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Posted By: cheeze1 on 01/31/10 09:30am

Gang, does anyone know where I can either get a wiring diagram for the Chevy cab or does anyone know which wire is for the high beams? I need to access it somewhere near the headlight for the new foglights.
Thanks!!

Chas Morristown, NJ
Trail Lite
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Posted By: Orion_42 on 01/31/10 03:05pm

Cheeze, unless you are using the high beam wire to turn the fog lights OFF, I wouldn't recommend wiring to that. For true "fog" lights, they are best used with low beams, otherwise the high beams reflect too much off the fog, rain or snow. In fact, my car's factory driving lights automaticallty turn OFF when I use high beams.

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2001 Trail Lite B+ 211

Posted By: cheeze1 on 01/31/10 04:57pm

Thanks Orion, and that is exactly what I want it to do, the wiring instructions from Hella have it set up that way.

Posted By: Orion_42 on 01/31/10 05:02pm

Cheeze, Ok, good, I kind of thought so....sounds like nice lights.

One other clarification from an earlier post of mine. It turns out the backup light wiring (tapped at the tail light) IS sufficient to operate the low cost driving lights I mounted below the rear bumper for backup lights. Upon disassembly of one of the lights I found a small short to ground which was causing it to draw more current and prevent the other lights from lighting. Not sure why id didn't blow the fuse though. Odd. Fixed it and all working great.

Posted By: cheeze1 on 01/31/10 05:16pm

Ok, that is also something to consider. I was thinking of using the back up light circuit more as a 'master switch' than power source so I couldn't turn on the lights at the wrong time. However now I remember I would like to have them as 'work lights' when the engine is off.

Posted By: Orion_42 on 01/31/10 05:16pm

Finally received and installed new sofa-bed and cab captains chair (driver side not in yet). Totally updated the interior to as-new condition on this 2001 model. TV replaced with LCD and relocated to where you can actually watch it from the dinette (has swing-out bracket). Feeble factory cab seats replace with slightly larger, more plush captains chairs (6-way power driver seat) and adjustable lumbar support. New carpets throughout. Indirect 12V LED rope lighting behind new oak valences under side overhead cabinets.
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Posted By: cheeze1 on 01/31/10 06:26pm

Orion, NEI!!!(opposite of TMI?) Where/what are the cab seats from? Which tv bracket did you use, have you driven it since then, and if so does the tv vibrate or hop?
what did you wire the rope lights to and what effect does it have at nite? I was thinking of adding some small LED'S in strategic areas for a little directional lighting at night.

Posted By: Gene in NE on 01/31/10 07:09pm

cheeze1 wrote:

Audrey, If you go back in this thread to December of last year you will see the mods I made to my 213. It's modeled after the layout of the BornFree "Built for Two" and works real well. I think a lot depends on your need for the dinette. I converted the dinette top to a table with folding legs and it works fine for us.

Audrey - cheeze1 did do a great job and here is the link to some pictures December 7, 2008.

2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene

Posted By: Orion_42 on 01/31/10 08:32pm

Cheeze, I got the seats and sofa-bed from http://www.discountvantruck.com. They took a lot longer to get than I expected (3 months!)since they are suddenly very busy.

The TV bracket I used was pretty heavy duty from Best-Buy, but if I had to do it again, I would probably start with the one available from Campers-World as it's more likely designed for road use. I did add an additional custom-made padded bracket below the TV where the TV parks during travel, so there's no vibration or movement.

The lighting is wired into the 12V coach lights below the overhead cabinets. If you remove the light assembly, you easily access the wire-nutted wiring for those lights. I just connected to that connection on each side and added a rocker switch to separately turn the rope lights on. The lights ordered were "LED- 12v 6'6" Warm White Rope Light package" from CBConcept.com.
They provide a nice warm indirect lighting that is way better than the glaring stock lights (which are still there, if needed). Below is a poor picture, but gives some idea how the lighting looks.
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below is a pic of the back of the oak valence I added with the rope lights attached prior to mounting the valence on the bottom of the cabinet.
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Posted By: cheeze1 on 02/01/10 08:08am

So you fished the wire thru the cabinet base to behind your valance?

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