Date:         Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:13:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bringing outside wires in (Westy)
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <42C1546E.40701@gmail.com>
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The GPS antenna and Satellite radio antenna that I have have very thin
coax cables. I can't speak to what your 2 meter ham antenna's cable is
like.....

So, I mounted the antennae under the luggage rack (magnetic mounts),
ran the cables back towards the poptop. I've  a 91, so the canvas is
held in place with aluminum strips that in turn are screwed into the
roof. So at a place on the left side, where the metal roof has a
reinforcement bend, I carefully unscrewed a little bit of the aluminum
(which coincentally has a break between two strips near there). I then
ran the cables under the canvas, and screwed the strips back in.

Then I carefully detached the forward section of the can holder (that
contraption above the windows). I then snaked the cables in behind it
and reattached it to the ceiling. I then ran the cables down behind the
curtain and behind the cabinet.

That's all I had to do in my case. However, I could have continued the
cable run through the hole in the cabinet (where the cables run for the
fridge to the aux battery), under the drivers seat, under the carpet in
front of the drivers seat up to the dash.

If you have a long enough cable that is.


On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> I'm not above drilling the occasional hole if I need to, but I'd rather
> not. I would like to fish a few wires from the roof to the inside,
> ending up near the front: a cable to the GPS antenna (which can live
> under the luggage rack), a length of coax for a 2-meter ham antenna,
> and
> generic chunk of wire to be used to extend my little portable shortwave
> radio's antenna so I can listen to world news broadcasts while inside
> Mellow Yellow. Mrs Squirrel and I will want to keep track of the Tour
> de
> France's race results while we are camping in the mountains. Stuff like
> that.
>
> So what's the clever way to get wires from the outside top to the
> inside
> front?
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> Carlsbad, CA
> KG6RCR