110/115/120/Volt Outside Service on Berkshire 38A?

Bobbyj · 02-09-2016, 01:34 PM

I was wondering about the location of 110 service, if any, on the passenger (tailgating) side of the Berkshire 38A. I have watched the youtube videos, but did not see mention of an outlet. I obviously, don't own one yet, or I could look. We pick up the new ride in about a month. Thanks in advance for your help. Bobbyj.

Paulie Boy · 02-09-2016, 02:00 PM

In the first cabinet behind the front wheel you'll find a 110 outlet on the top shelf.

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NO3putt · 02-09-2016, 03:38 PM

You can also use the engine block outlet, ours is in the power cord cabinet on the drivers side.

oldkeywest91 · 02-09-2016, 08:19 PM

behind the outside TV

jpcamper · 02-09-2016, 08:25 PM

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behind the outside TV

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how accessible is the one behind the outside tv ?

dan-nickie · 02-09-2016, 08:39 PM

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how accessible is the one behind the outside tv ?

Mine is easy to access on the side, but it is only a single outlet.

oldkeywest91 · 02-09-2016, 09:06 PM

I use a power strip to use my laptop outside.easy to reach plug behind tv

Bobbyj · 02-09-2016, 09:45 PM

Great, perfect, just what I had hoped. Thanks for the quick response.

BJ

5456Mich · 02-10-2016, 08:35 AM

On mine there is also an outlet in the storage bay passenger side ceiling towards the rear where the central vac. plugs in.

gordonsick · 02-10-2016, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobbyj

I was wondering about the location of 110 service, if any, on the passenger (tailgating) side of the Berkshire 38A. I have watched the youtube videos, but did not see mention of an outlet. I obviously, don't own one yet, or I could look. We pick up the new ride in about a month. Thanks in advance for your help. Bobbyj.

On our Berk 34QS, there is a large square electrical junction box in the ceiling of the main storage bay (the one with the slide). I've been planning to pull power out of that (once I figure out which circuit it serves, and especially whether it is 110 rather than 220v), and put in a GFCI power plug on the side wall, above the propane connection. Then I should be able to safely deliver power to the outside, because there is a nice little trap door at the bottom of the bay to take the propane out.

I also have the outlet in the passenger side front bay, as others describe.

And also one for the block heater. Since the block heater outlet is in the electrical bay with another door at the bottom, I'm thinking of replacing that single outlet with a double GFCI, so I can get power from it. The block heater is clearly 110v.

Bobbyj · 02-10-2016, 03:25 PM

Dear Gordon,

Super! I was hoping I too could use the bay with the deck plate (LP hookup location) to pull 110v power. We use crockpots etc. while tailgating and need some external power. So, your suggestion to pull power from the large bay junction box is perfect. Another reason I am interested is due to wanting to add LED awning lights, that actually shed some light, this presuming the factory installed LED's in the awning to be as poor as my current awning light in the Sportscoach. I was going to use a 110v to 12v transformer to make that work, unless there is a way to tap into 12V power on the existing lead in the awning. I will take a closer look in a few weeks when we go to MI to pick up the one in my picture. Berk 38A Mystic Shadow. Thanks again for the great help. BJ

silver · 02-10-2016, 09:40 PM

I pulled power from one of the kitchen wall plugs and brought it to the outside next to hot water heater. Was pretty easy.

gordonsick · 02-11-2016, 12:48 PM

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I pulled power from one of the kitchen wall plugs and brought it to the outside next to hot water heater. Was pretty easy.

I notice that you only paid $2.49 for the outlet, so it isn't ground fault protected (GFCI). It does present an electrocution risk. Most building codes require outside plugs to be ground-fault protected, and for a good reason.

The fix is not expensive.

5456Mich · 02-11-2016, 03:05 PM

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I notice that you only paid $2.49 for the outlet, so it isn't ground fault protected (GFCI). It does present an electrocution risk. Most building codes require outside plugs to be ground-fault protected, and for a good reason.

The fix is not expensive.

But if it was fed from the kitchen outlet it is protected by GFCI.

silver · 02-11-2016, 08:03 PM

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But if it was fed from the kitchen outlet it is protected by GFCI.

That is correct. Everything down stream from the GFIC will be GFIC also.

Subsailor · 02-12-2016, 09:45 AM

That's a good looking install Silver. Did you route the wire down through the wall or go down through the basement and over to the new outlet? -Glenn

silver · 02-12-2016, 05:55 PM

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That's a good looking install Silver. Did you route the wire down through the wall or go down through the basement and over to the new outlet? -Glenn

The advantage of taping off a kitchen wall outlet was GFIC as well as it is in the slid so I did not have to go in the basement. Only had to remove the dummy wall in front of the hot water heater so I could get my big ***** in the cupboard to work.

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