By "parallel" do you mean don't run ac/dc alongside (touching) each other?

Yes.

@@ChuckCassadyYT thanks for confirming, thought so but wanted to be sure. Very thankful for all this great content, I am taking copious notes for my bus build!

What is the reasoning for not allowing the AC and DC wires to touch?

@@rossallen738 from my research so far, it seems to be a concern of voltage inference whereby the DC voltage affects the AC conductor which is supposed to oscillate around 0 volts axis. I'm not an electrician, just sharing what I've surmised following chuck's comment 🙂

Yes please 🙏🏼

Yes please!!!!

Could you include how to add to your current panel, if you need more power/outlets?

That's awesome! thank you for stickin around

Glad it was helpful!

Hahaha yes

I appreciate that

Glad it was helpful!

appreciate that!

Glad you like them!

thank you!

that one is my favorite

Thanks for watching!

@@ChuckCassadyYT I was planning on converting the upper flasher/emergency lights to LED spots.. I haven't seen anyone do this on YT yet..any advice?

thank you!

Any time!

Nice 👍

love when that happens

i love to hear that!

That's a great idea! most of my connections are heat shrunk but for things like plugs that is a must do!

Yeah buddy! Thanks for watching

So nice of you

hahaha ive heard that one before

Thanks ken!

thanks! if i werent encasing them compeltely in foam, i would certainly do things differently, but the wires will be fully supported everywhere! one reason I love spray foam

I don't think he was referring to the support of the wires, but rather pointing out how tight all your wire runs are from box to box. There should be some (2" to 3") slack at each box to allow for movement of the wires without pulling on the box connections/connectors if ever the body of the bus bends/twists whevener going over uneven or rough roads. Love the videos and have gathered several good tips from them. Will be doing one of these in the near future. First raise roof, then I have 4 years to complete the rest on my own.

@@timdupont3227 i can see why you'd say that, but if the bus is flexing that much, then tile, cabinetry, and the whole works are going to be in sad shape too. In the 8 years of doing it just this way, we've yet to see those issues, so i feel confident. to each their own!

totally agree! when you hire stuff out, you gotta make it fool proof especially for the biggest fool--me!

Yeah, never hurts to try and make things as easy as possible....electrical is complex/important stuff......I even started using colour coded Zip Ties.....

it is 14awg

I feel like so many of us are "just behind him on our build" :D For me as well the timing of some of your videos was perfect. 🙏🏻😍

great idea, ill make a video explaining the order of operations. if you follow my build, its the order that im doing it in

Hahaha I hope so!

Just looked it up--looks really sweet. $$ but worth it from what I read. I already have my inlet for this bus but this one might be worth it. thanks for sharing

There is a link in the video description for reaching me!

You're gonna love next weeks video, then ;)

Most PoE only gives you 15W per port at best and usually only 12V under load so you have ~1A to work with if your tun is more than 10ft or so. That's about what a camera with some IR leds or a small single board computer like a Raspberry Pi 4 will use. They do make some pro equipment that go to 48W I think but the cost tends to go up faster than the wattage. That still is only going to give you around 4 amps which still isn't much but might let you run something like small low power computer or other device. PoE is great for what it was made for and the equipment that is made for it but don't expect to use it for more general electrical needs. Another thing to keep in mind is most CAT5 or 6 cable is solid wire which is subject to breaking in a high vibration environment like a vehicle you need to make sure you get strained wire and connectors made for it.

I have started doing this on my new videos! thanks for watching

especially that shallow blue box with multiple mudrings @@ChuckCassadyYT

Incineration septic is the only acceptable septic in protected lands like the Adirondack Park. I hate the idea of carrying around septic. It’s disgusting and too much work for my disabled self.

i use converters from victron but there are many out there. most are buck style

Yep. That will be happening here

14ga is great

pretty soon everything is gonna be bluetooth anyway lol

Well. Bluetooth has no dats speed and carries implicit security concerns. One morning while on strret a guy jacked my coffee card for tim hortons through cell bluetooth, and tried to get breakfastf for example,, you going to trust some person hacking Bluetooth or maybe using your connection to watch kiddie porn from your ip? a cat 6 circuit around the camper, to a switch, would give you way better options,.l and allowed you redundancy. So Starlink is using about 100 watts so thst is 1200 watts over night, so you will want to disconnect that so how you going to check on camper from a restaurant or social at 1an. I certainly want as little rf around my life as possible, and talking your approach opens you up to other security implications. Most people today want a small media server fircrhe music, andd central footage archive.and none of these wireless signals really are fast enough for a 10 gig video file. So I woukd disagree with that premise.

@VanlifeCritics my reply was a joke! lol sorry I didn’t make it clear

@@ChuckCassadyYT Lol, then I get it, bluetooth everywhere, long live bluetooth.

@VanlifeCritics wait till you see the new Bluetooth plumbing!

the panels are held in by clamps from above with these systems so it shouldnt be a worry

Watch the video this sunday!

@@ChuckCassadyYT looking forward to it. thanks.

hahah yeah there is nothing wrong with just leaving that wire out

@@ChuckCassadyYT hallelujah! 😅

Have you looked into electric vehicles that will allow you to get off pavement? I recommend them to all my friends. You could ride it up a ramp and store indoors.

In the marine wire world, the ground is counted, so what I call 12/3 someone from the residential world would call 12/2

Not if it's encapsulated I'm spray foam!

@@ChuckCassadyYT fair enough, lol i get that

@@ChuckCassadyYT good point, lol

I don't like putting the plumbing in the walls if I can help it. In this bus all the plumbing will be run behind cabinetry and under a section of raised floor

Wouldn't that create an air-void in the spray foam reducing it's R-Value in that location?