Electrical System Part 4

The 'Final' electrical cabinet install requires tons of other wiring run throughout the van. I've done almost all of it except for some lights and other miscellaneous DC circuits that will be easy to route with the cabinet in place.

It becomes a stunning amount of wire. Each end needs to be meticulously labeled w/ clear heat shrink over the top to remain sane. And most needs to be put inside some wire loom protection when run through the walls.

Finally reach the stage where the cabinet is getting mounted to the wall 'forever'. Of course as soon as you think that, you find 5 other branch circuits or pig tails you should probably run now while it is easy. More delays. Put everything into place - recheck wiring end points 3 times.

And then at some point you reach for the 3 big red battery switches, rotate, and make sure the fire extinguisher and spare fuses are nearby.

And are over the moon that expected blinky lights and noises are the result. More phased testing of all the major systems and trimming of branch circuits to be done.

There are a number of things in the van that would be super handy to control from the drivers seat. So with some careful dremel work, I stuffed in a 6 position toggle switch bank and all the wiring needed for that when I had the entire headliner removed for insulation work. Pleased with the way it came out, but am changing the labels to white on black background to blend.