Van Cave is a 2008 Tiffin Phaeton 36QSH
Improvements so far:
- A/V upgrades:
- Semi-converted dinette to computer workstation (it's still a dinette, but you have to swing the monitors out of the way)
- System by IBuyPower
- AMD FX-8350 (8 core, 4.00 GHz)
- 16GB RAM
- Radeon R8 380 video card
- Dual SSD HDs
- 800W PS
- MSI 970A SLI Krait motherboard
- Corsair Carbide 100R case (fits in lower dinette cabinet)
- Harmony SRS sound reduction
- Creative A250 2.1 speakers (sub fits in another dinette cabinet)
- Dual 24" monitors on Loctek arms
- Cherry-MX brown-switch WASD CODE keyboard
- Anker ergo mouse
- Smallish Canon all-in-one printer
- SMSL M8 DAC
- Self-made headphone tube amp
- Beyerdynamic DT-150 headphones
- Memory foam matress topper
- Better low-flow shower head
- Max Amp RVCellular signal booster
- Lighting:
- Replacement of all fluorescent bulbs to warm white
- Conversion to LEDs in *almost* all the spots where incandescents or halogens were (the range hood and in the fridge are the exceptions)
- Lots (18x?) of 1156 (cargo lights, among others)
- 2x blue 3528 for "staircase" lighting
- 2x 1139 (reading lights over sofa)
- 3x 1142 sconce lights
- ~10x G4 overhead "mini can" lights
- ~8x T10 for vanity mini-sconce lights
- Key mini-vault (locked to chassis in secret place)
- Bottle opener in the kitchen (modified with a rare earth magnet to catch bottle caps)
- Furniture protectors ("dog shields") for the couch and sofa
- Drunken octopus hooks for hanging things
- Cockpit upgrades:
- Upgraded furnace control boards to Dinosaur Electronics FAN50PLUS
- Added water pressure regulator
Repairs:
- By BEAR RV (under extended warranty):
- One Atwood Leveleg replaced
- Coach battery tender replaced
- Coach batteries replaced, since draining them dead multiple times damaged them.
- Nav computer replaced (and upgraded)
- Kitchen curtain hold-down replaced
- Passenger-side sofa curtain replaced
- Minor wall panel separation fixed
- Toilet bulb seal replaced
- Engine cover (bedroom floor panel) re-inforced to eliminate sag
- Wheel well body panel rattle fixed (some unknown previous work used incorrect sized screws)
- Replaced spotlight joystick controller
- Self:
Accessories:
Factory options/upgrades:
- Ultra-leather air-coil hide-a-bed couch
- Ultra-leather convertible sofa bed
- SleepNumber Select Comfort (dual control) queen bed
- Stacked washer/dryer
- Hadley air horns
- Exterior HD flatscreen TV
- Central mount computer navigation system
- Free-standing dinette
- Central vacuum
- Remote-control spotlight
- Automatic door awning
- Window awnings
- Basement slide-out storage tray
- In-motion satellite dish (sadly, deprecated technology)
- Side cameras (which activate with turn signal)
- Aluminum wheels
- Chrome mirrors
Toad:
Base vehicle: 2005 Land Rover Range Rover HSE
Toadifying equipment (all self-installed):
Last updated: 23 Nov 2020