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Well I can not get a photo uploaded, however here is what it looks like.
there is a main wire line,(it is white, flat on 2 sides and looks like what I would out into my house to run a power line. at the end of this line is a Grey connector about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide it is grey on the bottom with a clear plastic top and if looking into the end of it,(down into the connector) I see a plug like end with 3 channels splitting, my guess is Postive, Neg. and ground( white wire,black and ground). it is coming up threw the floor and there is one on each side of the room.(guessing where the night stands used to be)
I did use the Volt meter, and while I could not get anything off of the DC side, once I started the Gen. I was able to get a reading of 126, and my electric switch is on, as I get lights, etc. so does this help ?

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Well I can not get a photo uploaded, however here is what it looks like.
there is a main wire line,(it is white, flat on 2 sides and looks like what I would out into my house to run a power line. at the end of this line is a Grey connector about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide it is grey on the bottom with a clear plastic top and if looking into the end of it,(down into the connector) I see a plug like end with 3 channels splitting, my guess is Postive, Neg. and ground( white wire,black and ground). it is coming up threw the floor and there is one on each side of the room.(guessing where the night stands used to be)
I did use the Volt meter, and while I could not get anything off of the DC side, once I started the Gen. I was able to get a reading of 126, and my electric switch is on, as I get lights, etc. so does this help ?


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Sounds like you only have a wire going into the connector and nothing coming out. This is where the wire from the outlet would go into the connector and the clear plastic lid snapped back on. These connectors are used mostly when the wire goes from solid to stranded wire like on a slide.


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that 120vac, it sounds like the previous owners might have had an air bed, each side having its own power plug and controls

what you describe is Not standard residential or RV power outlet put a dedicated appliance socket
the controls were built into night stand cabinets that have been removed when the bed was changed


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here are eric's photos. the connectors are quite obviously from some proprietary item...i think a Sleep Number bed is a good guess.











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would I need to find the "other end" of this connector, or remove it and wire in an outlet which is most needed as I too have a Sleep Number Bed as well as laptops,tablets,cell phone charger, Etc. as it is now I have only 1 plug outlet other then the TV so I need some more. I've wired my house before, can I just use a standard Box and outlet ?
Thanks for everyone's help with this, I had never seen a connector like this before.

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mercedesme28 wrote:

would I need to find the "other end" of this connector, or remove it and wire in an outlet which is most needed as I too have a Sleep Number Bed as well as laptops,tablets,cell phone charger, Etc. as it is now I have only 1 plug outlet other then the TV so I need some more. I've wired my house before, can I just use a standard Box and outlet ?
Thanks for everyone's help with this, I had never seen a connector like this before.


since you have 120-v AC when the genny runs it's a sure thing you have 120-v AC when connected to shore power. if you cut the power to the coach...throw the master AC circuit breaker as well...it should be an easy matter to cut off the existing connector and replace it with a standard AC power connector. if you're handy enough you can fashion a couple of standard AC wall outlets. or, maybe your sleep number bed can use these feeds??

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