has enyone retro fitted a rear view camera to their van, I'm having trouble trying to workout how to route the cable from the camera down to the chassis.
The cupboards in the ensuite are not from ceiling to floor
Maybe you could run a length of wire channel down with wire threaded through that, would look neat and tidy then. Run the wire through the cabinetry after that perhaps, bring it through the front of the van and then through some plastic corrugated wire tubing to the connection at front of Aframe.
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I have fitted a rear-view camera to my Jayco which is a full fibreglass van, In our van I drilled a hole through to the rear of the van after lots of measuring from behind the mirror to centre of van above the high stop light I then took it across to the opposite side to the shower behind the window pelmet and down through the floor in the corner and as Doug said I bought some plastic channel that has self adhesive backing tape this comes in numerous colours and mine fits in well with the cream walls.
Under the van I used flexible Electricians conduit which I secured firmly to the floor cross braces and clipped it to the A frame I then taped it to the power cable that runs from the van to the tug with RCA plugs to connect the camera on the van to the leads from the tug but I have experienced some difficulty with the RCA plugs and am going to consider advice from other forum members on a post regarding rear view camera connections.
Importantly make sure you seal up the holes where you go through the body of the van I used silastic, hope this helps.
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Does the camera have to be at high level? Are you able to bring the cable underneath the van and up to your bumper or spare wheel. I have done this, view from the camera is fine.
Many years ago when I worked in a area where we did a fair amount of conduit work, we would on occasion use some with an oval profile. Not sure if it is still available, but if you can get it, it looks much better than square or round ducting/conduit.
Whatever you use, it can be stuck down with sikaflex & painted to match the walls.
Many thanks for for all your replies , a great help. Feel more confident now .Just got to pluck up enough courage to drill that first hole. As Im frequently being told by S.H.M.B.O. measure twice and cut once I think I,ll measure several times.Once again many thanks all tips taken on board.
The set up of our Jayco made it pretty easy, toilet one side wardrobe in the middle shower on the other side. Just drilled through the van ran the cable down the back of the wardrobe through the floor and then to the front of the van in cable shield. You will find the mount for the camera is a lot bigger than the hole for the cable. Plenty of silicone will stop leaks.
Thanks to Neil and raine, mike for your posts. The jayco sounds a lot more simple .,,Yes I've seen safety daves videos but once again in a jayco, but thanks all the posts I think I have it sorted
