{"id":6261,"date":"2014-04-25T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2014-04-26T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T22:21:15","slug":"it-needed-more-power-so-i-rewired-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/it-needed-more-power-so-i-rewired-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It needed more power, so I rewired it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Allen&#8217;s iconic phrase, &#8220;so I rewired it&#8221; echoed in my thoughts as I made some more additions to the van interior. Previously, there has been only one shore-power outlet inside the van that was easy to access. The second (of two) outlet was under the bed near the batteries. While that is a fine location for a battery charger (which I do not use), it is not so great for daily use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2075-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2075\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2075-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2075-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>In order to make it more daily-use-friendly I had to relocate it to the wall of the new bed\/couch. This was achieved very simply by purchasing a 6 foot heavy gauge extension cord, and a new outlet. After wiring the cord to the outlet, it was then mounted where I wanted it and the cord was simply plugged in to the wall under the bed\/couch. This still gives me an open plug underneath, along with two freshies at the bed\/couch, right beside the inverter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6264\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-floorplan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6264\" class=\"wp-image-6264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-floorplan.jpg\" alt=\"2014 floorplan\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-floorplan.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-floorplan-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">120v outlets and wiring shown in red<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2085-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2085\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2085-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2085-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Also new, is the addition of another outlet above the side doors. The wiring has existed in that location since I removed a lamp that was mounted there by the manufacture. They must have all been midgets because anyone of a normal height (like me) would hit his or her head on that lamp every time he\/she entered or exited the side doors. After enough bruises, I removed the lamp but left the wiring intact. It too has been recycled into a 120v outlet for uses known only to my future self at this time.<\/p>\n<p>There are now four outlets in the van, three of which are accessible for daily use&#8230; a 300% gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Allen&#8217;s iconic phrase, &#8220;so I rewired it&#8221; echoed in my thoughts as I made some more additions to the van interior. Previously, there has been only one shore-power outlet inside the van that was easy to access. The second (of two) outlet was under the bed near the batteries.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2014-rebuild","category-vehicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_1642.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9livM-1CZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}