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Adding Features
Author: BigRabbitMan (Show all albums)

This album details the process of adding a couple of more convenient water pump switches and a 12 Volt outlet.
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And here is the view of the newly installed water pump switch below the light switch when looking from a seated position. Very convenient in the middle of the night and you have just used the facilities and everyone else is asleep! Note: should you want to add this switch as well, another source of power would be overhead where the power comes in for the lights and vent. A line could then be dropped down to the switch location and then on down and forward to the pump.


Here is the newly added water pump switch below the existing light switch (that did not work as it was disconnected). I also removed the exhaust fan shrouding for access to the wires and dropped a new wire down to the wall switch and back up to the light. Now the light can be turned on when entering without reaching up over the sink. The light can also now be turned on by children without adult assistance!


Secondly, that single line was then used to pull double lines from the fuse block (my source of power) back to the new switch location in the bathroom. You can see the blue line attached to the fuse block that curves and heads rearward and then, behind and under the other lines, the blue line coming back forward and to the water pump.


By pulling the drawer out that is under the refer, easy access was achieved to pass the line forward.


First, I fished a line down from the light swich opening and then forward. You can see the line here.


By this point I had decided that it would be much better to place the new switch down low on on the slender section of wall between the door and the shower for two reasons. One, it would be the best spot for the switch and, secondly, it would be relatively easy to run the wires to and from the switch. This was confirmed by removing the inspection panel in the hall outside of the shower. This is what you see.


The floor boards were then replaced under the sink. The floor consists of two plywood sections. Slip the one in to your left and then just drop the other one in place.


Here are your sink drain and vent lines. The water goes to the left and down to the grey water tank and the vent line goes up to the ceiling and then forward to connect to the shower vent line. There is then one penetration through the roof to vent the grey tank and both drain traps.


Neither option looked very good so I decided to just look around while I was under there.


.... or do I attempt do the same following the heater duct along the outside wall?


So now the question was do I attempt to fish a line through this mess of old insulation parallel with the water lines under the floor and shower ....


Now I started looking for a route to run wires to another water pump switch that would be located in the bathroom at a location convenient to someone sitting on the throne in the middle of the night. First I emptied the stuff from under the bathroom sink and lifted up the floor.
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