Small Kitchen

Description

Small Kitchen

 

The kitchen is the hub of your home and that’s never been more true than with this little beaut. Much like her big sister the “SKF”, she boasts a clean minimal look at a glance and there’s allocated room for upgrades under the skin (which you can choose by the way).

This kitchen is the low spec, price conscious version of our “SKF”-small kitchen fridge (see our other listings). It ticks all the boxes for meeting the NZ self containment requirements for two people. There’s 25L of fresh and grey water storage, a sink and a manually hand pumped water tap. There is plenty of extra storage to suit your extravagant food storage and cooking utensil requirements.

 

There is also an electrical switch board / fuse panel area to safely stow the electrics that run your rig and an area to add a secondary battery when you feel it’s time to upgrade. The same goes 

with the top left drawer, it can be swapped out by an Engle Drawer fridge when you get sick of your cheese melting.

 

Just like in all of our units, there’s built in touch sensitive dimmable warm lighting in all the spots where you’d otherwise be blindly rummaging. We have added a handy little volt meter into the splash back so you can keep an eye on your battery level as you might not have a secondary battery to begin with.

 

This unit is intended for smaller vans like Hiaces or similar but can be effortlessly scaled up to fit your requirements (within a certain range). We build to order so that we can achieve a perfect fit!

A well functioning kitchen is the necessity of successful van life.

Please don’t be shy to contact us with your questions. We are always happy to help!

The specs:

Cabinetry

• Carcass made from ultra light weight 12 mm European poplar plywood.
• Fronts can be made from your choice of material provided it has the right characteristics for success. This gives you the opportunity to really customise your van at your cost.

If you want us to choose your front material for you then  we have a few favorites like European Birch. Stable, tough and lightweight in comparison to other plywood with a fine consistent edge detail. Finished with a beautiful rich oil based stain and varnish.

• Bench top Acacia solid oiled laminated hardwood bench top or your choice of ply at your cost.
• Flush pull slam latches on all doors and drawers.
• Removable shelf on kitchen firewall to access switchboard.
• Removable vented service panel to access fridge compressor and leisure battery.
• 3 large drawers.
• 1 large storage cupboard.
• 1 storage cupboard shared with the  fresh water tank divided by a shelf.
• Carcasse can be assembled with very few tools (kitset style) though a kitset option is the same price and we guarantee our work
• All panels are labeled and pre drilled including holes for hardware alignment, and can be pre finished (oiled/stained etc). 

Plumbing

• 25 Liter fresh water storage.
• 25 Liter grey water storage.
• Hand pump tap
• 10 Liter sink.
• Quick and reliable nut and hose tail tank connections.
• One way valve installed for freshwater tank breather.
• Externally vented grey water tank breather. 

SKNF stock Electrical

• Touch sensitive dimmable led lighting strip under the benchtop illuminating the contents of your drawers or cupboards when you open them. (warm white)
• Small 4 blade fuse box
• Isolator switch
• Voltmeter flush mounted into the splash back so you can easily keep an eye on your battery level. This is a handy feature that will help you to avoid getting caught out with a flat battery as you may not have a secondary battery if you are buying the SKNF.

Electrical upgrades

• 130 Amp hour 12 volt deep cycle Gel battery.
• 20 Amp Tracer MPPT charge controller.
• Tracer MT-50 remote solar statistics panel.
• 30 Liter 12 volt Engle drawer fridge.
• 600 or 1500 watt power inverter.
• Low voltage disconnect override relay installed to shut of the inverter at the mppt charge controllers low voltage disconnect setting. (to preserve your battery for many years of performance).
• 140 Amp Voltage sensitive relay (for topping up your leisure battery under engine power while driving) fitted with manual override.
• Manual override switch installed for the VSR on the MT-50 along with water pump main switch.
• Battery isolator switch.
• 6-10 way Fuse panel with connection point for each other unit in your van and each kitchen electrical component. 

Options

• You can choose the material to be used for the front’s, splashback and bench top.
• You can choose to stain/oil/varnish the fronts yourself (if you opt for self assembly and installation) or have them prepared to the highest quality factory standard for you at Zone 2.
• You can choose whether or not  to have a secondary battery & fridge. The compartment will remain for the battery and fridge compressor unit making up grading at a later date easy.
• You can choose to have a hand pump tap instead of an electric pump. (it’s just hard to wash your hands at the same time as pumping).
• You can choose to assemble, fit and connect the services of our units yourself or drop your van off at Zone 2 for a top quality job.
  
   

Things to consider when choosing your options

The SKF (small kitchen fridge) already contains all the above mentioned upgrades. It is absolutely packed with features for a unit this size, So if you’re considering upgrading this unit then maybe also consider choosing the SKF to begin with to save time adding upgrades later. 

If you’ve decided to assemble and install yourself a basic but solid knowledge of electrical and plumbing skills is a must have, we strongly encourage making sure you have some extra tools on hand and enough time to not be in a rush. Think carefully about each task before doing it and have fun!

Our self assembly kitset option is not any cheaper as there are many time consuming tasks for us to ensure that you get the best possible instructions via correspondence to measure and assemble your units correctly. We will be spending valuable one on one video time with you making sure you follow our measure up procedures before we begin the manufacturing process. We will also be there when you need us to help guide you through the assembly as well as preparing video tutorials for you.