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Ford Transit mk8, wiring in before the lining

This is the stage nobody photographs, because by the time a van is finished all of it is buried behind the walls.

Every cable has to be in before the lining goes on. Once the walls and the furniture are in, adding one means taking things apart again. So the whole system gets worked out first and then run in one go: lighting, sockets, the feed coming down from the solar on the roof, the run across to the rooflight.

This is a mk8 Transit and the full conversion comes next. If this part is right, the rest of it is straightforward.

Cable runs taped across the bare metal roof of the van before any lining goes on.
Blue and red cable running along the floor edge of the empty van, against bare metal.
A bundle of coloured cables run through a channel in the van body and taped down.
Feeding cable down inside a body pillar by hand, with the workshop visible through the side door.
Two solar panels mounted on the roof of the van, seen from above inside the workshop.
Cable run across the roof to the opening for the rooflight.

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