Well, it's Sunday and we try to go a slower pace when the work permits. Today, the work permitted. Cattle graze summer grass so the feeding goes easy. And other than some hay that I should have been working in there wasn't much pressing on me after church. So I took some time and attached some extra lighting to the camper. On my topper I have two- square three LED lights mounted on my cargo basket on the front facing over the sides- and two 4" six LED lights attached to the back of the rack facing rearward. These lights are absolutely amazing! It's unbelievable how bright they are. So I thought the camper should have the exact same setup as the topper. I did a real tight job putting them on the topper and didn't want to take them off, so I bought a complete second set for the camper. Since the truck is already wired the job is already partially done. I used a six-wire jacked trailer wire to feed the system. It runs from the switches mounted in my dash all the way to the driver side rear stake pocket. When I took the topper off to go get the camper I cut the big bundle a few inches inside the bed. This left me room to put a female six-round trailer plug on it. Now I can put the male end on the topper and simply plug my lights up. The same is to be done on the camper. I ran the six round thinking that I would have extra wires already ran should I ever want to add more "stuff." Currently I have a ground and one wire for the front lights and a second for the rear lights. Since they are LED they don't pull that much current and I believe the wire gauge is plenty adequate. I only took time to attach the lights and get the wire leads into the camper. Hopefully one evening this week I can find time to finish. In the mean time I thought I'd update the thread and try to keep it going. So here's a few pics...
had to drill extra holes for the stainless steel screws to mount the rear light bases. I used two screws so I didn't have to worry about the lights rolling over.
An up close of one of the rears.
Front base mounted under the overhang facing to the side. It lined up just front of center of the rear door on the truck.
Close up of the three diode side light.
Not so close up.
The nearly finished project. The inside turned out better than I thought. All the wiring for the front lights is under the bed and going to run to the rear of the camper under the sink- totally hidden. The rear wasn't so simple. I drilled all the way through to the inside to get the wire in! It's mine- I'll do what I want! Luckily the hinges for the rear wall top section have Velcro laced covers and the wire is nearly unnoticeable.
So we keep digging and doing. Progress made is comfort gained! And besides, workin on your rig for fun is just that. Carry on men!
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