Electrical System

So, the part of this build that was most intimidating to me was tackling the electrical system.  Whenever I would read posts on the web where people would discuss volts, amps, breakers and other electrical "things" my eyes would glaze over and my brain would just turn off.  I knew I had to learn this stuff because hiring an electrician to wire up this trailer was not going to be in my budget.  Luckily I have made email friends with a very knowledgable lady who LOVES electrical stuff and remodels all kinds of travel trailers.  She has been able to answer all my questions.  I also bought a "How To" book on basic wiring that helped alot.  I basically ran two circuits off of 20 amp breakers, used wire rated to carry 20 amps and used outlets and switches also rated for 20 amps. 

This picture above shows how I added a junction box to the right of the breaker box to house the shore power cord.  The orange wire is actually too short inside the junction box so I ended up going back and making the wires inside a little longer.  Code is to have the wires at least 6 inches inside.  I also rearranged the wires inside the breaker box so they weren't all jumbled to one side.  Each of the yellow wires goes to a different circuit.  You don't want too many items on one line or it can overload the circuit.

The above picture is inside the cabinet where the microwave will reside.  It will be plugged up to the outlet on the bottom of the cabinet.  This is circuit #1 and I have the microwave, the fridge and a couple of outlets on this circuit.  This one includes the outdoor outlet as well.  That groove on the back wall was a mistake....I was thinking I had to run the wire up to the kitchen cabinet so I routed out an access point and then realized after planning everything that I didn't have to do that afterall.  Bummer.  The beadboard was so pretty. I might have to fix that.

This is the inside of the fridge cabinet.  I am anxious to put the fridge in there but need to wait until I have all the 12 volt systems wired up.  That is next!  I ordered the supplies and have started reading up on the details.

This is the back side of an outlet I put in the potti closet.  I plan to hang a mirror and a vanity light  in there so thought it would be nice to have an extra outlet there for a hair dryer or something.  I will have more pictures of electrical later.  I finally plugged her up and tested all the outlets and they all work great!  Nothing was smoking or sizzling so I feel really good at getting it done and learning something new.  (I'm having an eletrician friend come review my work before she goes on the road though....just to make sure everything is fine.)