4 USB Charger Stations Installed in AF 990 (Pics)
Well I got really tired of not having USB chargers in the camper. So, I did a few mods. I installed four white Blue Sea Systems 12V DC Dual USB Charger Sockets: two above the cabover bed, one near the step to the cabover bed and one underneath the dinette bench.
Driver side USB. Behind this USB I cut a small square to fit in the space below the lamp then drilled a hole into it as well so it had more material to mount to for strength--same was done for the other side):
Back side of Reading Light and USB port. Since I'd recently put in LED lighting my amp pull was miniscule for the two reading lights, flourescent bed light and fan circuit. So, I tapped in both USB ports in parallel. The 15amp circuit was plenty. Used 10 guage wiring for my USB taps. Ops checked good. What I like about these two is I have a master switch for those lights above the sink panel.
Passenger side
I made an entire new circuit utilizing one of fuse blanks available in the fuse panel. I wired these two USBs in parallel as well. Ops Checked good.
Below the Bench:
Inside the bench (used crimped on wiring (10AWG) with heat shrink then wrapped in a 3/8 black plastic split loom protection sheathing):
This shows the routing and neatness:
This shows the sheathing and wiring going from inside the bench seat and down under the slide out floor (bad pic). From there I was able to pair it (tie wrapped) along another wiring bundle going toward the refrigerator and the access door above the water tank then into the fuse block.
Here is a shot of the USB just above the step to the bunk. The drilled out hole:
Finished install:
The dinette and step installs don't have a switch but that would be easy to put in if I want to later. Each of these USB sockets have a mini LED that draws very little power--at least an amount I'm not too worried about.
Bottom line they turned out great! The hardest part was routing the wire bundle under the slideout (I barely fit reaching under there). Now, I can we can charge our phones/iPads/whatever just about anywhere!!
Driver side USB. Behind this USB I cut a small square to fit in the space below the lamp then drilled a hole into it as well so it had more material to mount to for strength--same was done for the other side):
Back side of Reading Light and USB port. Since I'd recently put in LED lighting my amp pull was miniscule for the two reading lights, flourescent bed light and fan circuit. So, I tapped in both USB ports in parallel. The 15amp circuit was plenty. Used 10 guage wiring for my USB taps. Ops checked good. What I like about these two is I have a master switch for those lights above the sink panel.
Passenger side
I made an entire new circuit utilizing one of fuse blanks available in the fuse panel. I wired these two USBs in parallel as well. Ops Checked good.
Below the Bench:
Inside the bench (used crimped on wiring (10AWG) with heat shrink then wrapped in a 3/8 black plastic split loom protection sheathing):
This shows the routing and neatness:
This shows the sheathing and wiring going from inside the bench seat and down under the slide out floor (bad pic). From there I was able to pair it (tie wrapped) along another wiring bundle going toward the refrigerator and the access door above the water tank then into the fuse block.
Here is a shot of the USB just above the step to the bunk. The drilled out hole:
Finished install:
The dinette and step installs don't have a switch but that would be easy to put in if I want to later. Each of these USB sockets have a mini LED that draws very little power--at least an amount I'm not too worried about.
Bottom line they turned out great! The hardest part was routing the wire bundle under the slideout (I barely fit reaching under there). Now, I can we can charge our phones/iPads/whatever just about anywhere!!
