Jan 8: Today was more clean up and organization of my projects. Since a majority of the time I spend working will be around 30 minutes a day I need to come up with a better work environment so every minute can count. I did get this great silicone project mat for Chritsmas and it makes working on projects so easy and clean is super fast. The best is that small parts don't roll around.

I am doing some research on LED lights to be used to covert a Sprinter van for camping use for a friend.

If anyone has any suggested companies/projects/links for electrical/lighting of camper conversion please let me know. My end goal is to have something on a simple key fob remote.

Finally, this starts my second week of posts and I just wanted to thank the few people who are following this project.

Jan 9th: One project I plan to tackle this year is going to be to further develop a project I posted on instructables last year. My goal for the next version is to get all the electronics inside the gang box.

My original thought was to find a electronics enclosure but then I came across potting boxes and it seemed like a simple option. I have never potted electronics before but it seems like it would result in a completely insulated and tamper free solution once complete which is exactly what I need. What potting material/compound is where I have been stuck since there are so many options out there. I will also replace the button and LED indicator with LED tactile button from Spark fun Electronics.

Jan 10th: First I was completely shocked when Hackaday tweeted out this project.

The last 24 hours I have been doing some research on what to use as a potting material and quickly found that potting material is expensive. I then found a great post on Hackaday about using silicone which seems like a much cheaper option. Looks like most folks use GE Silicone II which is a neutral cure, non-acid silicone.

Next, it was off to order a couple potting boxes and for my first try I went with these.

Jan 11th: Desoldered the LED and button on the existing board.

Wiring in the new button should be a breeze. Other than the potting boxes which I ordered yesterday I should have everything I need. I am pretty sure I have GE Silicone II but if not it's an easy walk to the hardware store. I hope the potting boxes arrive by this weekend since I will need a couple hours to focus on home I am gonna make this work.

Jan 12th: Unfortunately the potting boxes will not show up on time for this weekend. I figured I would kick off a new project page to best document this work. There might be some overlap between the two to start but at least it should keep me busy to start the documentation process.

Jan 13th: Tonight I downloaded fritzing to see if I can make the wiring diagram for my light switch project. Adding a custom board might be a bit tricky but the software was super easy to use and I had a diagram complete in about 10 minutes.

The diagram shown reflects a great Adafruit project I made but I added a battery charging system. Maybe another project I can document this year since there are some additional improvements I would like to do.