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Newman1415
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Jul 22, 2021

Electrical layout in fifthwheel

I was playing around with my breakers and using a treble light to see which breaker fed which circuit. I was slightly confused by one circuit named 6FT…but apparently it runs most of the outdoor plugs and kitchen plugs. I counted 6 receptacles on this circuit.

Another circuit named Slide has 7 on it total. Which were scattered throughout the trailer .

Lastly I had one circuit called Bedroom. And it only had one plug on it which was for a wall mounted TV. The plug was beside the cable connection. The bedroom actually has 3 other plugs in there all wired to Slide circuit..

My questions are, what does 6FT mean? And who the hell at Heartland RV wired this trailer so oddly? Everything works but it’s just bizarre the way they ran the wires in my opinion. Anyone else gave issues like this? They could’ve spread the power out a little better
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Nv Guy wrote:
    6FT sure looks like scribbled GFI. Outdoor, kitchen and bathroom receptacles are typically GFCI protected.


    YUP sounds right to me.

    Forget the labels, sort of, Get a Brother P-Touch
    now as you identify which outlets/devices are on which breaker put a label on teh outlet/device matching the breaker that feeds it.
    You might wish to re-label 6FT to GFI while you are at it.


    The P-Touch is your friend.
  • 3 tons wrote:
    Newman1415 wrote:
    I was playing around with my breakers and using a treble light to see which breaker fed which circuit. I was slightly confused by one circuit named 6FT…but apparently it runs most of the outdoor plugs and kitchen plugs. I counted 6 receptacles on this circuit.

    Another circuit named Slide has 7 on it total. Which were scattered throughout the trailer .

    Lastly I had one circuit called Bedroom. And it only had one plug on it which was for a wall mounted TV. The plug was beside the cable connection. The bedroom actually has 3 other plugs in there all wired to Slide circuit..

    My questions are, what does 6FT mean? And who the hell at Heartland RV wired this trailer so oddly? Everything works but it’s just bizarre the way they ran the wires in my opinion. Anyone else gave issues like this? They could’ve spread the power out a little better


    Sounds as if the wiring job overlapped shift change…

    3 tons


    Not shift change.....Electrical by.....skilled *Amish* "craftsmen"!!

    :W

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  • tv circuit could be optional so it is added separate only when selected.
  • Newman1415 wrote:
    I was slightly confused by one circuit named 6FT…but apparently it runs most of the outdoor plugs and kitchen plugs. I counted 6 receptacles on this circuit.
    Reread and that definitely should be a GFI or GFCI circuit. Find and trip the GFCI and see if all of those plugs go dark...
  • Nv_Guy's avatar
    Nv_Guy
    Explorer III
    6FT sure looks like scribbled GFI. Outdoor, kitchen and bathroom receptacles are typically GFCI protected.
  • 3_tons's avatar
    3_tons
    Explorer III
    Newman1415 wrote:
    I was playing around with my breakers and using a treble light to see which breaker fed which circuit. I was slightly confused by one circuit named 6FT…but apparently it runs most of the outdoor plugs and kitchen plugs. I counted 6 receptacles on this circuit.

    Another circuit named Slide has 7 on it total. Which were scattered throughout the trailer .

    Lastly I had one circuit called Bedroom. And it only had one plug on it which was for a wall mounted TV. The plug was beside the cable connection. The bedroom actually has 3 other plugs in there all wired to Slide circuit..

    My questions are, what does 6FT mean? And who the hell at Heartland RV wired this trailer so oddly? Everything works but it’s just bizarre the way they ran the wires in my opinion. Anyone else gave issues like this? They could’ve spread the power out a little better


    Sounds as if the wiring job overlapped shift change…

    3 tons
  • Sounds like 6FT is a GFCI. Are all of that circuits plugs like BR, kitchen near water?

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