Tag: Crossfit
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Campervan Mods – Hits & Misses
Like many who buy campers & RV’s, I spent quite a bit of time making the RV more usable by tweaking some of the OEM systems. Some of my tweaks worked out as expected, some did not. Mike’s mods – hits and misses: Partially resolving the power problem by adding the Lithium battery, Redarc charger…
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Coachmen & Ford Transit – Hits & Misses
Hits and misses – continued. Transit Chassis hits & misses The one-ton dually combined with the 3.7L motor worked OK. It’s not a speed demon – it’s a 270hp motor pushing a 9000lb steel box at 65 mph – and it lets you know that you are in a cargo van. But it was usable.…
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Power Consumption – Venting the Fridge and Disconnecting the Propane
To tackle power consumption I made two changes. The first was to add an inside disconnect for the remote propane gas valve. The propane disconnect draws just under 1A continuously as long as the propane is on. The Crossfit comes with a switch for shutting off the propane located outside by the propane fill. I…
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Powering with Lithium
As built, the 2019 Crossfit comes with 200Ah of lead acid batteries and 200 watts of solar. The lead-acid’s are under the chassis behind the rear wheels. Coachmen installed a 12.2V automatic battery disconnect, so the under ideal conditions the coach batteries get disconnected when about 60% full. In cold weather the disconnect occurs when…
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Fitting and Outfitting
The day I drove the Crossfit home, I threw a bit of gear in the back and camped in a local boondocking spot in a wildlife refuge that night. Nothing like jumping with both feet. That got me started on tweaks and modifications to the coach. Observation #1: The space behind the couch is hard…
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The Coachmen Crossfit
Deciding to purchase a Class ‘B’ was hard. But surprisingly, picking the make and model really wasn’t. The Chassis. All class B’s are built on one of three chassis: Mercedes Sprinter, Ram Promaster and Ford Transit. Sprinter and Promaster are by far the most popular, but I really wasn’t enthused about either. Sprinters are the…
Michael Janke 