> Can anyone describe their ideal location for such a socket? I should think that the "ideal" location for a socket would depend on where you will be using the device; From the front seat at the small table; or the rear seat; or the top bunk etc. > but I can't figure out how to route the wire to the "secret" > compartment from the driver's side battery box. I have had my kitchen unit and the water reservoir unit out several times (about to do it again) and I can tell you that it is not hard to snake some wires in behind the panel (behind the kitchen units). There is some insulation and bulkheads back in there, but if you take all of the easy stuff out of the kitchen cabinet and take the panels off of the 110v cabinets, you will see other wires going in and out of existing cut-outs of the side panel. Also my '91 has wires coming out from the aux battery and go in right under the camping fuses in right behind the kitchen cabinets. I'd start there. If you have trouble fishing a wire around in certain places you could try and run/fish a piece of (stiffer) small diameter plastic hose through the tough part and then fish the wire through the hose to your destination (one can then remove the hose). If you're looking for a winter project, and if you have never taken out your cabinets, it might be "fun" to remove all of the cabinets for several reasons: 1) to clean out 15 years of accumulated crud that is in back there. 2) to clean the rear of the fridge (cooling fins) & maybe install new fridge fans, 3) to check for rust (in behind the panel, especially at the bottom) and to apply rust inhibitors (if you're close to Canada try Krown). Directions for most of this is in the archives, not a hard job. Any question just ask. M |
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