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    Posted: 30 Jun 2014 at 7:49pm
I was shocked to see how badly used the space under the kitchen sink was. I removed the panels that formed the cupboard space, then moved the P trap, wires, and gas lines to the side. This increased the space by about 5x!


Here's a shot with the panels back in place. Storage now goes all the way to the back wall!


I cut out the side panel of the dinette seat by the door and installed a sliding drawer. We decided to just convert half the space to a drawer.


Under the other dinette seat, I covered the mass of wiring with a 1/4" plywood panel that sits on 2"x2" wood blocks then added 1/8" plywood panels to segregate the power center and other wires on the refrigerator side.


I added an LED light bar above each dinette valance. A dimmer control was installed below the dinette seat next to the power center.


I'm currently installing a backup camera with wireless module to send video to a rear view mirror monitor. I also swapped out the stock group 24 battery with two 6 volt GC2 "golf cart" batteries from Costco. Such a deal at $85 each! I've ordered a folding 100 watt solar panel to charge the batteries.
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Looks good.. you may want to keep an eye on temps around the power distribution box, and vent as/if needed.
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You have good skills, I'd have to hire it done.
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test.

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