Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Insulation and Rewiring

My dear husband rewired the camper and updated the fuse box. 
Here is what we started with:

To the rear of the camper we added a few more lights along with a couple electrical outlets.  To the front we put lights under the shelf over the window, added an electrical outlet, added a light on the side of the kitchen and updated the outlet over the kitchen.  He also added an outside outlet and ran wire for an exterior light.  We kept the original propane light and rewired for the original ceiling light to run off a battery. 

The only original lights:
and the sideways one by the towel holder, forgot to get a good pic.

So we definitely needed at least better fixtures.

Once the wiring was completed it was time to insulate.  As you can see from the previous post the original insulation was only on the front and the rear and it was very thin.  So we are insulating just as you would a house.  However, since the studs on the Forester are just under 2" and insulation is over 3" thick we couldn't use manufactured insulation without some modification.  So I donned a mask and split a roll of insulation in half.  We (my wonderful sister came and helped) were then able to fit the insulation into the space between the studs.  Some of it had the paper back and other was fit in without paper.

Here is the final insulation job:



You can see Mike's electric wires hanging out.
Here is the new electric box.

Next post:  New walls!

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