Just wondering if any other 179 owners can help with arelatively minor but nagging issue I have with the wiring under therefrigerator in the slide out.

We just got our 179 earlier this year and I’m doingjust  a bit of work on it before we headout for an extended trip to the northeast. We’ve had the trailer out a coupletimes this year and my wife noticed wires sticking out from behind the panelunder the refrigerator in the slide out.

I removed the panel and found the rats nest of wires leadingfrom the slide out to the left hassock. I figured I could clean the wires upand improved the situation by (1) getting rid of as much slack as possible and(2) bundling the wires into flexible cable sheaths.

I pulled the excess to the hassock and sheathed the wiresand tried the panel. Two issues: (1) the wires don’t collect on their own intothe available hidden area for the wires and (2) the cables, though somewhathidden, are bulky and put a fair amount of stress on the panel when the slideis open.

 I’m thinking of a couple options: (1) Removing the panelevery time we setup and tucking the wires up on the ledge; still a nuisance andI have a concern that eventually the panel will get “sloppy”, (2) Add about aone inch spacer behind the panel to create some space for the cables to fit.

I’m wondering if any other 179 owners have found this anissue and come up with a solution.

BTW, I just did two other mods. First, I added a wire shelfunit to the closet; this was a solution I found looking over mods here on thesite. The shelf unit fits like a glove. Second mod was to box and add a falsecover over the utilities in the left hassock to provide extra storage. Thespace looks like it will be perfect for towels. The right hassock is alreadybeen purposed as a “hamper” and storage area for laundry items.