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We mounted an awning rail, and use a Dometic "bag awning" and screen room like you'd use on a pop-up camper. It's totally "manual" - simple to put up and take down.
The awning has legs that attach to the truck. The place where the legs fold out of the support bar for the awning from creates a 1" channel.
I'm using 1"x3" poplar, and cutting it to length so the channel on the outer most part of the awning supports one end, and the rain gutter on the truck supports the other end.
It's a 12' x 7' awning/screen room. I found LED modules like we used inside the truck in AMBER.
So, we should have a nice amount of light for underneath the awning at night.
The LED modules being used are right at 3/4" tall with a flange, so, I've used forstner bits to make proper sized holes for the LED's to sit in. I have other purposes for these "light sticks", so, like everything else with our conversion, it's dual purpose.
In the pic with all the lights lit, all 9 LED's are concentrated together. If you look at my profile, you'll see these same LED modules in white inside the truck.
Our "exposed beam awning" is in progress!
(I took the first picture before I routed from hole to hole for the wiring to have a channel to rest in. I'll be running one power line, and probably using westpak plugs for each stick so we can choose how many sticks we'll use at once for other camping adventures...)
Enjoy!
We mounted an awning rail, and use a Dometic "bag awning" and screen room like you'd use on a pop-up camper. It's totally "manual" - simple to put up and take down.
The awning has legs that attach to the truck. The place where the legs fold out of the support bar for the awning from creates a 1" channel.
I'm using 1"x3" poplar, and cutting it to length so the channel on the outer most part of the awning supports one end, and the rain gutter on the truck supports the other end.
It's a 12' x 7' awning/screen room. I found LED modules like we used inside the truck in AMBER.
So, we should have a nice amount of light for underneath the awning at night.
The LED modules being used are right at 3/4" tall with a flange, so, I've used forstner bits to make proper sized holes for the LED's to sit in. I have other purposes for these "light sticks", so, like everything else with our conversion, it's dual purpose.
In the pic with all the lights lit, all 9 LED's are concentrated together. If you look at my profile, you'll see these same LED modules in white inside the truck.
Our "exposed beam awning" is in progress!
(I took the first picture before I routed from hole to hole for the wiring to have a channel to rest in. I'll be running one power line, and probably using westpak plugs for each stick so we can choose how many sticks we'll use at once for other camping adventures...)
Enjoy!
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