How are others pulling the walls to run wires?

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   I want to place a couple of the Bayline meters on the wall above the factory meter and switches in my 179, but am not sure how to get in there to 1) run the wires and 2) glue some reinforced backing for the meters without destroying the wall in the process.   I've seen some mods where others have put meters and the like in this area.   How are you doing it?

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bjk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 23 May 2016 Location: Hillsboro, OR Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Topic: How are others pulling the walls to run wires? Posted: 04 Jul 2016 at 3:17pm
	I want to place a couple of the Bayline meters on the wall above the factory meter and switches in my 179, but am not sure how to get in there to 1) run the wires and 2) glue some reinforced backing for the meters without destroying the wall in the process. I've seen some mods where others have put meters and the like in this area. How are you doing it?
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ronahue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316	Posted: 04 Jul 2016 at 4:24pm
	If you are referring to the wall with the slide switch, that is a double wall. I accessed it from inside the top closet. Remove the top and bottom trim pieces held in by small brads, loosen the cabinet door catch and you can take a knife or small screw driver to remove the panel. This will provide access to all the wires and switches. Be advised the wall is only double to the bottom of the top cabinet then it becomes a single wall. I tapped my gauge and USB charging wires to the feeds for the slide switch which was good enough for me however a purist would run the wires down to the converter.
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sailor323 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Posted: 04 Jul 2016 at 6:32pm
	Like ronahue, I accessed that area from the upper cabinet. Removed the panel there, mine was attached to the framework with 4 tiny nails. Easily removed. If you want to run wires to the fuse panel, you can remove the faucet plate and feed the wires around the corner and then down to the fuse panel.

bjk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 23 May 2016 Location: Hillsboro, OR Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 04 Jul 2016 at 8:40pm
	Thanks for the responses! I'll get brave another weekend and pull that inside panel.
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TheBum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407	Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 1:40pm
	When I installed my inverter power switch on that wall, I let gravity do most of the work. The inverter is in the dead space behind the TV and stereo, so I started by pulling the stereo and dropping the power control wires behind the drawers under the stereo and under the bathroom. Removing the vent cover gave me an access point. I then removed the switch panel and dropped a separate piece of wire down as a fish line, taped the wires from the inverter to the fish line, and pulled them up and out the switch panel hole.

Leo B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517	Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 3:07pm
	Great tip!
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rynosurf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 4:11pm
	I pulled the factory gauge cluster out and used the cutout as my access point. I was able to run a fish line through the void in the wall from there down to the AC/DC panel.
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bjk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 23 May 2016 Location: Hillsboro, OR Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 8:08pm
	I just finished doing most of my wiring (haven't tackled the kitchen pantry wall or the TV wall yet) was to take two coat hangers and retwist the ends so hooks were at both ends (making one very long stiff wire). Then I removed the panel under the bed and was able to slide the hanger the entire length under the drawers/shower/pantry to the converter box. Then it was just a matter of hooking my wires and pulling it through. Didn't even need to use the vent access to get at things. I was able to pull two runs, one that I was then able to fish under floor with the other to come out by the heater under the bed. The other I was going to run up the wall later. I took pictures, but having a fit getting them off my camera. I'll post them later once I finish my mods.
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