Every mechanic has stories about how terrible it can be to work behind a hack mechanic. Other times though, it can be a joy. Obviously this guy is pretty meticulous.
The whole vehicle looked like this.
Every mechanic has stories about how terrible it can be to work behind a hack mechanic. Other times though, it can be a joy. Obviously this guy is pretty meticulous.
The whole vehicle looked like this.
Rv or commercial?
It’s been my experience that no matter what field on work in you will encounter experts.
I believe we are all looking at the work of an expert here.
My shop specializes in 40 plus year old cars. Which means we get 40 plus years of previous owners.
But think of all the extra weight in zip ties! Seriously though, that's impressive. I never seem to be able to make wiring look good.
Also, this thread title conjured up a completely different image in my dirty mind.
Can you find him and ask him to work on my vehicles?
Dusterbd13-michael said:Rv or commercial?
RV. It's from Germany. Very impressive vehicle.
That's a work of art. The only part I don't like is the exposed power and ground terminals right next to each other.
DrBoost said:It's from Germany.
No more need be said.
ZEE GERMANS!
damn, that's fancy. Also suprised at an RV like that in Germany. I was surprised in my time there to see virtually no RVs at all, just small pop-up campers being towed behind 5-series wagons :)
when I read this thread title, I wasn't really sure wha it meant, like you were standing behind someone while working on a car? Wasn't sure if you meant like this:
or like working behind this...
DrBoost said:The whole vehicle looked like this.
Different people draw their joy out of different things. This here is my own personal kink. I just never found a job where they'd willingly pay me the extra time to do this kind of work
freetors said:That's a work of art. The only part I don't like is the exposed power and ground terminals right next to each other.
i don't see any grounds. Big thing with a fat red wire and black wires on either side looks like a battery isolator, so you can run things off of the RV battery without killing the main/starting battery.
In reply to Knurled. :
Uh... isn't every one of those zillion brown wires a ground?
Cousin_Eddie said:DrBoost said:The whole vehicle looked like this.
Different people draw their joy out of different things. This here is my own personal kink. I just never found a job where they'd willingly pay me the extra time to do this kind of work
Electrical panel builds for industrial machinery looks a lot like this. Expected really. Maybe your next gig???
I had an uncle who was an electrical engineer. Everything he ever did looked just like the OP's pic. Years ago I went to look at buying a Toyota Corona that he and his son had bought and fixed up. Under the hood was immaculate. I would have bought it if it had not been the slowest car I ever drove (except for my 56 VW).
That picture makes me want to be better.
As soon as I saw something solar-related I said "RV or overland rig?" Guess it's a bit of both!
That wiring is cleaner than the inside of my gaming PC, so I hope there's a window and lighting to show it off!
wawazat said:Cousin_Eddie said:DrBoost said:The whole vehicle looked like this.
Different people draw their joy out of different things. This here is my own personal kink. I just never found a job where they'd willingly pay me the extra time to do this kind of work
Electrical panel builds for industrial machinery looks a lot like this. Expected really. Maybe your next gig???
We do industrial and agricultural controls here, The only differences would be using wire duct instead of all the tie strapped bundles as it is easier to wire/troubleshoot and add or take things away down the road and everyone of those wires would have a label on each end that would reference back to the complete set of drawings. With something being driven down the road (or flown through the air) the bundles make more sense to keep things from moving around.
Very nice work, lots effort went into that.
Adam
I am used to see wiring like that at work. It is expected. In fact if it doesn't look like that, QC will not sign off on it until it is fixed. If you like to do stuff like that you could always go work as an electrician at a nuke plant.
GameboyRMH said:As soon as I saw something solar-related I said "RV or overland rig?" Guess it's a bit of both!
That wiring is cleaner than the inside of my gaming PC, so I hope there's a window and lighting to show it off!
Nope, nothing is shown off. Every inch of that rig is put together that way. Here's another panel, hidden behind a seat. Even the wiring inside the walls looks that good.
Sure beats the car I was restoring where the previous owner had thrown away the stock wiring harness and replaced it with new wire. Would have been much more useful had he not apparently found a deal on bulk red wire so that every wire on the car was ...red.
In reply to wspohn :
I think I bought a car from that guy too!
In reply to DrBoost :
I’d have bought that RV just to stare at the wiring, even if I never used it!
I love Victron's stuff too.....
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