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So your camper has an electrical system, it just isn't connected to the truck to charge the battery? there's different ways to do it, but I installed one of these, a battery isolator, that will allow it to charge from your alternator while the vehicle is running, and it will automatically switch...

Dr.Science, that spiral wire is exactly what I was thinking about doing, thanks. I think I am going to do one 18AWG spiral in that same corner to power lights, fans, etc in the ceiling, then by the door near the back I will have a 10AWG spiral bringing the solar power down from the roof to the...

That's a great tip, thanks. I have just been shopping on amazon, but I will look on ebay too.

That looks like a great setup, I'm researching different MPPT charge controllers right now, but definitely thinking about getting that Renogy one. Do you know how you are going to attach the solar panels to the roof? That seems to be a bit of an issue for lots of Alaskans, since the roof is so...

Do solar panels need any special type of wire? Or could I splice in this type of wire to go from the interior ceiling to the lower half of the camper? If you just need 10 gauge, it seems like this could work pretty well for me...

Here a photo of the interior of mine. the previous owner had done some renovations, and it looks like they had run new wires under the ceiling, but they aren't connected to any fixtures, and the wires don't have any connection to the bottom, where the actual battery setup is.

On these older models (as far as I know) there wasn't any electrical connection between the bottom and the top. Both AC and DC (from the vehicle) ports were on the outside, drivers side, into the upper portion, so I guess it would be a dangling plug that you would connect to the vehicle, or...

I got a '73 Alaskan CO last fall, and I am doing some work to prepare it for this summer camping. Currently, it has been setup with a battery and isolator that charges it from the truck under one of the benches, so all the wiring is in the lower half, no power going to the top. I would like to...