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Tom
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Had a spare 45 minutes this afternoon and I fitted the cable from the boot tool box and into the awning casing.
Fitting the cable through the loom and behind the trim to the tool box was easier than expected. I have now cut two small incisions in the underside of the boot loom, one for solar and one for the 30 amp feed from the leisure battery.
I had to drill two adjoining 6.5mm holes in the plastic end cap and plastic inner end to run the feed into the awning casing. I looks rather neat and I'm happy.
I decided to run the feed along the drainage channel under the top of the tailgate. The concern here is that the feed will cause a blockage and water ingress. Only time will tell.
Nearly there. I just need to put Anderson connectors on each end of the cable and I'll have a 30 amp feed to the awning. Because I have a Thule G3 residence room, the awning canopy support arms have been moved and are at the extreme far ends of the awning canopy; from the VW factory the front arm is set back about 30 cm. This means that when wound in I have a 30cm long cavity in the middle of the awning casing - plenty of room for the Anderson connectors to be fitted in place.
Fitting the cable through the loom and behind the trim to the tool box was easier than expected. I have now cut two small incisions in the underside of the boot loom, one for solar and one for the 30 amp feed from the leisure battery.
I had to drill two adjoining 6.5mm holes in the plastic end cap and plastic inner end to run the feed into the awning casing. I looks rather neat and I'm happy.
I decided to run the feed along the drainage channel under the top of the tailgate. The concern here is that the feed will cause a blockage and water ingress. Only time will tell.
Nearly there. I just need to put Anderson connectors on each end of the cable and I'll have a 30 amp feed to the awning. Because I have a Thule G3 residence room, the awning canopy support arms have been moved and are at the extreme far ends of the awning canopy; from the VW factory the front arm is set back about 30 cm. This means that when wound in I have a 30cm long cavity in the middle of the awning casing - plenty of room for the Anderson connectors to be fitted in place.
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