(Another) Rough electrical question
My from-scratch van build is progressing slowly, as I get an afternoon here and there. Right now I am doing house wiring, and something is worrying me. So I thought I'd ask you all :B I went to an ...
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That's good to know, Mex!
I just used old construction cords that I had a lot of. You know, the ones with the messed up plugs and stuff. Color coded for ac, dc, and inverter runs.
But I do have a lot of romex, too (unused, leftover from construction jobs). I just worried that when the van moved, stiffer wire would put too much stress on the connections -- they would be the fulcrum points.
Anyway, I can use some 10 or 12 ga for that 20a outlet.
I tend to lie awake at night and think about potential problems and their solutions. Sometimes this is very useful and sometimes it is not. The wire flexing at connections was one of those. Perhaps it is overkill, but it is done now -- I am not gonna rerun all that wire :)
I just used old construction cords that I had a lot of. You know, the ones with the messed up plugs and stuff. Color coded for ac, dc, and inverter runs.
But I do have a lot of romex, too (unused, leftover from construction jobs). I just worried that when the van moved, stiffer wire would put too much stress on the connections -- they would be the fulcrum points.
Anyway, I can use some 10 or 12 ga for that 20a outlet.
I tend to lie awake at night and think about potential problems and their solutions. Sometimes this is very useful and sometimes it is not. The wire flexing at connections was one of those. Perhaps it is overkill, but it is done now -- I am not gonna rerun all that wire :)
