wires in the roof on the caravan

[AbbeyOwner]

During the installation of my status 550, I used the template and cut a 50mm hole that was required So I got about halfway through and decided to do it from the roof instead. I had noticed I had gone through 5 wires knocking out the 12v lighting.

 

[woodsieboy]

If you have simply cut through the wires,you should be able to solder them back together,presumably they are all different coloured insulation. If you can pull through enough length to route them around the edge of the hole you have cut for you aerial the you can solder them and I would cover the joins with heat shrink material. If you do not have enough length of free cable you will need to solder in an extra length to rejoin the wires. The easiset way would be to get a short length of 7 core cable and take the coloured wires from that. If you decide to reroute the wires around your aerial base,you may need to go through the roof insulation,and a stiff wire will make the hole for you. Hope this helps.

 

[AbbeyOwner]

Ive got a roll of it so i will fix today

 

[Parksy]

Hi Abbey Owner
Looking at your signature I see that your caravan is an Abbey Vogue2 495 which was a relatively late model and one of the last produced by Abbey.
From what I remember the 495 already had a Status 550 aerial fitted with the base of the aeral inside the wardrobe, was your aerial missing?
I don't quite know how to put this tactfully but I'm sorry to have to say that if you cut a hole in the roof of your caravan without either knowing or finding out where the 12v lighting wiring was routed and have now cut through the wiring it may be a good idea to seek professional help before going any further with the possibility of more damage.
Why not get in touch with an Approved Mobile Service Engineer? Click Here for a list of contact details.
If you don't join the 12v wiring correctly there is the very real possibility of a fire so a mobile engineer would be less expensive (and safer) in the long run

 

[AbbeyOwner]

The owner who had it before me took it off the roof and I bought another aerial, I have booked my caravan in for a service so i will let them look at it.

 

[Parksy]

I'm sure that they'll sort it out for you and put everything right

 

[woodsieboy]

Further to earlier posts it may not be a lot of help as you have already cut a new hole,but could you not re use the existing mounting hole where the previous owner had removed the aerial. From your OP I am not clear whether you have made a hole in the outer roof skin,if you haven,t you may be able to get away with covering the hole you have made,hopefully it is in a cupboard and as Parksy has suggested get the work looked at by an approved caravan engineer,even if only for peace of mind that your repair is safe.

 

[AbbeyOwner]

I'm sure that they'll sort it out for you and put everything right

caravans just come back from its service they fixed it and all12v is working,all i need to do now is put mounting foot on and slide pole down with the aerial job done

 

[hortimech]

Is it me or is there something weird about this topic?

The first post by the OP was 9:51AM
He then posted again at 10:12AM
He then posted again at 10:44AM to say his caravan was booked in for a service
He then posted again at 11:51AM to say his caravan was back from the service with the wiring repaired

This must be the fastest service ever, never mind the repair AND on a sunday!

 

[Sproket]

Sun, 10/06/2012 - 10:44am
The owner who had it before me took it off the roof and I bought another aerial,
I have booked my caravan in for a service so i will let them look at it.

Sun, 10/06/2012 - 11:51am

I'm sure that they'll sort it out for you and put everything right

caravans just come back from its service they fixed it and all 12v is working

,all i need to do now is put mounting foot on and slide pole down with the aerial job done

Glad you have got it sorted, was he a Ex: kwikfit fitter ?

 

[AbbeyOwner]

amazing what they can do all they did was service the undercarriage and fixed the wiring and done the aerial

 

[Parksy]

You must share the name of the service engineers, was it Supersonic Sids Service by any chance?
If they serviced the undercarriage are you sure that they weren't working for the RAF?

 

[Dustydog]

I thought Sunday was a day of rest

 

[Sproket]

They only greased the nipples

 

[AbbeyOwner]

You must share the name of the service engineers, was it Supersonic Sids Service by any chance?
If they serviced the undercarriage are you sure that they weren't working for the RAF?

I will tell you why because they are open on sundays til 4:30, so i had a quick undercarriage check and sorted the wiring out time to get a blade fuse because it blew

 

[Parksy]

I'm very impressed and wish that all caravan service departments were as quick and efficient as that