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Dennis Gloe (Tontorod) (63.27.107.96)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 6:21 pm: | |
Gentlemen,
New post from a wannabe. Given the typical conversion for an MC9, with rear bedroom, bath/kitchen midship (sorry I'm an ex-jarhead) & living room in front, what would be best allocation of cargo bays?
TIA,
Dennis |
Jayjay (207.30.180.69)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 8:59 pm: | |
Do as you will with the front and/or middle bays, but allocate the rear as your Mechanical space. Due to National Code regulations, your potable water, and black/grey (or a comnbined unit) along with the electric should be in it, because most Codes state that entrance/exit from the coach for water/sewer/electric shall be within 15 feet of the rear bumper, and no more than 18 inches in from the left side of the coach. You should become familiar with plumbing, and electrical Codes before you start any phase of your conversion. G'luck, and Cheers...JJ BTW, I think you should skip the MC-9 idea, and call me about my '68 Thomas school bus that is for sale real reasonable! |
FAST FRED (209.26.87.91)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 5:35 am: | |
IF your willing to design a bit closer , and plan just a bit tighter, you can have the conversion gear inside the coach body ,
built in
and save the bays to do what they were designed for, GOODIES!
The black and fresh tanks easily build into furnature , you just loose the lowest drawers.
OF course the capacities are more limited this way , we get 55 fresh , 55 black/grey, and for a coupple it works for 10 days (ex sailor).
There is easily room for 100G of each , but if you have kids and a washing machine , you could need more cap.
The ONLY item that must be under is the propane tanks.
We have the air cond , in the old air cond condenase bay, the noisemaker (genset)in a old blower bay .
Only YOU can decide the depth of layering in one area to save space in another,
and if good access is needed for servicing items like the furnace, or removing the HW heater , drawings are a help.
FAST FRED |
DaveD (216.18.113.69)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 9:39 am: | |
One reason for placing the fresh, grey and blackwater tanks in the rear storage bay, is that they weigh a lot when full. Placing them there will help maintain the centre of gravity. And should they ever leak, I would prefer that they were under the living area, not in it. |
R.C.Bishop (128.123.88.48)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 7:41 pm: | |
Hi Dave...
Place them in a pan, like required (in NM at any rate ) for residential hot water tanks.
Drain thru the floor to the open below. Since 50 passengers and seat loads are not present, the CG should not be a problem with weight distributed over a large flat area.
And think of the insulation value of the floor.
(mine is 1.5 inch tongue and groove marine p/w) I think FF is right on about the placement of as much as possible in the coach, as far as plumbing goes. His remarks in earlier posts caused me to re-think a lot of the plans I had made. After several months of cogitating, I am convinced this is probably the best way. If on the other hand, one plans no cold climate excursions, say to visit Ian in OTTAWA and points north, maybe it is not a great idea. I lived in CO for thirty years and would not be without protection to at least -25 fahrenheit.
FWIW....
RCB |
DaveD (206.47.98.151)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 12:38 am: | |
I hadn't thought about it like that. It might simplify the plumbing runs as well.
DaveD |
R.C.Bishop (128.123.88.3)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 9:13 pm: | |
Dave.....give me some feed back on what you end up doing. I'm still into options. :~)
Thanx
RCB |
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