wiring up new house

[jim345]

i am looking for tips or diagrams for wiring up our new wheel house , how to connect to batteries , fuse box etc.

[Sifty]

Welcome to HSO you may want to try and post this here.

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/9/1/Equipment_Expert_Information

Sifty

[svonasek]

i am looking for tips or diagrams for wiring up our new wheel house , how to connect to batteries , fuse box etc.

How many devices do you plan on having? I'll assume lights, but what else did you want to put in?

Once I know what you're trying to do I can give you some of the resources I used for my electrical components.

[jim345]

hey , 16 foot drop down , so prob three lights in cieling , 8 hole lights , several , cig lighter outlets for phone charging , then 120 lites and outlets with an outside plug for generator , mostly open floor plan , so far , biffy in the front v . we just got the frame done , painted , ready to start framing ,

[svonasek]

I picked one spot in the back of our house where the bench will be and ran all the wiring to there.

It ended up looking like this....

The fuse box worked out great. It has a common feed wire for all the fuses. That made it alot simpler. Also towards the bottom you can see the isolated battery posts I used for where the battery cables terminate at. I also have a set of battery posts on the outside of the house. The blue thing in the bottom left is a battery isolator for outside charging posts.

The left side of the terminals is for all the 110. I ran the wire from the generator plug in through the circuit breaker and then the rest of the outlets in parallel. I chose not to try and run one set of wires into an outlet box and having another set come out to feed the next outlet. It's tough to close up a shallow single gang box with two sets of wires in it.

The center part of the terminals is just for the 7 pin trailer wiring. This could have really been terminated within the walls, but I wanted to be able to have access to them just in case.

The right side of the terminal blocks is for the individual circuits. I have lights, furnace, hole lights and 12 volt receptacle on their own circuits.

I found some cheap 12 volt receptacle in milaca. They look like this...

I wasn't too concerned about the wiring for the 12 volts. I just have them sticking through the spray foam in the approximate locations I wanted them.

Here's my 12 volt next to my 110. I haven't removed the tape covering the 110 gang box, but you can see it in the picture.

I wired my hole lights like the 12 volt receptacles. I used led license plate lights that are available all over the place. I made up some plates to mount the light and a rocker switch for each light. Once again I just ran the wires in the approximate locations. I'll just cut a hole in the wall for the wire and the switch and then cover it up with the plates I made.

[jim345]

wow , i like how you used the wago terminal blocks , looks like allot of work . looks very nice ! , i dont know where to start , like wire from light location to location , not bring all wires to one spot , one parrallel circuit for each side for the hole lights , a pair of wires to a light location then a pair to the next spot etc.

[svonasek]

wow , i like how you used the wago terminal blocks , looks like allot of work . looks very nice ! , i dont know where to start , like wire from light location to location , not bring all wires to one spot , one parrallel circuit for each side for the hole lights , a pair of wires to a light location then a pair to the next spot etc.

All of my dome lights are switched by the door. I ran one main power and common wire from the fuse box to the switch and then ran a separate set of wires from each switch to each dome light.

I have a pair of wires for the hole lights. One set runs down one wall and the other does the other wall. There I just ran one set to the first hole light location and then ran a second set of wires from there to the next hole light.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

That is some very clean wiring svonasek. I love those terminal blocks. we use them all the time when installing building automation/temperature controls, and security work.