{"id":13537,"date":"2012-02-20T19:53:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T02:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=13537"},"modified":"2016-09-17T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T17:42:10","slug":"adding-a-new-120v-outlet-from-an-existing-outlet-in-my-rv-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/adding-a-new-120v-outlet-from-an-existing-outlet-in-my-rv-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding A New 120V Outlet From an Existing Outlet in My RV (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As is typical when embarking on a project about which I know little, I’m very behind on my electrical timeline. But I am making process! I finally got the first of the two new outlets<\/a> installed.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am not an electrician. All of this applies to my own rig using advice from a trusted electrician. I am not responsible if you use any information from this post and damage your RV!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were a couple of problems with the work I did last time. Croft<\/a> told me that I had way too much bare wire and that I should only expose as much as I need to wrap around the screws. So I rewired the outlet like so:<\/p>\n

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I did two wraps around the screws, so the ends are bits that just didn’t fit and were too small to be snipped away<\/p><\/div>\n

He also informed me that I needed a box to protect the outlet. Eep! No stock boxes exist that would fit the height profile of the cabinet. So I made my own out of a stiff plastic tub that I screwed into the cabinet. Never one to be too cautious, I then taped around it to make sure that everything is secure:<\/p>\n

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Hey, it looks like an outlet!<\/p>\n

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The new outlet actually feels more secure than the old one. I haven’t tested it yet with the power on, but when I tried to plug something into it, the outlet didn’t move. The old one used to push up into the cabinet a little.<\/p>\n

Now, the other outlet was a little more finicky and by the time I figured out how to use the wall-mount case, I was beyond frustrated. So I’ll come back to it, and the 12V outlet, tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As is typical when embarking on a project about which I know little, I’m very behind on my electrical timeline. But I am making process! I finally got the first of the two new outlets installed. Disclaimer: I am not an electrician. All of this applies to my own rig using advice from a trusted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1041,632,6,1226,635,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alberta","category-canada","category-homemaking","category-lethbridge","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}