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On our new Solitude, there is one switch on the front of the RV that controls the following lighting:
1. Front Cap
2. Underbelly
3. Basement LED strip
4. Battery compartment light. Yes, you must first turn on the front switch before you can operate the light switch.
So if I want to operate any of those lights, they all turn on. If I want to light the battery compartment, the cap, underbelly and basement lights are all on....
Not only were the circuit switching not well thought out, but the back of the switch and all the wiring was inside the propane compartment! Nope, not on my watch... Here are some photos.
This one switch controlled four different lighting circuits. And all this wiring was stuffed into the propane comparment.
If you're going to install electrical circuits in the propane compartment, it would be a good idea to be careful with your wiring.
I spent the day moving wires and installing switches to control each circuit independently. I purchased a project box and three gang switch from Amazon. I removed the wiring from the existing switch, and re-routed it into the basement. In installed the switch box which can now control each lighting circuit independently. I also rewired the 12V battery compartment light to a separate 12V source so I don't need to activate two switches to make it function.
The completed switch box.
Jim
1. Front Cap
2. Underbelly
3. Basement LED strip
4. Battery compartment light. Yes, you must first turn on the front switch before you can operate the light switch.
So if I want to operate any of those lights, they all turn on. If I want to light the battery compartment, the cap, underbelly and basement lights are all on....
Not only were the circuit switching not well thought out, but the back of the switch and all the wiring was inside the propane compartment! Nope, not on my watch... Here are some photos.
This one switch controlled four different lighting circuits. And all this wiring was stuffed into the propane comparment.
If you're going to install electrical circuits in the propane compartment, it would be a good idea to be careful with your wiring.
I spent the day moving wires and installing switches to control each circuit independently. I purchased a project box and three gang switch from Amazon. I removed the wiring from the existing switch, and re-routed it into the basement. In installed the switch box which can now control each lighting circuit independently. I also rewired the 12V battery compartment light to a separate 12V source so I don't need to activate two switches to make it function.
Jim
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