VACList Digest Tuesday, March 25 2003 Volume 03 : Number 142
When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary Digest text To unsubscribe or change to an e-mail format, please go to http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html Topics in Today's Digest: Re: [VACList] mystery switch & wire [VACList] Re:"A Guide to Your Southern Region National Forests" [VACList] Re: Bathroom floor Re: [VACList] mystery switch & wire [VACList] Tail Light Wires Re: [VACList] Tail Light Wires ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:06:05 -0500 From: "James Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] mystery switch & wire Mark, on my ' 68 Tradewind, that switch above the door controls the first overhead light toward the front of the trailer. The idea being that you turn the overhead light on with the rotary switch on the overhead light itself and then turn it off with the switch above the door. Then, when returning to the trailer after dark, you can open the door, feel for the switch above the door and turn on the overhead light in the trailer. I suppose that would be easier than climbing in a dark trailer and fumbling around for the overhead light and switch. I don't have the AL wire in the rear compartment you mentioned so I can't speculate about its purpose. Jim Greene ' 68 Tradewind - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 20:16 Subject: [VACList] mystery switch & wire > my 67 22' safari has a switch above the door that looks orig but does nothing > porch lite & h2o pump have there own switches any ideas? > also there is a 12v wire in the rear "ALL IN ONE DOOR" above the city h2o > hook > up not hooked up, is orig AL wire & comes out of a plastic gromit same used > on other wires, was it for a lite > > MARK > 67 safari ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:42:08 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VACList] Re:"A Guide to Your Southern Region National Forests" Terry and group, The number for the Information Center in Atlanta has been changed to 404.248.9142 You may want to update your records. Cliff WBCCI # 29625 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:35:56 -0800 (PST) From: jon fitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VACList] Re: Bathroom floor I am in the process of replacing my bathroom floor. I will supply pictures to interested persons when I am done. But basically, I cut the old section out in three pieces. The cuts were done at the inner edges of the main frame beams and the first (rearmost) cross support. The cuts were done at 45 degree angles with a rotary bit saw, as per the recommendation of some clever folks on this list. The new floor was put back in three pieces. By planning the cuts carefully, the entire assembly goes in (relatively) easily and ends up in compression. You can stand on the new plywoood, even without fasteners or glue. The hardest part was slipping the new pieces into the channel. It was deformed by the placement of staples and the pulling out of bolts over time. The new wood wouldn't go in without correcting some of this. Of course, some fine tuning of the pieces was also necessary. This was also made easier by having some smaller sections. I think it would have been hard to do mine by sliding the wood in from the outside. But, perhaps the damage to yours is in a smaller area. I was also reluctant to drill out the original bucked rivets. Good luck. It's exciting when you see that bright new flooring finally in place. Jon in SC 68 Overlander __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:31:52 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VACList] mystery switch & wire that's what i thought but lite has power all the time maybe some one unhooked it. will have to see thank's for the info Mark 67 safari ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:17:26 -0500 From: "Edward Emerick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VACList] Tail Light Wires Hello, I have 3 wires that run out of the the tail lights of my 59, one red, one black and one green. Do I connect the green to the clearance light wire (Green) and hook the red and black from the light to a red from teh plug for a left turn and stop and the red and black from the light to the Brown from the plug for the right turn and stop? I am confused about hooking the red and black together to get turns and stops. The 7 way plug wire diagram shows one wire for both the turn and the stop. thanks Ed WBCCI/VAC 4425 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:05:17 -0600 From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Tail Light Wires The tow vehicle wiring takes care of hooking the two stop/turn lamps together for stops or separates them to flash the turn signal. Nothing has to be done in the trailer. Hook one stop/turn to the left wire (the left lamp) and the other to the right wire. That's for American cars. Imports often use separate lamps for stop and for turn. There you need a little logic module to convert the separated lamps to a common circuit to run the trailer lights. Last time I bought one of those modules (15 or 20 years ago) it cost at $12. I presume it still can be bought in trailer stores, maybe the hitch department of Walmart, or J. C. Whitney, or car parts places, or RV stores that deal in hitch wiring. Gerald J. - -- Entire content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer. Reproduction by permission only. ------------------------------ End of VACList Digest V3 #142 ***************************** When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary Digest text To unsubscribe or change to an e-mail format, please go to http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html
