Since the roof was the cause of the water damage to the trailer he wanted to make doubly sure that there would be NO more leaks. After repairing the original roof a thick coating of Elastomeric paint was applied to it. Then to make absolutely there would be no water damage inside, he built a roof over the roof.

This was constructed out of 1/8” x 1 ½” steel bars, hand bent over a bench vice. There are 12 angled brackets secured through the wall framing that have semi hooped rafters attached to them. Six supporting lengths run the length of the structure. Topped off with tin and several More coats of the rubber paint. The front air dam was attached at the bottom and then bent backwards to the first rafter and attached. There is a 12” overhang on the sides and the back. The back is open so it can be used as an attic for storage. It is water tight and very aerodynamic on the road. Kind of looks like a covered wagon.

The eves on the sides have strips of j-channel (a accessory piece of a real gutter) attached, that function as gutters to collect rain water. These channels are funneled into PVC that ends in a garden hose that can be routed into the water tank of the trailer if needed.
The original D/C converter and single 12v battery were removed and replaced with a smart charger and 4 – 6 volt deep cycle 235 amp hour golf cart batteries (Trojan T-105s) hooked up in series and parallel to look like 2 - 12v, batteries with 470 amp hours available to the electrical load. A 50 amp D/C fuse, a battery disconnect and a 12 fuse panel round out the setup. The 120 volt outlets in the trailer are only “live” when the generator is running but almost everything runs on 12v, propane or both.

The system can be charged with the attached generator (120v) through the smart charger OR the 2 - 60 watt solar kits that are attached to the battery bank. Usually a combination of the two works well. About an hour of the generator in the mornings for charging, breakfast and coffee, then the solar panels take over all day and then another hour or three in the evening (depending on how much sun we get) to top the batteries off for the evening.

We have a 2000 watt inverter that will be hooked up as soon as we can get more batteries and solar panels. This will make life a little easier when we need 120v for short periods of time.


Ok that is our little Home WE call it The Hunny Shak