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Munk888
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Aug 24, 2019

Bathroom light fixture wire terminals

Hi. First post! Very excited to be apart of the RV community. Loootttssss to learn. Quick-ish question: my wife wants to paint the stock bathroom light fixture on our 2003 Fleetwood Tioga. 2 screws remove the fixture from the wall. Easy pz. Then there are 3 sockets for the 1141 bulbs. At the tips of the wires are these were, almost musrhoom head looking wire terminals. Anyone know what they are called?
I'd like to pick up some. The job seems straight forward enough. Slice off the terminal tips, let the wife paint the fixture, then place wires through fixture and cap off by crimping on the mushroom head terminals. I haven't had any luck finding new ones.
Thanks all!
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  • Twist the wires together with lineman's pliers and then use regular wire nuts the right size. Make sure the connections are tight.

    A lot of lights come from overseas. No need to reproduce the original connections.
  • Hi Munk, Welcome to the RV.Net Forums. You'll find a great amount of knowledge here and some very helpful members.

    In my opinion you are as well off using wirenuts/twistlocks/merretts, what ever you want to call them, especially if you want to make a change sometime in the future.

    I'm not sure exactly what the fitting you are referring to looks like but that's not unusual, there are so many crimp fitting today. If you are interested and get over toward Orange County, look up Orvac Electronics. They are at 1645 E. Orangethorpe Ave, phone # 714 871 1020, they have a huge display of crimp type fittings. They also have an online catalog. They have been slow to add stuff to the catalog but what your looking for may be there.

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  • just use the proper size wire nut. Tape it in place if you think it will help.
  • I know what you mean about those little mushroom heads. I never found them for sale except when buying a whole new socket. Try an automotive store for that. It is also possible Walmart's automotive department has them. If all you want is the mushroom, use the new one with pigtail and discard the rest of the new socket.

    Consider converting the fixture (and all the others inside) to LED for more light and also so your house battery lasts a lot longer. You can buy replacement LED bulbs that fit, or instead use LED strips like I used converting all my RV florescent fixtures HERE.

    Those LED reels are great. At home I installed a continuous strip under the kitchen cabinets all around the counter. I mounted a low voltage on/off dimmer controller in a convenient location under a hanging cabinet and placed the 12V transformer inside the rarely-used cabinet above the stove, utilizing the outlet that powers the microwave hood.
  • You can use regular marretts to reconnect wires. The same as used in household wiring, just use the size to fit the wires.