections. still have a few pins left over

 

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side light on the services side, fantastic for night time toilet empty or late night arrival. all lights inside and out and led. there is also a additional one outside the annex room. as the factory one is useless when the annex is up. you cannot see outside the door

 

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network camera, so that we can watch our youngest is fine, while we are outside. this is viewed either on ipad or iphone. also timber spacers for the top bunk. this enables a larger person to sit down on the second lounge when being used as one without hitting there head.

 

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extra cardboard face mounted to the under bed area, which doubles as second lounge. when the bed is being used there is extra space under the bed. this cardboard face keeps it neat and tidy. but can be clipped off when used as a second lounge.

 

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battery monitor, it measures amps,volts,watts, battery remaining and charging indicators. then added the water tank levels underneath.

 

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more cardboards under the front bed. so much storage due to there length. very easy to install.

 

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here is a no cost modification you can do, flip the edge of the shelf around. this will stop things falling off when you are travelling around.

 

[Cootay]

Adam, guessing you've got satellite foxtel at home, and just ordered extra boxes, or is there another way?