Step by step guide to wiring 12v led light strips or recessed lighting in your campervan. I personally like the silver look against the cedar wood planks that i used on my ceiling.
12v Led Lighting Vandog Traveller
Wiring 12v lights in campervan. Hopefully you now know how to wire 12v lights and switches into your diy camper. Led lights with built in switch. They make great lights since they are small lightweight use very little energy and look great. Fans refrigerators 4g booster etc. Acegoo has different types of light configurations but i chose to use the recessed led lights in silver. You can also choose white if that is.
Wire lights dimmer switches and fan. Acegoo led lights have become a popular choice for camper van conversions and for a good reason. So all we had to do now was. Im a big fan of 12ga duplex wire for 12v circuits. I struggled to find this information online so as i was wiring up my campervan i decided to put. Videos on how to solder and instructions to get your lights turned on quickly.
Before we hung the ceiling we had attached wires to the lights and fan using twist connectors and wrapped it with electrical tape to prevent the connection from vibrating loose. Most 12v accessories can be wired using the exact same methods as described above. Wiring 12v diy camper van accessories. Its a red and black wire with high grade. Then we labeled the wires and ran them through conduit down to the electrical area. If you have any questions leave them in the comments below and subscribe for future updates.
Everything you need to know to install 12v electrics in your campervan rv motorhome or even boat. Its big enough for 95 of accessory circuits and when installed in lengths consistent with being installed inside a camper stays within the 3 voltage drop range even though most of the time it isnt necessary. Now that you know how to wire in a 12v switch and all of your lighting its time for a lesson on how to figure out what size and type of wire to use in your diy camper van electrical system. 12v accessory wire. Take a look at our full wiring diagram that includes all parts of the lighting system. Next we connected our led ceiling lights vent fan and outlets to the system.
We used 18 awg wire for the led lights and 14 awg wire for the outlets and fan. Switches wire size and all connectors necessary.