Electrical Plans


To move forward with the insulation and wall panel installation I needed to be able to do the rough-in electrical wiring and that meant I needed to think through the appliances I wanted, lighting, etc. I'd been thinking about it but hadn't written anything down.

I used an idea I saw on one of the "van life" websites and decided to use a visual block diagram to capture "the plan". I started with the major components requiring electrical power.


Then I roughed out the physical placement of those components in the trailer. This meant I needed to finalize the floorplan an cabinet layout.
After that I broke out the 12VDC wiring paying special attention to where the wiring needed to be embedded in the walls. Most of the wiring will be strung through the cabinets where it's easier to access and not visible.

Similar with 120VAC wiring.

There's still some room to adjust as I move forward, but the rough-in wiring in the walls is essentially final.

 

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