Day 77 - Tucson, AZ

Hot weather has returned to AZ. The last couple of days had highs in the mid-60s. Not the case anymore. The project of the day was to run the cable for the Victron battery monitor from the battery compartment to the wall next to the refrigerator. The battery compartment is behind the rear wheels and the inside wall was about ten feet forward.

After some exploration, I found a route that starts from the back of the battery compartment and follow the frame forward to the front of the rear inner fender well. I then drilled a hole through the inner fender into the tank compartment. This full width compartment has the fresh water, grey water and black tanks. This compartment is just in front of the rear wheels. The inner fender was steel so I used a rubber grommet to protect the wire. The tank compartment had an opening into the furnace compartment under the refrigerator which had an opening to the inside of the adjacent wall.

I just needed to drill a 2” hole for the display itself. Lacking a hole saw, I drilled about 40 holes just inside a 2” circle. Then dug out the Dremel and soon had a nice, neat 2” hole. It’s just thin paneling. I then I nstalled the meter in the wall. Now I need some small wood screws to put the paneling and trim back. I don’t want to use nails as I may want to get back inside the wall to install something else. Maybe the EMS display.