External hook up location and advice

I have just done mine @MadFrankie
Have a look here for the option of behind the rear jacking point. Plus if you have a read through you will get some more input from some other helpful tlb'rs.
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?thr...nsolidated-questions.37316/page-2#post-668334
Between the van floor and the socket itself there is a homemade rubber gasket to help keep water out but from where it is on the van I would hope it so protected from the elements a little. Besides, I only drive it on sunny days

 

i have a similar mains connector.
i have it mounted under the floor behind the rear jacking and no problem with water getting in, wire the goes to mains trip switches under rock and roll bed and then to plugs and one has the ctec permantly hooked up and wired to leisure battery to keep topped up when on site and when get home it can be connected via plug in garage so its fully charged when i go out again...

 

I wanted to be able to leave the engine hatch locked when on hook-up, and with no existing hole in the side of the van I put the hook up connector under the R&R bed:

It's a slightly different type of plug which has the option of the cable exiting through the side via a threaded compression gland, so you don't see the cable under the van at all. I also drilled a small drain hole in the lowest part of the plug. Since I don't have a cover, to avoid corrosion I have a sacrificial socket left attached when not hooked up.

The install is not quite finished - it still needs some mechanical protection of the cables.

 

How is that socket attached to the bed front?

 

Ah - the bed front is just sandwiched between the socket and the backbox. It's a surface mount MK metal clad socket.

I drilled two overlapping holes with a holesaw (70mm perhaps - would have to check) which was just enough to allow the back of the socket to fit through. I had to find some longer screws than those supplied with the socket, but was an easy job. I used a 20mm compression gland to provide strain relief.

 

Got you - I did wonder. Might do that meself as fastfix boxes are a pain to fit. Holesaw is the way to go!

 

Also metalclad backbox is good for connecting stuff-in gland or flexi conduit!