My RV did not come with a light for the medicine cabinet. The bathroom has a halogen ceiling light that does a great job of lighting up your left shoulder, but I could not see to shave.I found an AC powered LED strip at Wal-Mart for about $20. It is a 3000k warmer light that I like better than the normal white LEDs. I used some cedar to make an angled base for it. A stainless screw prevents the light from slipping off its mounting screws. I put two hooks on the backside to wind up the excess cord as I used a 3' flush plug extension cord.I like working with cedar and it is everywhere in my house. It stays straight, smells good, does not need painting and matches RV wood reasonably well.

looks good. just went out and looked at my setup and I think I will copy yours. might try to use a battery operated light however.bumpy

going to make a few changes in your design. since I am lazy I bought a plaque, about 4"x16" which I will mount using two reinforcing plates bent at a 135 degree angle and mount to the top of my medicine cabinet. since I don't plan on that much use I wanted to avoid wiring and got a LED light bar that was remote controlled for $15.00 battery operated. not as "nice" as your setup but then as I said, I am lazy.wal mart had some remote control LED bars that look exactly like the one you used for $18-25.bumpy

Looks good! X2 on the Cedar, I really like working with it, too. The trim in my trailer is all Cedar.

Good job! The only thing I would do differently (and I don't know if it's code, and I don't care) is that I would eliminate the plug at the outlet and just come in the side of the box and hardwire the light to the outlet from the back. But a great mod, none the less.

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k1hog
Explorer
Sep 20, 2014
Nice Job!

Johnnie
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 20, 2014
looks good. just went out and looked at my setup and I think I will copy yours. might try to use a battery operated light however.
bumpy
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
going to make a few changes in your design. since I am lazy I bought a plaque, about 4"x16" which I will mount using two reinforcing plates bent at a 135 degree angle and mount to the top of my medicine cabinet. since I don't plan on that much use I wanted to avoid wiring and got a LED light bar that was remote controlled for $15.00 battery operated. not as "nice" as your setup but then as I said, I am lazy.
wal mart had some remote control LED bars that look exactly like the one you used for $18-25.
bumpy
westend
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
Looks good!
X2 on the Cedar, I really like working with it, too. The trim in my trailer is all Cedar.
eric1514
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
Good job! The only thing I would do differently (and I don't know if it's code, and I don't care) is that I would eliminate the plug at the outlet and just come in the side of the box and hardwire the light to the outlet from the back. But a great mod, none the less.
fred42
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
eric1514 wrote:
...just come in the side of the box and hardwire the light to the outlet from the back...

That's a great idea Eric. What you don't see is that there is usually an LED nightlight permanently installed in the top receptacle, so it would be good to get an available receptacle back.
mrgreetis
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
Fred42, great job. It got me to thinking that I would like to see as I shaved as well. Blood doesn't match many other colors.

I'll have to see what is available, but a self contained LED light fixture, like Bumpy mentioned, makes sense.

Thanks,
Mike
fred42
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
I got rid of the plug and connected it directly as eric1514 suggested. I made a small cutout in the cover. The receptacle had connection holes available so I did not have to do any wire nut mess. Of course, turned off the breaker first. Not sure if polarity matters in this case, but I marked the hot wire before cutting the end off the extension cord as this wire is not coded white/black. The hot wire is supposed to be the shorter of the two plug blades.
LarryJM
Explorer II
Sep 22, 2014
fred42 wrote:
My RV did not come with a light for the medicine cabinet. The bathroom has a halogen ceiling light that does a great job of lighting up your left shoulder, but I could not see to shave.

I found an AC powered LED strip at Wal-Mart for about $20. It is a 3000k warmer light that I like better than the normal white LEDs. I used some cedar to make an angled base for it. A stainless screw prevents the light from slipping off its mounting screws. I put two hooks on the backside to wind up the excess cord as I used a 3' flush plug extension cord.

I like working with cedar and it is everywhere in my house. It stays straight, smells good, does not need painting and matches RV wood reasonably well.

Nice job and I had exactly the same issue, but I installed a second ceiling light that I had removed from another area of the trailer when installed some fluorescent fixtures. The existing light was to the left of the medicine cabinet and the one I added to the right was near the powered roof vent for the shower so I was able to tap into those wires and make it look factory and 12V. Now I can see both sides of my face when I shave and the one I added was a double bulb vs. the existing single bulb fixture on the left.

Larry
tenbear
Explorer
Sep 22, 2014
I had this problem too. At first I installed a small fluorescent light on the cabinet, but the light was too blue and too dim.

I reworked the fluorescent light to use LED strips.

My mod is shown here.

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