Hello I’m going to wire mine up for mains hook up in my Westy Campmobile Just wanted to see what yours looked like already wired up. So if anyone can be bothered (and if you don’t have plans to go anywhere!). I could really do with a photo or two of the wired up inside of your consumer units. The output is for a couple of mains sockets set in the side of the under bed cupboard. mine is the double pole xtremevan unit. I’m using 2.5 mm 3 core flex. I will obviously be getting it checked over by a proper spark before using it. cheers people and I hope you are all doing well. P.
The wiring is straight forward, it'll be hard to see the wiring inside the consumer unit with out taking it all apart. Youtube has good video's on caravan RCD wiring. If you still not sure after that then best to be safe and get someone's help. Use grommets/glands on any holes that you make through the van so the steel does not cut into the flex and tighten all the terminal screws up twice. I haven't got an external socket connection on the side of the van, so have taken the blue camping male socket connection into the engine bay, so I plug into that when hooking up (boot lid still closes) - Obligatory idiot notice on the steering wheel. These sockets are discrete, but if it's your first wiring, stick with a standard double socket.
if using flexi cables fit correct size cable bootlace ferrules to get a secure connection and buy a martindale type tester as not all sites especially foreign are polarity correct. Is cable artic type tougher flex ? correct stuffing glands where passing through metal/pvc etc to clamp and sleeve. https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai...=2ahUKEwjCy5DZ7d_tAhXEWhUIHXizAK0Q0Qx6BAgEEAE
“Obligatory idiot notice on the steering wheel” Now that is something I should do...because i’d definitely forget! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thank you chaps. Forgot about glands, grommets and French campsites! When I get my next window of opportunity (my kids are off school for Xmas now so no chance at the moment), I’ll post a picture of how I’ve wired it inside the consumer unit for you people to cast an eye. I’ll also get it checked by a spark in person after that. ta very much. P.
Don’t worry this has been my go to post for a while now. I’ve been toying with this project for a long time and it has been so helpful. I’ve been collecting the necessary bits over the last couple of years!
Hello Looking at the above post @matty (as I regularly do) I am using 1.5 mm white flex from the inlet socket on the outside of the van to the consumer unit, but I’ve noticed that on a lot of images on the internet, that the cable used is orange which I think is rated at 16 amp (not 15 amp like the white flex). Do you think I should use the orange cable and if so do you know where I can buy it without the blue plugs on either side ie just the cable? cheers p.
Your first post said you were using 2.5 mm 3 core flex, now you say you’re using 1.5 mm white flex - 2.5 is good, 1.5 isn’t. Last time I looked B&Q had 0range 2.5mm cable, but the colour isn’t important. EDIT. Thinking about it the B&Q cable was yellow – it’s what I used in my bus.
In the old days, B&Q would have lengths of blue and yellow arctic cable as pre-cut pieces of 5m or 10m on the shelves in the electrical dept. .. they still do. https://www.diy.com/search?term=arctic cable I believe that yellow colour would tell you it was 110V for hand held power tools operating through an isolation transformer rather than blue 220V mains wiring. At least it is at work. In other words, a pedantic inspection of the wiring might raise an eyebrow if the wire is yellow and carrying 22oV.
Yellow, 20amp, 500v. https://www.electricalworld.com/en/...ade-Flex-Cable-Yellow-Round-3183AG/m-695.aspx
No. It’s tricky as my two young kids are at home from school and my garage is a fair old hack away from my house and have to combine it with exercise due to tier 4- it’s a bit of a mission.. So windows of opportunity are rare. I just do little bits here and there. I reckon my next big window of opportunity will be in April! So as a result I’m doing as much prep and research as I can, making sure all the detail is in place so that it won’t take too long when I get a good run at it. All the old USA stuff is out. Outlet sockets in place, consumer unit positioned, cables run and modified hook up cable made so as to keep the original inlet flap. Now need to connect/wire up the cables and secure the hookup inlet socket somehow. Oh for garage on the side of my house, or even a driveway! p.
Hello I’m going to buy one of these Martindale polarity testers. The one that plugs into the outlet sockets. As we do (did) a lot of camping in France. If the French campsite turns out to have reversed polarity can you do anything reasonable to fix the situation or do you simply not hook up? Thank you @the 3 crispies and others!
Or make up a short extension lead (500mm) with the polarity reversed at one end and, mark it or bag it and keep it in the van then use it when the polarity is reversed, but @matty shouldn't a double pole MCB make this redundant as both sides are fused?
Your right that why the regs say double pole but very few fit them. on the continent every thing is double pole including switch’s it’s a shame they only made us change the wire colours (for the worse) but not double pole.
