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    Posted: 08 Jun 2012 at 11:57pm
Hello Everyone,

I have ordered a Analog Expanded Voltmeter that I would like to install beside the Factory LED Battery Status indicator. I am guessing that there is a wire behind that panel that comes directly from the Battery + and a good Gnd somewhere nearby. I would like to Splice my new meter into those wires and am wondering if anyone has or knows where I can get a Wiring diagram with wire colours?

This is the meter I will be installing:

http://bluesea.com/products/8003

Thanks,

Sean
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I have worked on my 177's wiring quite a bit, and I don't think there is any rhyme or reason to coloring of circuits. When you get behind the led status indicator, I am sure the hot and ground will be right there to tap into.
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Ok that's good to know. I will double check everything.

This is the start of a bunch off mods I would like to do to be able to dry camp for weeks. Including an Inverter, Solar panel, Bigger better batteries and larger propane tank.

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This is the voltmeter I installed in our 177. 



I think you will find a bunch of the r-pod 12v wiring is like lamp cord, the hot and ground are sort of molded together and you can sort of peel apart.

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Thanks Karl.

Looks good. I decided to go with the analog meter to save power. All the digital ones I could find had a bigger current draw than I wanted.

Did you have any troubles running wire through the walls?
 
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No, there was a ton of real estate. I done some pretty heavy mods, but they are posted on the other forum under my same user name.
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Seems like a wiring diagram and a plumbing diagram would go a long way to help us understand the pods and would make trouble shooting more straight forward. A lot of the questions I have had would have been answered with a sketch. Why doesn't FR offer them???
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A plumbing diagram would be pretty straight forward, but FR used mostly white wiring for the 12V circuits on my 177. So, once it leaves the convert and goes thru the floor, it would be hard to tell what is what. 
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You can look at the wires attached to the side of the water tanks, underneath, to see what colors are used for the sensors.  Process of elimination should let you figure out what the power wires are.
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Originally posted by Alex&Marie

Seems like a wiring diagram and a plumbing diagram would go a long way to help us understand the pods and would make trouble shooting more straight forward. A lot of the questions I have had would have been answered with a sketch. Why doesn't FR offer them???


This is exactly what I was thinking.  This is a comment that deserves to be in the section of things we would like from FR.
Mike, Linda & Doxies
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Tow Vehicles: 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 (Linda's) and a 2003 Dodge Dakota (Mike's fishing truck)
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