'71 Starcraft Wanderstar- "The Hilton"
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Pretty much finished up the AC wiring, still need to get a power inlet, make up some dogbone adapters, and I have two locations that I'm going to add for receptacles.
As RV'er Pianotuna reminded me, it's good to balance the draw from the load center between the two 120 v legs and I tried to do that.
I installed a junction box in the ceiling, adjacent to the DC junction box for future expansion:
The only runs of AC that go through studs are the 20 amp to the front area and the one kitchen receptacle. I used the original metal pass-through brackets for this:
It's always a wonderment as to the amount of boxes that need to be filled when wiring and the Hilton wiring is no different. On this stud I have one AC receptacle box and two 12 v device locations. These locations are next to the bunks and will allow for lighting and AC power for any things like laptops, phone chargers and such:
I'll be finishing up the AC side of things and will also install some speaker wires, TV cable, and some meter wiring. After that, it is on to insulation and then, finish the rough-in plumbing. Oh yeah, one of my audio hobby buds is shipping me a couple of AGM batteries he has. They are pulled from hospital UPS locations every two years and are like new. Got real lucky on that!:D
As RV'er Pianotuna reminded me, it's good to balance the draw from the load center between the two 120 v legs and I tried to do that.
I installed a junction box in the ceiling, adjacent to the DC junction box for future expansion:
The only runs of AC that go through studs are the 20 amp to the front area and the one kitchen receptacle. I used the original metal pass-through brackets for this:
It's always a wonderment as to the amount of boxes that need to be filled when wiring and the Hilton wiring is no different. On this stud I have one AC receptacle box and two 12 v device locations. These locations are next to the bunks and will allow for lighting and AC power for any things like laptops, phone chargers and such:
I'll be finishing up the AC side of things and will also install some speaker wires, TV cable, and some meter wiring. After that, it is on to insulation and then, finish the rough-in plumbing. Oh yeah, one of my audio hobby buds is shipping me a couple of AGM batteries he has. They are pulled from hospital UPS locations every two years and are like new. Got real lucky on that!:D
