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oh yeah
i told you i got some crazy ideas
what's going on everybody eric here from nomadic fanatic thanks for joining me here on the channel
here at the shop and making full use of the shop next door on the other side of the rv
it's actually kind of nice today just having the doors open about 50 degrees
outside who'da thought illinois in november is beautiful first i want to thank my video sponsor
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off of this unit up to 1800 watts that is a lot today i got my ryobi battery charger plugged
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charged today to some of you viewers this may look familiar i had a failed attempt to attempt several
years ago here in the rv when i tried to put in a 55-inch tv here in the rv so i figure since that
didn't work can we fit a 70-inch tv in miranda at least know this i do learn from my mistakes my my
big mistake last time was letting the tv be held to the wall now i used lots of screws you can see
all of my old screws from the last time i did this and then the entire weight of the tv was on the
wall which slowly started to pull these out well what i'm gonna do since i'm putting in a much much
larger tv this time is i took out the old six drawer system and now i have an entertainment
center made of solid oak it is very heavy duty and as you can see i have braced two by fours on
the whole bottom of this there are also l brackets on the back side of of this to hold it to the wall
so the weight of the tv that's mounted right here i will show you okay right there most of
the weight distribution is me going down to the floor well through this case into the floor rather
than just up against the window i am sacrificing one window once again that is because i believe
rvs are manufactured terribly with the tv right there and then you sit somewhere like this and
it's pointless unless you do what i did turn the recliner around to look at it it's pointless i am
going to keep that there for my security cameras but man i really am putting in a
70 inch tv in this space right here today hopefully we can finish it i just got a i
got to put in a couple more screws bolt some stuff together i'm gonna put level up the uh
mounting kit here as for everyone worried about why i'm doing this rv's not about watching tv eric
well maybe for you but i'm my own person i've been living in an rv for over 11 years now and
it's not just about camping it's about enjoying the rainy days and having all of my old school uh
game game system consoles up here netflix and watching youtube i watch all my my friends on
youtube from my smart tv so and watching movies and everything so but i've got a lot of work to
do let me show you the finished product once we get done here and what the future plans are here
in the rv all right got the 70 inch uhd vizio tv inside here laying on its side right now and
i got the bracket mount for the tv installed here bolted to the two by fours had enough room to not
hit the screen on the back or the glass on the other side because we brought it out actually
done this before so i feel like i kind of knew what i was doing but don't do what i do blah blah
blah consult your professional oh my gosh guys we're getting close it's it's a 70 inch tv 4k tv
all right okay uh but i want to mention a few things if you're thinking about being as crazy
as me and maybe you should maybe you shouldn't i don't know um this whole system uh the tv
is not meant for the road the mount is definitely not meant for the road in fact let's take a peek
now because we're using this rack that goes this way and we're in an rv what is going to keep the
tv from going this way and that way right well see the top lip right there i put one of these
window locks on both sides of the track up there so on this side so it can't move this way and also
on the other end over here i just reached in there with my hand put it right there on there
like that and then i got my pliers to screw it tight so the tv cannot move this way or that way
also because it's so heavy even though this mount is meant for a heavy duty tv it'll automatically
tilt down a little too far now you can probably see that it is tilted a little bit i'm trying
to get the best viewing angle because that's where i'm going to be sitting however this whole section
is going to change soon okay but i didn't want it tilted all the way so i put two pieces of 2x4
down here to hold see right here i'm going to lift the tv back the tv bottom is sitting up against it
but i gotta do something about this because as i'm driving i'm gonna hear that
which means i'm probably gonna unscrew one of these screws and get one of those metal braids
and bolt it into here to pull the tv to this so that we don't have any motion it'll just be solid
like that but obviously i got a bunch of cords to hook up i've got my dish network wall-e receiver
to hook up gotta hook this well actually this this tv came from the shop so i don't need to put
all my netflix and all my stuff on it it's just man i'm gonna stand back here as far as i can i'm
gonna go into the slide okay i am standing in the slide now and that is what a 70 inch tv looks like
oh man so i'll keep working on this and then i'll uh get back to you when i get it all secured and
finished all right little update here at night guys i'm really happy with how this project
turned out i finished up a few more things that i want to show you most importantly you probably
can't even see i've got my lg soundbar installed right here can you even see that yeah there it is
a powered amplified sound bar there um i hooked in the optical cord from that to the back of the tv
and then programmed it in to the vizio remote here so that instead of turning up the volume on the tv
it turns up the volume on here with the normal vizio remote that was a
huge saver i still have two remotes because i've got dish network there but um man i just love
that 4k fireplace there also this lg soundbar came with a subwoofer which as you can see
i used another l bracket l brackets are your friend and i bolted the plugged in subwoofer
here to the side of the cabinet i also used sticky double-sided tape to adhere the sound bar itself
as well as my apple watch uh magsafe adapter there and the antenna for my uh king amplifier booster
got the wires covered up nicely for now but i'm going to build something over so
you'll physically see that power surge protector anymore but this tv project is officially done
finishing the actual uh tv room watching it i have to wait because something is you guessed it
out of stock and back order that fits right here but for now you probably saw that i just turned
my one recliner around to face this way i have the other one in storage however unfortunately
um mice got into it underneath and to me it's not worth trying to clean up the bottom of the
other one so it's trash so i only have the one for for right now at least but oh wait and the
only other major issue i have is that this tv is vizio well so is the existing tv that i'm leaving
in for my security system so i can look at all the cameras outside when i have all the windows closed
and unfortunately no matter where i stand here in the living room even if i try to cover it
and only aim it there it always would turn on this tv until here's my fix here's my fix i put
a piece of blue painters tape over the sensor so it will turn on if i'm up close to it it'll go
through the blue tape but if i'm far enough away and i have to aim the remote a little bit this way
like kind of towards the door it'll only activate this tv for now just kind of one of the things
i didn't think about having two vizio tvs in a very very small space but man is this awesome um
project day will continue tomorrow in this video there's at least one more thing i want to include
in this video and try to get some sleep tonight and then uh we'll get back on some more projects
here in the rv in the morning all right good morning everyone i uh i broke out the olympian
wave eight catalytic heater last night and uh until i get a little bit farther south
i'm uh i'm using this because it doesn't take any power tara stay out of that tree sat on my lights
so remember it's got the uh quick connect end on it i had this installed a couple years ago a
quick connect that goes to my main propane tank here in the rv but um i also uh went and exchanged
my uh 20 pound barbecue grill here locally and i bought this adapter for it it has a regulator
close on to it then it has yeah has the quick connect right there so if i ever get
in a place where i can't find someone to refill my rv and it's freezing on the loneliest road
i can always just go swap one of these and have heat no matter what this isn't where i
would store it while i'm operating it but yeah that's an option too let's go outside i know
i've been full of doing projects oh that sunshine is good let me show you something
that i'm going to fix today so since i've had this rv that that yellow vent right there that's now
broken that's for the stove that pushes the heat out you know you had a nice white rv and then you
had a cream colored stained yellow vent cover there and recently it's so brittle that when i
was watching the rv we lost one of the little louvers on there so going into the shop y'all
yep got one of these on amazon of all places this is a direct replacement at least it has the screws
in the same spot and as you can see it's still not white i'm guessing that the manufacturer probably
assumed that uh these rv companies were gonna paint these like whatever color your rv was being
wrapped in or painted they would just make this fit and put decals over it and coachman said
eh just throw that orange yellow one up there like that we don't care it's pure laziness like
you're buying a hundred thousand dollar rv and they couldn't just i'm gonna paint this yep
a four dollar can of gloss white spray paint from walmart let me paint this guy real quick
yeah it helps to have the right bit it's not it's a square bit not phillips it's still stripping
come on baby okay like broke one more the louver is just trying to get it off and
you know these can be really brittle after nine years in the sun
but let's just go side by side here yep screw holes are in the right spot
same length this one uh has a little deeper recess in there than this one but
that won't affect too much so i'm going to clean up the surface of the rv where all the
goo was at with a razor blade then i'll get this guy installed and go ahead and try to seal her
up here with one hand holding the camera and then i'll come back down and finish it and see
how good i can do here just got to get a steady stream and i already messed up that's okay i mean
i've been doing this for 11 years so getting a little better right i'll take my finger and
i don't think you can do much better than that except that little piece right there
i'll get the sides here and then we'll call this done project all right let's take one more peek
at it from a distance yes so much better wow i impressed myself sometimes that looks awesome
and i know these how-to rv project things aren't for everyone i'm already getting screamed at in my
last video get back on the road we don't want to watch this crap well the reality of it is there's
always projects to do in an rv that's not meant for full-time living and i am utilizing every
second of time i have right now to get stuff done and make life better and easier so oh hey terra
bear you need some attentions yeah dad i need to go outside and go for a walk okay girlfriend
now it's time to crack open a beer and do a little bit of relaxing before the next
project thanks for joining me guys i will see you in another two days from tara and i bye guys
you