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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: Jim Blackwood on July 29, 2026, 06:50:04 AM
I have two immediate inquiries.
The first one is two parts. 1) where is a good source for 12vdc power in the engine compartment? and 2nd where can you get 12v power inside the coach? Are there other possibilities than the panel under the driver's window? I still have the overhead bins and associated wiring. Also, I have some wires sticking out of the ceiling that I think might have been courtesy lights or maybe a switch where the bathroom was.
The second inquiry has to do with the florescent interior lighting. This would be 110v right? OK, I know if you plug in a cord to the socket below the driver's side panel on the outside of the bus one row of the lights comes on and there are two rows but I don't want to make this two complicated right away.
Is there an easy way to wire in shore power and a switch or two so that the florescent lights can be switched on from shore power other than running wires to the extension cord socket on the side of the bus? I already have a shore line, breaker panel, and 110v wiring for outlets run inside the bus. Any ideas here? I'd like to make it as convenient as I can. Might consider a 3 way circuit with one switch by the door and one in the bedroom.
Jim
I forget but I think terminal 55 in the rear JB is the only 12v supply in the engine compartment besides the alternator exciter field you can pickup a 12v supply from the Vanner or the cut off switch on the DL3.Both rows of lights should come on when you plug into station lighting,I don't what is going on there
Thanks, maybe they do. I'll get into it more later. Might be just one row came on another way. Might have been when I had the bus running. I've been turning on those lights by plugging a short extension cord into my inside outlets and running it out the side window to plug into the panel but I'm sure there's a better way to do that.
I'll check out that terminal 55, just need to go through the bulkhead and power the bed lift struts. That gets me started on the 12v wiring and there's several things to do there.
Jim