It was a rainy day, so not ideal for working on the electrical cabinet. But, I did it anyway. You’re probably going to think I’m too picky, but when I pushed the electronics cabinet up against the van wall, the cabinet hit against the middle wall panel and sat about an inch away from the unistrut that I wanted to bolt it to. This was because the van walls aren’t vertical, but curve inwards a little as they go up. And, the electrical cabinet is 38″ tall. So, I was losing an inch of floor space, and I would need to rig up something to secure the electronics cabinet to the wall. So, instead, I decided to trim the wall board and move the furring strip to allow the electronics cabinet to push all the way back to the unistrut.
I had Artie to help me, as it was a two person job. We removed the one wall panel and had to disconnect all the switches and lights that were a part of that panel. Then, I took it into the garage and trimmed it down to the size I wanted. Artie and I then moved the furring strip. Then we reconnected the electrical connections behind the wall panel and reattached it to the wall. Here is a couple of pictures of the final resting spot for the electronics cabinet.
Then, Artie and I worked to fit the back board of the electronics cabinet to the frame. We had to cut out some slots for the cabinet hardware, and trim the original board a little so that it would fit properly. We secured it to the frame.
The rest of the day, I worked on installing electrical components and started wiring some of them together. I also drilled some holes in the backboard for all the wires in the van to come through and into the electrical cabinet where they will be connected to power. Here is what the cabinet looked like at the end of the work day.
Kind of looks like spaghetti now, but over the next few days I’ll get all those loose wires connected and the rest of the electical components mounted.
Looking good