Ice House Wiring advice

  • BRANDON RINGWOLSKI
    Posts: 10
    #2102010

    Hi all,

    Ive been searching the web and youtube to no avial to find the info i need on wiring an enclosed trailer that i would like to use at my hunting lease, and for the occasional trip on the ice. It is going to be bare bones nothing fancy.

    2 interior lights
    1 exterior door light (maybe)
    3 outlets to charge phone and for small tv
    No electricity needed for heater

    At the lease i can plug in from an outlet in a barn. I would also like to be able to plug in from a generator if i were to take it on the ice one day.

    How do i do this? Every video or forum i read is very different.

    I want to run from the barn (or generator) and plug into the side of the trailer. Have 120v for outlets and lights, or put the lights only on a 12v system if its not complicated. I do not need huge batteries or solar panels. The electrical will ONLY be used if i am plugged in to the barn or a generator. Will not be needed aside from that. Heater does not require electricity.

    What do I need from start to finish?
    Do i need an rv style breaker panel (30 amp)? Fuses? Invertor or converter? What guage wiring? (I was planning to wire it in 14/2 as the barn circuit is 15 amp) Is there a one do all system thats not crazy complicated? Most of the wiring i see people doing is way overboard for the few lights and outlets i need.

    If I am missing something for safety please let me know.
    Please feel free to post specifically what you do.

    Justin Laack
    Austin,mn
    Posts: 478
    #2102043

    Easiest thing I would do is up at the V mount 2 bellboxes. One with a 120v inlet, nippled to the other box with a (wr) gfci and metal in use cover. Drill into the inside of trailer to run your wiring to outlets and switches for exterior and interior lights. Connect the wires from inside trailer to the load side of the gfci. Wires from the inlet to the gfci on the line side. The trailer will pop if you are using too much or it detects a problem in something that you may have plugged into an outlet. If your plugged into a barn outlet it may be a gfci receptacle as well and then you would have a gfci going to the gfci on the trailer.

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