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01-17-2021, 06:34 PM
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Vintage RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Location: Rochester, NY
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Every one of you is right! Living dangerously is not a good idea. Gold is a good conductor, so at least I would have fried myself with style.... I have seen a lot of smoke released in my day.. I try to limit it to only bad smoke. I keep most of the good smoke contained.
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1997 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 31'
1996 Chevy P30 FROG 454 TBI 
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01-17-2021, 06:52 PM
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I assume going camping next week is out? LOL
I spend hrs and $$$ to clean stuff up like this that no one will ever see and really does nothing but look pretty right before it gets covered up. Wife thinks I have issues
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01-17-2021, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Location: Rochester, NY
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But YOU know it is fixed right when you are on the road. Peace of mind is a good thing. This was supposed to be a retirement project for me a couple of years ago. I haven’t gotten around to retiring yet, so it is a once a week project for the time being. (Although I am searching the web all the time for more info)
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Steve (spinroch)
1997 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 31'
1996 Chevy P30 FROG 454 TBI
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01-17-2021, 08:59 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Texas
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There is literally many miles of oversized gauge wire on my Discovery. Behind every cabinet drawer, ceiling, wall, under carriage, pilar and door. Must be hundreds of pounds.
All the dash stuff is connected to the engine almost 40 feet away.
Then there is hundreds of feet of cables, cords, piping, and hoses. Many run in a 2+' wide tray 20+ feet on the under body.
Wonder why stuff breaks?
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2015 Fleetwood Discovery 40E on a Freightliner XCS chassis with a Cummins ISL9 pulling 1 and/or 2 motorcycles, '07 Honda Accord OR a 17' Runabout Boat.
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01-18-2021, 09:41 AM
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Good luck with your task.....
It will be lot of work, but worth it in the end....
Your photos remind me of when I bought my 20 year old, 46' boat...
I needed to upgrade the radar, VHF radio, depth finder, and GPS on the flybridge, plus an additional VHF radio in the salon and new SSB antenna...
When I opened up the wire runs to run new wires, I decided first to locate and remove all the wire from previous installations, that was no longer being used, and was just left in place...
I ended up with a 55 gal trash can jammed FULL of old, unused wiring... The "purge" took almost two full days on it's own..
In the end it made the new installations easier, and really cleaned up the wiring on the boat...
Good job...!!
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01-18-2021, 09:48 AM
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I'm a master electrician and that pic scares the hell out of me. 
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2011 Keystone Sprinter 323 BHS. Port Charlotte Fl/Hinsdale MA. Retired Master Electrician. All Motor homes are RV's. All RV's are not Motor homes.
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01-19-2021, 04:59 AM
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Vintage RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Location: Rochester, NY
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Believe it or not, I like doing it. I spent a lot of time building test fixtures for the telecom industry. You start with one wire... This is my 3rd project RV. I’ll have to check back to see if insanity runs in my family....
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1997 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 31'
1996 Chevy P30 FROG 454 TBI
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01-19-2021, 05:19 AM
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Location: S. California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spinroch
Believe it or not, I like doing it. I spent a lot of time building test fixtures for the telecom industry. You start with one wire... This is my 3rd project RV. I’ll have to check back to see if insanity runs in my family....
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Keeps the mind sharp.
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2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0 Diesel 4x4
2- 2013 Yamaha VXR's 70MPH+. 2019 Sun Tracker 18ft Pontoon w/ 75hp Mercury
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01-19-2021, 05:48 AM
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Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Pensacola
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Electronics Tech in the Coast Guard. Always kept a jar handy,,,
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2016 Thor Siesta Sprinter 24ST diesel -1972 Moto Guzzi
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01-19-2021, 07:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooligan
Electronics Tech in the Coast Guard. Always kept a jar handy,,,
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Funny that it's "Lucas" brand wire smoke....
If you ever owned a British car with a Lucas electrical system, you never seemed to run out of wire smoke.....
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01-20-2021, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Powell River, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hattitude
Funny that it's "Lucas" brand wire smoke....
If you ever owned a British car with a Lucas electrical system, you never seemed to run out of wire smoke.....
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Little wonder " Lucas " picked up the nick name " Death Star Electronics" .
BTW: Three British cars growing up and 33 years at Chrysler where they insisted on using Lucas as a supplier . I've inhaled way to much Lucas smoke . 
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01-20-2021, 04:22 PM
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Your lifeline seems to suggest: when the going gets tough, keeping busy helps you feel safe and secure.
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01-20-2021, 04:49 PM
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Location: Burien, Wa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooligan
Electronics Tech in the Coast Guard. Always kept a jar handy,,,
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Too funny reminds me of my old Morris Minor pickup 
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2004 Country Coach Intrigue "Sweet Serenade"
40' Tag Axle Quad slide CCI #11811
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01-20-2021, 05:14 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Rochester, NY
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Haven’t found a job on the rv that scares me yet!
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Steve (spinroch)
1997 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 31'
1996 Chevy P30 FROG 454 TBI
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