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April 5, 2011
I'm very late in creatin this page for eletrical work. Except for one 110VAC outlet, all of the electrical work is complete with the exception of running the wiring into the tongue boxes and installing the main 30 amp breaker box.

The wiring from the tongue boxes routes through solid PVC and flex tubing to enter the cabin through PVC pieces into metal service boxes, which are later hideen beneath wood boxes in front and back inside the cabinetry. This photo shows one set of wires entering the cabin through the floor.

This photo shows the box that protects the wiring from accidental access.

The 110VAC wiring runs up through the wall inside the galley cabinet and enters a box where it's connected to the two 15 amp circuit breakers, one circuit for the rear including the AC and TV and one socket above the head of the bed, and one circuit for the front including the microwave socket inside a cabinet and a socket obove the galley counter.

The 12VDC wiring comes from a fuse block inside the tongue box housing the battery, one circuit to a socket over the galley counter, the Fantastic fan and to the lights for the galley. The rear 120VAC and 12VDC circuits run in conduit beneath the chassis to enter at the rear. The rear 12VDC circuit has a socket and two reading lights above the head of the bed and to the overhead and porch lights via switches by the door. The switches work well in the 3/4" deep wall cavity, using a piece that is meant to attach to an outlet box to hold two switches.

Very few wires run inside the side walls except fot the microwave outlet inside the cabinet on the left wall and the wiring for the wall switches and porch light. In the ceiling, I installed one layer of foam insulatin, cut grooves in the foam, ran the wires, taped them in the grooves, and then installed the 2nd layer of foam.

These next two photos show the front and rear walls with the electrical systems that are currently in place.

I mounted an exterior TV coax connector on the left side wall and ran a 6' coax cable up and across the celing to the coax connector in the ceiling on the right side near the TV mount.

I didn't plan ahead far enough to buy white 110 VAC outlets and cover plates. I may change them or may just leave the ivory ones there. It's only a camper for goodness' sake. I don't need perfection.

I used the same tail lights that I used on the Original Squidget from Advanced Auto Parts. The tag light bracket is plastic and was black. I sprayed it with vinyl spray paint as a primer, then sprayed on a coat of silver metalic to match the chassis color.

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