How did you wire your awning LEDs?

Still struggling on this. No roof access, no fridge access, no porch light access without leaving wires exposed..

Thinking of running down awning pole closer to rear and plugging in to outdoor kitchen outlet.

However.. Led strip comes with four loose wires on one end, and harness on other side that plugs in to transformer and power brick. Its like two feet long, how the hell do i get it down 8-10ft to the kitchen?

The motor is fixed to the arm. Wiring goes to motor. Motor turns gears that roll the awning, the motor does not move. No need for anything special electrically speaking for the motor. IF You wanted to wire the LEDs from the motor wiring, that's a different subject entirely.

myredracer wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
Actually,, unless you plug it in every time, the magic isn't the arm, it's that the power is sewn into the seam of the awning fabric. That's the only way you're gonna get the power out to a rotating arm.

In our factory done setup, the cable goes up entirely within the awning arm and is nowhere hear the fabric. We have a Carefree electric awning and maybe that's the difference because the wiring goes into the power head.

So how did they get power to the rotating awning roller? slip rings?

SCVJeff wrote:
Actually,, unless you plug it in every time, the magic isn't the arm, it's that the power is sewn into the seam of the awning fabric. That's the only way you're gonna get the power out to a rotating arm.

In our factory done setup, the cable goes up entirely within the awning arm and is nowhere hear the fabric. We have a Carefree electric awning and maybe that's the difference because the wiring goes into the power head.

LarryJM wrote:

tjschaefer wrote:
I didn't wire mine at all,,,,wait a minute, I don't have any lights on my awning. I find them tacky (Jed Clampit) and cut down the romance of my campfire.

If you can't do something this simple and not make it look like a

"Jed Clampit" mod then I agree you shouldn't be attempting this beginner's mod.

Larry

What he's calling you is a low class hillbilly because apparently his opinion is all that matters.

tjschaefer wrote:
I didn't wire mine at all,,,,wait a minute, I don't have any lights on my awning. I find them tacky (Jed Clampit) and cut down the romance of my campfire.

If you can't do something this simple and not make it look like a

"Jed Clampit" mod then I agree you shouldn't be attempting this beginner's mod.

Larry

Actually,, unless you plug it in every time, the magic isn't the arm, it's that the power is sewn into the seam of the awning fabric. That's the only way you're gonna get the power out to a rotating arm.

double post (oops)

DatacomGuy wrote:
Struggling to figure out where to power or wire my leds.. I dont have any outlets in any of my compartments.

How did you wire yours?

Is this your floorplan below? If so, you will be able to get 12 volt wiring to the exterior via the upper cabinets above the kitchen cabinet. You will be able to find the 12 volt lighting circuit in the ceiling and be able to extend it to the exterior wall on the awning side.

It is possible to install LED lighting on the exterior wall, but from a lighting design point of view, that is not a great location because looking at the TT from a distance in the dark with the lights on, it will be glaring.

A lighting strip in the lighting awning is much better. That's what we have from the KZ factory and it looks fabulous at night. We've gotten many compliments. The wiring to the LED strip is a flexible cable that is secured inside one of the awning arms. It heads inside our TT at the top of the vertical arm, just at the underside of where the awning material attaches to the sidewall.

I'd post some pics but can't at the moment as we are on a camping trip. I highly recommend that you install the LED strip in the awning roller if at all possible.

I would suggest using warm white LEDs and not cool white.

On my 2013 Kodiak 241 RBSL I plan to use the led strip in place of my factory light in 31 years the less you make your rig in to Swiss cheese less like for leaks anywhere not just the roof if water gets in fiberglass walls and delaminates it could be costly if you are think putting a hole for any wires always seal and caulk as through as possible if a $2.00 caulking tube is better than a new side wall