I hope everyone is having a safe and healthy (OK fun) weekend, While running my wiring to the rear on my backup lights I had to undo most of the belly fasteners on the drivers side due to the frame cross bracing. I could not snake my pull wire very far without hitting one. While I had the beast open I fixed my speaker wiring (used closed end butt connectors and silicone closed) and tried to tie everything up. Then there was that darn Molex connector. I found the cover loose on the romex side, so opened it up. OMG the ground wire was not secure and the rest only had one knife connector engaged (there is supposed to be 2). So I secured the ground wire and zip tied it closed and secured it in place off the belly. Hopefully I will have the local mobile RV gentleman come and certify the recall fix. Nicholas Cotner at GD had been helpful in an alternate to having the dealer fix. But we shall see how this turns out
So before I post any pictures about what I did a BIG question???????, is there a proper way to tie romex (solid wire) to the stranded wire cable other than the Molex connector with it's double knife connections?????? Do I use a wire nut as the info web says, or us a bulb end crimp, or solder and then crimp a bulb connection? Information is all over the place
While I was there I fixed all the problematic crimp (knife connections) GD used for the speaker wiring etc..
The Molex connection as found. Can anyone verify that there is only one I need to tie up om my 220RK with it one slide?
The problematic speaker wire connections. Blue oval in white base. One fell apart as I was moving things around. These are crimp knife connections. The wire s pressed into a metal V that slices the casing and supposedly makes a good wire connection - NOT!!!! If done improperly as these were not - the knife portion cuts the wiring strands. I posted earlier that GD had mix/crossed wires before on my speakers. The GD folks at the rally helped pin point where to look, but could not get into the belly for some reason. Perhaps GD needs to re-think this policy, This is a fix my dealer said the made after the raspy sound in the PDI. Shame on me for not verifying before picking up.
After fixing the ground on the romex side I used zip ties to keep it closed.
Secured in place above the belly. I don't think it is going anywhere - I hope?
So is there a better way to do this?
More later
Keith
So before I post any pictures about what I did a BIG question???????, is there a proper way to tie romex (solid wire) to the stranded wire cable other than the Molex connector with it's double knife connections?????? Do I use a wire nut as the info web says, or us a bulb end crimp, or solder and then crimp a bulb connection? Information is all over the place
While I was there I fixed all the problematic crimp (knife connections) GD used for the speaker wiring etc..
The Molex connection as found. Can anyone verify that there is only one I need to tie up om my 220RK with it one slide?
The problematic speaker wire connections. Blue oval in white base. One fell apart as I was moving things around. These are crimp knife connections. The wire s pressed into a metal V that slices the casing and supposedly makes a good wire connection - NOT!!!! If done improperly as these were not - the knife portion cuts the wiring strands. I posted earlier that GD had mix/crossed wires before on my speakers. The GD folks at the rally helped pin point where to look, but could not get into the belly for some reason. Perhaps GD needs to re-think this policy, This is a fix my dealer said the made after the raspy sound in the PDI. Shame on me for not verifying before picking up.
After fixing the ground on the romex side I used zip ties to keep it closed.
Secured in place above the belly. I don't think it is going anywhere - I hope?
So is there a better way to do this?
More later
Keith
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