Skoolie Electrical Panel (Distribution Panel) || 2020 Bus Conversion - Ep. 16
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2020
- This week we install our skoolie electrical panel (skoolie distribution panel) for our 12V DC and our 110V AC systems. We have the circuit breakers and the fuse panel (12v fuses) all in one place. Shore power in a skoolie is just as important as an off grid skoolie, and this will help us manage both. We highly recommend this skoolie electrical panel and have it linked below.
TaleOfTwoSmittys || TOTS the Bus
2020 Bus Conversion - Episode 16
•WFCO WF-8930 Skoolie Distribution Panel: amzn.to/2AR3vFs
•EATON Br2020 Single Pole Tandem, 120V, 2-20-Amp Circuit Breaker: amzn.to/2Dumcja
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We're Cody & Laura, and this is our skoolie conversion of TOTS the Bus. Watch along as we turn a school bus into a home - a tiny home on wheels. Skoolie life is our version of van life. Let the bus life adventure begin!
TOTS the Bus is a 2009 BlueBird Vision with a Cummins 7.2L engine and an Allison transmission.
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Well done. That's an interesting combo AC/DC box.
It’s quite nice for the price. Great to have both sides in one box.
Wow, you guys are doing an insanely amazing job! Keep it up!
If you guys want to stop by Raleigh at anytime and help with our electrical just let us know haha 😂
Thanks!! I (Cody) have a limited knowledge, but I’ve learned a lot doing it. I’d be happy to share the little but I know, and tell you why we went the route we did!
Girl power, Im impressed.
your wiring is much more organized than mine does, great job
Cool Breeze Travels Ah, thanks!! After weeks of having wires laying all over the floor, he’s now nice and tidy. Also, we don’t have a garage, and with all our tools in the bus there’s no room for wires!!
@@TaleOfTwoSmittys gotcha, for the first few months I had to have my bus at a storage facility (because it was still a commercial vehicle) and what was funny about that was when I had done enough to have it registered as a RV or passenger vehicle went down to register it and they didn't even go outside to look at the bus, so in other words I should have taken it to get registered the first day i had it and I wouldn't have had to spend 300 dollars on a storage facility. thought anymore about exchanging shout-outs
great job on the wiring,,looks great and clean ! i watched another video on here that scared me to death about wiring Thanks
Love when it looks nice and clean!
You need to uae MC cable in exposed work locations, you didnt use wire clamps going in your box and you should be using gfci or combination afci/gfci breakers.
Wiring looks good and nice clean windows! Two off topic questions for this video, but wondering if you are being strategic about to weight distribution in the bus? Assuming you will be painting the bus, have you decided on a color?
Sensforce thanks! 1. We are trying to be smart about weight distribution but it’s proving difficult because a lot of the living space is over the rear axle. Here’s hoping. 2. Stay tuned to find out 😎
Does it matter which ground you go to on the DC side or just ground the circuit to any spot as long as it’s on that terminal? Thanks
you can use a wire crimp on the two wires, making a pigtail.
they also make a special green grounding wire nut with a thru hole so you don't need to have an extra wire, just a long and short cut ground wires.
Or you can use wego lever nuts
NICE build! question Where did get the latch/lock for the entrance door? Im doing a 99 chevy cutaway conversion. I must admit I have added a few bad words to Websters Dictionary...how about you?
Thanks Melissa on the Big Island
We bought it from Bluebird. It’s a Bluebird OEM part.
What power inverter are you using that connects your 12v to your breaker box?
Still working through the details. We have an entire solar system planned using a Victron inverter, but we’re trying to get shore-power-ready first so that we can move in before solar/batteries are done. Looking at a converter in the meantime to turn shore power into 12V DC. Electrical is not my #1 area of expertise, so I’m open to advice!
Is the bus bar grounded? I have mine set up but I only have the grounds connected to the bus bar
Yes, grounded to bus chassis.
Does this have space for knockouts on the sides for all wires? I'm looking to install one of these but in a very tight area - I wouldn't have access to the back, only the sides.
There are numerous knockouts and a lot of space. Whether or not you’ll fit everything through the sides alone will depend on what all you’re installing and in which directions, but I wouldn’t expect a major space problem.
What did you use for 110 to 12v converter
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Where did you learn to wire the distribution panel? Do you have any resources? No one really covers this.
The fuse panel is the most confusing to me.. with grounding and everything. Maybe it's just all the wires and connections.
Fair. I knew literally nothing when I started. Most. My learned from Nate from Explorist.life. He has a youtube and a website. Very good resource. Thanks for watching!
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@@isaiahbangura4421 Thank you very much for the link cause this video was more cheese than cracker!
What kind of breaker are them or did you use?
•WFCO WF-8930 Skoolie Distribution Panel: amzn.to/2AR3vFs
•EATON Br2020 Single Pole Tandem, 120V, 2-20-Amp Circuit Breaker: amzn.to/2Dumcja
I was hoping to learn how to wire your breaker box. Why did you go with solid romex wire. A bus vibrates like a boat you cant have any floating free wire more then a foot or less or it will fail to cracking but will cause a fire before total failure. Price isnt that much more. Stopped watch halfway through. Not a very informative video
That was my 1st though, solid core wire in a rolling earthquake, I can't imagine that wire will hold up long term. The wire really needs to be stranded and Ferruled where possible.