MEXICOWANDERER
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What are your plans as to exactly what you want the electrical system to do? Are you going to stay connected? Go from park hookup to park hookup? Boondock? Minimalist? One summer back in the nineties, I rewired three "totals" electrical short disasters on eighties and nineties motorhomes for Good Sam insurance. It sure beat sitting in a rocking chair watching the clock tick-tock when doing life cycle testing on a few dozen batteries :-)
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MsMandyJohnson
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mexbungalows wrote:What are your plans as to exactly what you want the electrical system to do? Are you going to stay connected? Go from park hookup to park hookup? Boondock? Minimalist? One summer back in the nineties, I rewired three "totals" electrical short disasters on eighties and nineties motorhomes for Good Sam insurance. It sure beat sitting in a rocking chair watching the clock tick-tock when doing life cycle testing on a few dozen batteries :-)
I just want to maybe the electric going to use in a camp ground. We want to use it for basic use. So is this a bad idea then?
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MEXICOWANDERER
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It's a great idea IMHO...
First things first. Where do those three wires go to first inside the trailer? To a fuse box? A circuit breaker box?
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smkettner
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Where do the other end of those wires emerge?
Do you have a 120vac circuit breaker panel?
Do you have a 12vdc fuse panel?
We want pictures of all that stuff.
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MsMandyJohnson
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Ok I will get some better pictures of the other stuff. Sorry I didn't know about the other stuff. I don't know where these wires go. Its hard to follow them to inside the camper. It took forever to dig these wires out to get the picture. But I will post more pictures of the fuse bx. I don't know if these are 120 circuit braker.
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Canadian Rainbirds
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The first thing that you have to figure out: whether this is 120 volt AC (Alternating Current, not Air Conditioning!) as in your house, or is it 12 Volt DC (Direct Current) as from a battery, or a combination?
As other have said above, we need to know a lot more, fuse panels, etc. If the unit is original 1956 vintage there won't likely be a lot of circuits, probably just a few lights. Our ham radio club had an early 60s trailer with two 120 volt outlets and a couple of 12 volt lights. The systems have to be kept separate!
It sounds like a fun project, but electrical circuits can be dangerous--even 12 volts. BUT don't be afraid to tackle it if you want to. There is lots of advise and support available on this board.
How about a photo or two of the interior and exterior? It would help us to get our heads around what you have to work with.
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MsMandyJohnson
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Hi Folks,
Finally got some better pictures. My phone is slow sending these to my email. Here is all I found. I found what looks like a fuse box (i think) and a better picture of the wires outside. How can I tell if this is AC or DC circuit. There is no battery from what I see attached. Here are the pictures. Sorry it took me a while to get these up. All the help you guys I really appreciate and thanks a million  .
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Fuse Box?
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