The Outside: Page 2 |
 Skip ahead after some sandblasting, prep, primer and BusKote roof paint and, Viola! Something that is starting to look a little bit less like a cheese wagon. NO MORE YELLOW! Note the twin 15000 BTU heat pumps. These things are going to keep the climate controlled. I also installed two vents/skylights. |
 A Generac Guardian RV QuietPact 5000 gas powered generator. People kept telling me to get an Onan, but I like my arms and legs, so I found this Generac about 1/2 off list with only 10 hours on it. It is a great generator and it runs both AC units with no problem. I am running 50 amp electrical service in this bus. MORE POWER! |
 Since the bus is diesel powered and the generator is gas powered, I needed to add a gas tank for the generator. This is the door I got. It is huge, but you'll see why. |
 I wanted a large capacity tank for the generator so that I can dry camp and still use the AC, Microwave and get DirecTV. I used a 27 gallon outboard motor tank. This thing works like a charm and holds enough to dry camp for 2 days running the AC the entire time. That is what I call camping. |
 The reason I had to make the gas door so huge is so that I can reach in with the gas filler and fill this tank. This is twice the size of most modern car gas tanks and it will take a while to fill at the gas station, so I didn't want to have to hold up a funnel or something like that. |
 I took off the bumper to have easy access to install the battery bank and propane tanks. I have 4 deep cycle 6 volt golf cart batteries that I am going to wire series/parallel to get 12 volts with a long discharge time. I have a Xantrex 1200 watt inverter that should run everything but the ACs for quite a while without the generator. Note the sheet metal where the rear door went. |