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Hi there,

Attaching to the nearest 12V junction i'm sure would be fine, you can buy various sized conduit to hide the wires inside the 'van which is cheap to buy and simple to fit. don't forget to seal all around/under the light with suitable sealant and you should be fine!

all the best.

If you have a 240v system with a zig type control panel the awning light is often run from the auxilliary switch. I know little about electrics so can't advise you how that is connected up.

If the light has it's own switch then it can simply be run off the nearest 12v circuit inside the van. Presuming your caravan is a typical design i.e. the fridge to the left of the door with a cupboard above it, then you could bring the wiring straight through to the inside of the cupboard, maybe with conduit to protect it inside the cupboard as Grub suggested, then find the fridge 12v supply wire and connect it to that. You can buy 12v 'T' connectors which makes it a simple job.

In my caravan there is a black wire tacked to the underside of the van floor (outside) which runs underneath the van from the point where the 12s wires enter the van, to a point underneath the fridge where it simply goes back through the floor and re-appears inside the van underneath the fridge at the front. Stick you hand under the fridge housing at the front and you should find the wires coming up through the floor there (or that's where mine are). They may be neatly clipped to the underside of the housing so you may have to pull the wiring out of the clips. There should be plenty of slack available.

That's my uneducated suggestion. If there is a better or easier way, I'm sure the experts here will advise you when they spot the message. 

The fridge supply wire from 12S should only be live when attached to the car 12V system and the engine running/ignition on so don't use that for an awning light.

If the fridge has electronic ignition or an interior light then you can use that supply and earth (white)

Any black wire from the 12S to the fridge is the dedicated earth return to the centre pin on the 12S

You can pick up via an inline fuse from a 12V supply to the lights or 12V socket and the earth in caravans is usually a white wire.

Many vans don't have the awning light above the door and this means that the wiring can often be in a wardrobe etc.

This is also an advantage if you wish to use a Caravanstore type of canopy

Its worth fitting an internal warning light at the same time 

Quote: Originally posted by ssteve on 27/12/2006

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Also worth mentioning, offset the light from over the door and then you wont have a shadow as you step down.

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Totally agree on this. Put the awning light roughly centrally and down from the awning rail by about 5"-6", so that it won't get fouled by a Caravanstore; should anyone wish to fit one later.

We seem to have agreement

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