I'm new here and am in the process of purchasing a 2017 Vintage Cruiser 19ERD. It's my first camper, but my new husband's sixth.
I have sleep apnea and will need to take my CPAP machine with me on the road. Is there an electrical outlet in the room, other than the one by the TV connections? I know there's a USB plug on one of the nightstands, but my machine doesn't have a USB adapter.
Hello and welcome! I don't have the same model but have added many outlets in the past.
I'm sure if you look at the layout that a receptical can be added in the area needed for sure.
If you are not sure someone with a little electrical experience could definitely help you out.
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A short run of 14/2 ul wire, receptical and a box and cover plate is all you should need material wise to add the extra outlet
Good luck and happy camping!!!
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It looks like the Vintage Cruiser has an outlet on the outside side near the front passenger side to plug solar panels into. The floors of the closets in that trailer look like they would also be the ceiling of the pass-through storage area. What I did on my trailer was to run an 8-guage wire down through the floor there into the front corner of the pass-through storage compartment. The wires from that solar panel connection on the side of the trailer should be fairly heavy gauge wire going directly to the battery, which has 12-volts DC constantly. I spliced the wires I ran into that wiring.
Now that you have 12-volts DC available beside the bed. You can do one of two things.
1. Buy a 12-volt DC adapter for your CPAP machine, install the required "cigarette lighter" type DC receptacle in the wall of the closet. I had that for my old CPAP machine. OR
2. Install a cheap 400-watt inverter for regular 110v AC power and plug your normal CPAP power supply into it. I also did this for my wife's CPAP which we did not have a 12-volt power supply for.
I really like my solution because the CPAPs run off the 12-volt DC system which can be used when not plugged into shore power (boondocking, dry camping) for a night. (or three with better batteries).
I watched an old video of your year and model camper and in the video it was said that there is an outlet on each side of the bed. So I am assuming it does have a 110 volt outlet on each side of the bed.
We have a 2017 19ERD and I put my CPAP machine on the nightstand and plug in is along underside of bed! There’s outlets on both sides of the bed. At first I didn’t realize that there were outlets there.. somewhat hidden under bed!
Works extremely well for my machine.
SOLAR wiring is most likely NOT connected; should NOT go direct to battery,
should go to a space where a SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER is mounted, then to battery.
That would be true for roof solar wiring, but not true for the jack on the side (or front) of the trailer. The outside jacks are wired for portable solar panel suitcases that are assumed to have their own controllers. I've had two trailers with the outside solar jacks and both were wired directly to the battery through a 30 or 40 amp circuit breaker.
I had a 2019 19 e r d. There are outlets in that year on both sides of the bed and a shelf I use for my c p a p. Works very well. I would think yours would be the same but have never seen that year.
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