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Re: [A/S] interior
Stephen,
The way they wired some of the old stuff would really rattle your cage. In the past
solid wire was used for 12V and 110V. And at one time the same wire was used for both
requiring a change of light bulbs and a switch to change from battery to park power.
Strange but true.
The current RV industry standard is for standard household Romex, typically 12/2, for
110V and stranded primary wire, 12 or 14 gauge for 12V. Copper of course. These standard
are not unique to Airstream, everybody builds them that way. Because Airstream's have
an all metal frame and skin, their engineers have always been sensitive to electrical
designs. They have always provided some means of testing the electrical source you would
plug a coach into to avoid any shock hazard that could result.
Charlie