Aaaand then we take it higher.....
Your welcome for the ear bug! :-)
So since we last met I have been working primarily on the electrical. Let me state right out the gate that I can by no means claim a solo success. I have had hours of consulting and talking me through processes on the phone. My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Ron Geeting for the countless hours of ; patience, knowledge, ingenuity, and ability to make it work from 2k miles away.
So first we got the power distribution center hooked up and this is where Ron started to help. He saw that I had the original configuration off and texted to tell me not to plug it in. Well that takes all the fun out of it. When we did plug it in it didn't work and we had to spend a few hours figuring out the problem. That was so many problems ago I don't even recall what the issue was. But we got it done.
The first thing to be electrically powered from the trailer was the Phil lamp. After that I put the lamp back up to avoid it burning in the sparks that were going to fly after that.
Ron talked me through the difference of parallel wiring and daisy chaining and also told me that Aluminum "does" conduct electricity (LOL). All of the wiring for the 110 was run. Well correction. All the 110 was run that we had initially planned on using. We have decided to add two more outlets before we button up the 110.
I have to say, the biggest issue we had was trying to find a wire clip that would stick. Everything we tried the clips would just fall right off a few hours later. It gets so hot in there that it melts, gets soft, and then falls off. So it was terribly hard to try and keep the wires neat. We are STILL fighting this, but we have a few tricks left to try if the current iteration fails.
You can see we left plenty of room on the ends to make sure it will reach to the box as I have not nailed down the exact location, but know where it will go within a foot or so.
Next it was time to start on the 12v wiring.
First was the decision on where to put lights, how many to put and how they would be configured with switches.
I decided to put 4 little puck lights in the bedroom as well as a reading light on either side of the bed.
SOMEONE.... decided that it would be best to do this in the middle of the night so I would experience how they actually lit the area. Ok.. fine, good Idea. I did the first light directly to the battery to have light to do the rest of them. Then I hooked up two that will be reading lights on either side of the couch.
There is Marilyn lit up with her own lights!
Here are the four lights that I decided to do in the bedroom. This is lit be 6 lights total in this picture, but there will be about 48 lights total when we are done with 8-10 different switches to be able to create a combination that goes with my wine for that evening.
Note: Thus far I have run just under 1000 feet of wire, counting the wire for the tail lights.
Meanwhile back at the ranch I picked up the insulation that will be used. I was VERY happy not to be forced to use fiberglass. I was able to score some rockwool and for my use its the best option. The lowest R rating for this was 15 and I need 7 (also learned that squishing insulation actually lessens the R value).
So I cut the insulation in half. I tried several ways to cut it and again Ron came in to save the day by suggesting using a electric knife. Works like a charm.
Again I can't thank Ron enough or give him enough credit for all the help! Thanks, Ron
I hope to wrap up the electrical and start on the insulation next week. I expect the aluminum for the skins to be delivered later this week and hope to start installing them before Turkey Day.
Thanks for visiting!
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