Complete Rewire Wire Size
Hi all, I feel pretty competent about this since I am a journeyman electrician and I have good experience with 12v wiring. Its just that I have never rewired a travel trailer, just class B RVs. All...
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BURBMAN - It sure did but the way the factory guys did it was drill out a 4-ionch hole in the floor of a cabinet and ran any and all wiring thru this big hole and then when you looked under the trailer there as wires and cables going in all direction strapped to whatever they found close by.
Mt first trip out OFF-ROAD I snagged a bunch of cables with under brush haha...
My OLD ELIXIR Power Converter used wire nuts to tie all my 120VAC and 12VDC circuits together behind the unit. What a RATS NEST of WIRING that was. This ELIXIR only had ONE 120VAC Circuit Breaker and FOUR each 12VDC FUSEs.
I had a roof mounted Air Conditioner installed on the roof when I purchased the unit and the guys used my only 30AMP Circuit Breaker for that wired in reverse of course and the trailer didn't have a MAIN CIRCUIT. I guess they figured the pedestal 30AMP Breaker would trip haha...
I wrote them a nice letter about that. It was dangerous as far as i was concerned.
When I replaced all of this with the more modern WFCO 8900 Series Power Distribution Center I now have a spot for five large size 120VAC breakers which I have filled with one large size 30AMP main Breaker and then 8ea half size 15-20AMP breakers. It also has ELEVEN Fused Circuits plus TWO REVERSE POLARITY fused circuits.
Best way out for me was to REWIRE the whole thing. You know how it goes -one thing leads to another haha.
I certainly don't have a problem snagging wires under the trailer anymore. It is also very easy to route new wiring in all the flexible conduit paths that feeds all areas inside the cabinets.
Turned out to be good and useful/safe project for me.. My POPUP trailer does not have the underbelly cover so it was a easy project...
Now all my electrical mods all get from Point A to Point B using flexible conduit... You know how we RADIO GUYS are. lots of RG cables going everywhere hehe...
Roy Ken
Mt first trip out OFF-ROAD I snagged a bunch of cables with under brush haha...
My OLD ELIXIR Power Converter used wire nuts to tie all my 120VAC and 12VDC circuits together behind the unit. What a RATS NEST of WIRING that was. This ELIXIR only had ONE 120VAC Circuit Breaker and FOUR each 12VDC FUSEs.
I had a roof mounted Air Conditioner installed on the roof when I purchased the unit and the guys used my only 30AMP Circuit Breaker for that wired in reverse of course and the trailer didn't have a MAIN CIRCUIT. I guess they figured the pedestal 30AMP Breaker would trip haha...
I wrote them a nice letter about that. It was dangerous as far as i was concerned.
When I replaced all of this with the more modern WFCO 8900 Series Power Distribution Center I now have a spot for five large size 120VAC breakers which I have filled with one large size 30AMP main Breaker and then 8ea half size 15-20AMP breakers. It also has ELEVEN Fused Circuits plus TWO REVERSE POLARITY fused circuits.
Best way out for me was to REWIRE the whole thing. You know how it goes -one thing leads to another haha.
I certainly don't have a problem snagging wires under the trailer anymore. It is also very easy to route new wiring in all the flexible conduit paths that feeds all areas inside the cabinets.
Turned out to be good and useful/safe project for me.. My POPUP trailer does not have the underbelly cover so it was a easy project...
Now all my electrical mods all get from Point A to Point B using flexible conduit... You know how we RADIO GUYS are. lots of RG cables going everywhere hehe...
Roy Ken
