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kands · Account Deactivated

Hi all
Just finished fitting a reversing camera to our RV.... I bought it off a fellow MHFer earlier in the year )thanks, you know who you are....) and have only just found the time to fit it.
The drilling through the rear cap was interesting because I had to drill through the fibreglass into the void, I did try to send the cable along the void and then down the side but it wasn't having any of it.....
I decided that the only way to route the cable was to bring it into a rear cupboard and then across the rear wall, through the wardrobe and back out into the bottom void in the rear cap and down towards the bottom of the floor. Well the rear wall is mounted upon about a 2" thick piece of timber and this had to be drilled through to get into the cupboard, I must say that this was the most difficult part of the installation, and after several minutes of drilling one begins to wonder why one had not got a professional installer to do the job.... All sorts of awful thoughts run through your mind Shocked

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Anyway the cable finally fell out the bottom of the cap and I could wander around under the RV attaching the cable to the chassis all the way to the front end. I drilled through the front bulkhead, it was a mixture of steel and wood... and passed the cable through into the cab area. The cable was then run across to where I wanted the monitor and the power cables hooked up and it was all tested... Great stuff it works a treat. Tidied up all the cabling and secured it out of the way and then filled the holes I had drilled to stop water and wind getting in Laughing

I am really pleased with the outcome and I feel that the camera really adds a significant level of additional safety to the vehicle when it is being reversed.

I hope this gives encouragement to anyone else considering buying and fitting a back up camera....

Keith

lugnutt

hi keith....did you take any pic's of this job as its on my wish list to have one of these toys
dave

SandJ · Specs DB Admin

Nice one Keith, now what is your next addition? Laughing

Steve

Saruman · Account Deactivated

Snelly · Eastern Rally Co-ordinator

Nice one Keith, be interested in seeing your install... My new one has a reversing cam, but no screen! Another thing to find out where the wires are and see if I can reconnect it to another screen.

LC1962

CLS

Glad to hear the camera was a success , so theres no camera fitting party to attend at the b&b meet Wink

Cheers Mark

artona · Moderator

Hi

I love our "aid to reversing camera". A few weeks back a lead popped out and we lost signal, wow suddenly I could not park.

The chap who runs the MOT station I use however showed me official documentation to show that as far insurance companies are concerned they are not to be relied on for reversing.

The MOT station manages all the Dustcart lorries and they have them not to reverse with but to watch out for people jumping in the back. Officially that is!

stew

SandJ · Specs DB Admin