Dude... I need the details on that stove.
And the strip lights. And just generally how you built this or what premade structure you bought lol.
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Flame innovation steelhead stove. Company based out of Idaho. Has an 18-in firebox. Love it. The strip lights are a toss up, somewhere off Amazon. Wired them up to a 12 volt dimmer. The entire structure is custom made. I have someone who builds the trailers here in Idaho.
OK didn't see this before I replied to the other reply.
I want to wire everything 12v except refrigerators and a few plugs, all from an inverter. I've lived in RVs before, and there's a lot to like and dislike but that's one thing that was fantastic, everything is wired in 12v DC, I honestly hate high voltage AC, it's designed for long range tranission but in off grid on solar and batteries, wiring everything for AC to convert 12 or 24 volt DC to AC to run lamps that have LED bulbs that convert it right back is stupid. I'm not gonna do that.
I figured decent strips along exposed rafters and I want to wire and program up a controller to fade in, then dim to redshift then out at a certain time based on the date, longitude and latitude, that's a different conversation but I am interested in good quality LED strips.
I've always wired the refrigerators to 12 or 24v. You don't want to turn your inverter off and lose your refrigeration. Run it directly off your DC.
I see you use those chest refrigerators in your builds, they're pretty expensive, I was thinking 120v AC because I can get a lot of refrigeration for pretty cheap and newer ones are pretty efficient. Trying to do a self sufficient place for many people, and that means a few freezers.
It's literally built just like a house. The difference is it's mobile. It can be taken off wheels and made a permanent structure
Yeah I went and looked at your profile, you build these things as a business right. They're really cool. I've seen lots of tiny houses, but the ones I usually see look pretty different from the ones you build. I saw one where the countertops were welded square pipe steel frame? And you use security glass with wire in them right?
Let me ask you, what do you think about acrylic or polycarbonate for windows? To me they just seem like better materials security wise, it's just they'll get scratches and discoloration over time.
I am going to build a house for my family in the next couple of years, and I've got some unorthodox ideas about how I want to do things and it helps to be able to talk to someone that builds things, especially high quality things like what I see you've made.
Also still curious about the stove and lights lol
I do. I like to argue that if there was a zombie apocalypse my tiny's would be the ones you'd want. The wood stove is called the steelhead by flame innovation. Works excellent. Heated this tiny house all last winter with it. I just realized the light strip you're talking is on the ceiling. They are 8 ft long strip lights. They're designed to be suspended but I made a bracket and both of them up to the ceiling joists
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I just put security tint over the actual windows.