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jeremywatco's avatar
jeremywatco
Explorer
Apr 01, 2014

Trimetric Routing

Good Evening,

Just received my new Trimetric 2025-RV and am itching to get it installed. I have a few questions:

1. Does the shunt have to be mounted securely? There is plenty of room on top of my batteries to just set it there and I feel once I get all the wires connected and tied it wont move around much.

2. The main question.. how the heck do I route wires through my coach LOL. Ideally I want it next to my tank monitors however after taking them out and trying to look behind it seems as if the existing cables from from the center of the coach all the way forward to the very front and then down and back to the battery bank.

It seems I'd have to disassemble quite a bit of the interior just to run the single cat5 cable I want to run.

I am not 100% certain this is the case though. The cabinet panel I need to remove to see the back side is glued down. Any thoughts on getting into the cabint. Here is a picture of the monitor area:



i just cant figure it out.

Another option is right below the entry switches. My only concern is, would the kids mess with it down there also how much interaction do you have with these meters. Do you leave them on a certain display and just glance every once in a while or do you constantly use the buttons? Option 2 is across the doorway from option 1 but the batteries are right under that step.

Here is option 2:



DOes fleetwood publish schematics of how they route wires? its a 2014 Fleetwood storm
Class A
  • jferre9570's avatar
    jferre9570
    Explorer
    Apr 03, 2014
    My shunt has been sitting on top of the batteries, wrapped in rubber and heavily taped, for 6+ years with no issues. I tye-wrapped a loop in the ground side cable to hold it with.
  • jeremywatco's avatar
    jeremywatco
    Explorer
    Apr 03, 2014
    Thanks for all the help! I actually found where the wires go and exit the coach.

    Now next question, can I just have the shunt sitting ontop of the batteries? I dont really have a place to mount the shunt. I feel If I use short cable it would sit just fine.
  • OnaQuest's avatar
    OnaQuest
    Explorer
    Apr 01, 2014
    Mine is almost identical to yours, as I also have a Fleetwood gas rig.

    I mounted my Trimetric in the same spot. My Inverter is in the bay directly below this spot and above the LP tank.

    I ran my TriMetric wires, Inverter remote control wires (and others) through a surface mounted plastic wire channel. It has two sided tape to glue it to the wall. I suppose I could have done a neater job of hiding the wires at the entry point, but you get the idea.

  • MountainAir05's avatar
    MountainAir05
    Explorer II
    Apr 01, 2014
    buy or rent a electrical fishing pole set and wire puller. Lowes or Homedepot and you might need someone who know how to use them to explain how to use them. Just looking at your picture if you have a light or speaker near you run the wire puller toward the wall with a attach loop, then run the fiber glass pole up with a hook screw into the pole and catch the loop on the wire puller. Then attach the cat 5 to the wire puller and pull into the ceiling. The rest should be a piece cake. Good luck and have fun. Take your time and walk around if it goes slow.

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