Electric dread under the bed

[Beau388]

Thor MC plant 750 production supervisors require the wire nuts to be wrapped with electrical tape to prevent the wire nuts loosening during the vibrations of travel.

Typicality, there is one 12 volt wire harness for several floor plans and coach length. If you get a long coach (35 foot Hurricane) all the wring fits nicely. If you have a 32 ft ACE you probably get the same 12 volt harness with 3 ft of extra wire under the bed and a few non-terminated wires. I know for a fact that the 2016 Hurricane 34P used the same 12 volt and 120 volt wiring harness as the Hurricane 31S, because I saw the wiring boards in the harness room. This is because the slides, and appliance locations are the same and both have outside kitchens.

 

[pinballandvodka]

Thor MC plant 750 production supervisors require the wire nuts to be wrapped with electrical tape to prevent the wire nuts loosening during the vibrations of travel.

Typicality, there is one 12 volt wire harness for several floor plans and coach length. If you get a long coach (35 foot Hurricane) all the wring fits nicely. If you have a 32 ft ACE you probably get the same 12 volt harness with 3 ft of extra wire under the bed and a few non-terminated wires. I know for a fact that the 2016 Hurricane 34P used the same 12 volt and 120 volt wiring harness as the Hurricane 31S, because I saw the wiring boards in the harness room. This is because the slides, and appliance locations are the same and both have outside kitchens.

That's fine by me, I am just not used to seeing that in "pro" things. Like I'd expect to see zip ties, romex, heat shrink tube, etc. But who am I to judge? I just found a 2x 115 receptable hanging behind my toilet!

 

[Number Three]

"Electric dread under the bed" --- This is a timely thread! At least, for what I'm into now. I just had to pull the bed up to get at that area in my Chateau, all, just to install a new backup camera. I've found that finding ground in a fiberglass/wood body is much harder than finding ground in a car (even though it IS getting harder there also, lately).

I guess RV wiring is a hodgepodge combination of house wiring code and auto wiring code out of necessity? After unraveling the wire looms, it revealed chaos. To connect to a ground source, I now have to install a new terminal buss block back there in order to put it all back CORRECTLY. Are they ALL wired this way, or did I just "luck-out"? And yes, it all appears to be OEM because the entire coach is like that (wire looms into twist-on house wiring connectors) -- And lots of them.
I'm going to place the new terminal buss in the water pump access bay back there.
Meh --- I was getting bored with my hobbies before i bought this rig anyhow, so it gives me something NEW to tinker with. For my next trick, I'll be trying to wire-in a 30A 120V service from the house so I can run on shore power. It's gonna be a long, hot Florida Summer, so I best get crackin' before April hits.

 

[pinballandvodka]

This is a timely thread for what I'm into now. I just had to pull the bed up to get at that area in my Chateau, all, just to install a new backup camera. I've found that finding ground in a fiberglass/wood body is much harder than finding ground in a car (even though it IS getting harder there too lately).

I guess RV wiring is a hodgepodge combination of house wiring code and auto wiring code out of necessity? After unraveling the wire looms, it revealed chaos. To find a ground source, I now have to install a new terminal buss block back there in order to put it all back CORRECTLY. Are they ALL wired this way, or did I just "luck-out"? And yes, it all appears to be OEM because the entire coach is like that (wire looms into twist-on house wiring connectors) -- And lots of them.
I'm going to place the new terminal buss in the water pump access bay back there.
Meh --- I was getting bored with my hobbies before i bought this rig anyhow, so it gives me something NEW to tinker with. For my next trick, I'll be trying to wire-in a 30A 120V service from the house so I can run on shore power. It's gonna be a long, hot Florida Summer, so I best get crackin' before April hits.

For SW Florida I'd get another a/c and 220

 

[BuzzDoc]

With a motor coach, there are have-to-do and want-to-do projects. I keep a list of possible improvements and must have changes. One is clean up under the bed. The problem is; it is a very small space with a lot of electrical boxes. I have to take the blame of putting or replacing most of what is there. It all works well and causes no problems, so it is always at the bottom of the list. Having a DW that is a retired interior designer, means, her projects come before mine. Fortunately, she handles most of the interior mods and lets me handle the mechanical side. This is our third class A, so I have most of the mistakes on the first two. I refuse to do any unnecessary work on the coach in the June through September time frame because of the heat; in fact we seldom travel in that time period unless it is a long trip to the Canadian Northwest. The RV and my truck are my hobby projects and I really enjoy working on them. It is about the only hobbies I have these days.

This looks like my Windsport before I switched out the converter for a lithium compatible one. Took the opportunity to reroute and organize and label everything since I had to disconnect everything to get the old converter out which was on the base below the nest of wires.

 

[Mark54]

Could be worse... pics 1-3 show how I got the 20L Tellaro, and then I rewired, moved batteries, buss bars, fuses and solenoid up inside, and removed about 50# (probably more) of metal and wire!

I sold the original ReLions RB100LT (1 yr old) and went with two 300A Weize LFP batteries= 600A now under bed storage compartment- now removable and easier to maintain) 7200Wh of power now, instead of 2400Wh.

Pic #1- find the regulator and shunt! They were not attached to anything, just stuffed in under all those wires! How is one supposed to work with that, or change settings on the regulator. Bad enough they attached sensors with reverse polarity!

Pic #3. Got romex???

Last 2 pics are the 'after' and 'current' (pun intended) ones.
Took me about 7 days to fix the BS wiring job.

Proof there is actually a floor under there. Esp. the Combimaster compartment. 2/0 cable came in and did 3 laps before connecting to the CM, and all that excess romex! Yikes.

Oh- I almost forgot- the Combimaster was resting directly on hot/cold pex pipes... so I had to add feet to the platform and move pipes aside. Eventual failure someday when the weight of the Combi could break the pex, or deform it to nearly closed at the very least.

They could have wired two more Rvs with all that.
I asked why, and they said it was so they could work on a component outside the compartment. Yeah- in the break room with all that extra wire!! (see last pic...)
PS- I knew I'd have to do all this before I bought. I needed a hobby.

 

[macdaddy1111]

Nice job!

 

[GeorgePal]

Holy Smoke! I thought my rig was bad. It annoys me, but its solid so I'm not going to rewire. I will let that sleeping dog lie. I should start a thread about the wiring / hoses UNDER the coach next. I was able to avoid several disasters.