RV dinette light wiring questions
Finally getting around to trying to replace this. OK, I procrastinated, used duct tape, and then it all fell apart (down) on yesterday's drive. When it fell a lot of the wiring came apart. There ar...
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rvshrinker wrote:enblethen wrote:
The OP has a green wire that is his 12 volt DC positive, which connects to a black wire on switch. The second black wire from the switch goes to each of the black wires from the lamp sockets,(three blacks connected together), the two white wires from the lamp sockets connects to the white wire in rig's wiring.
Very common RV's 12 volt systems do not follow any recognized wiring color codes.
I like the use of crimp connectors over wire nuts. They stay in place better in high vibration situations.
This is what i thought. However when I hooked it all up, nothing worked. The switch wasn't designed to be taken apart so I'm improvising the reassembly. That said, I bypassed the switch by touching the black/green from the ceiling to the black wires on the fixture. Reconnected the whites. No dice. I don't see that a fuse is out and since the light doesn't work I can't tell which fuse it should be, only which ones it is not.
Next step some kind of 12v voltmeter?
YES a voltmeter is pretty handy. Just pick up a cheap one at Harbor Freight or Walmart. You don't need a $1K Fluke to do RV wiring, thank goodness!
