Surge protector installation

mjlrpod, Hope you can find it cheaper, but the cheapest I have found it is $220. My dealer told me it cost them about the same as I can buy it on Amazon. I plan to buy it on Amazon, as they have free shipping.
   furpod, thanks again for all the help. I waded through the snow again today, and took another look inside the power distribution area. The orange romex is right there, as you had told me. Other than being a little tight to work in there, it looks like a very straight-forward installation. Unfortunately, I will have to wait another month or so until I can get my rpod out of the pole building to work on it. Am getting anxious for Spring now!!!

Originally posted by Ira Thanks furpod. It would be a lot easier to work on it in that location. However, I like the idea of having the monitor located on the wall on the right, as you come in the camper. Don't know how you would get the wire over to that location. Guess I will stay with the lower right location. Just read through all 10 pages of your mods. You have been very creative. Wish I had your knowledge of camper construction and electrical ability. I'll keep learning through this forum.

I think by the door is the best place also, or at least having the pendant where you can see it easy from the doorway. When you first plug in, the SP tests the power before letting it into the camper, 3-5 seconds or so. You can hear the microwave beep once the SP is happy, but it's nice to be able to just glance in the door at the pendant and see the readout.

Our new camper doesn't lend itself well to my preferred install, and it's enclosed/insulated underbelly makes for a challenge to running new wires around the camper, but I *think* I have it sorted out to get the wire/pendant to where I want it.

Interestingly, just today, over on the FB group, a 179 owner put his in the ottoman. I don't know how he handled the pendant.

I can answer that. Looking at the pantry, you would need to remove the wall on the left of the shelf as well as the wall behind it to get to the screws holding the shelf in place. You would risk breaking these parts as they are glued and stapled into place. It would be much simpler just to remove the power panel out and work it through the opening. I had to do something similar when I added a shelf to the upper pantry. That is how I know that it isn't as easy as it might seem to get the cabinet wall panels out intact.

Originally posted by Ira furred and StephenH, Thanks much for your very descriptive help. I did wade through the snow this afternoon, and pulled the power distribution panel out, as you explained. In my case, I did not have an orange cable, but a Red and a Black cable. Am I correct that the red is the hot wire, and the black in this case is the neutral? Looks like a pretty simple process, complicated only by the small amount of working space. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

NOPE.. the 120v 30A input WILL be an orange ROMEX cable, enclosing a white wire, a black wire and a bare/copper wire. The red/black wire you came across is for the 12v system.

If you click on my mods link, and go to page 7, you will see a picture of ours, installed in our 177. While the floor plan and placement is different for a 179, the wiring isn't. There is also a link, on the post with the picture, to a walkthrough..