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08-07-2015, 03:38 AM
My 2008 Raptor requires bathroom users to be tall enough to reach the ceiling to turn on the light which was creating a small problem for our family.
I purchased an inexpensive RV switch from Amazon and proceeded to install in last night.
I removed the light and used a hole saw to open the ceiling behind the light. Once I could stick my hand up in there I found a hole where factory wires ran down from the ceiling into the wall. I fished a new pair of wires down the wall and cut a small hole for the switch. I snipped the hot side of the light's switch and spliced in the new wall mounted switch. In hindsight I should have done the ground side since there was no juice on it with the light switch off.
All in all it was a simple mod that used about 4 ft of 14ga wire from Lowe's and a $10 switch from Amazon to make it much more convenient to turn the light in the bathroom on and off.
If you're going to try something like this be sure to scout out where you might have wires going into the ceiling from walls. If I did not have a factory cut hole it would have been a challenge to get the wire from the ceiling down the wall.
Now to install one of those fancy fans with the remote control!
I purchased an inexpensive RV switch from Amazon and proceeded to install in last night.
I removed the light and used a hole saw to open the ceiling behind the light. Once I could stick my hand up in there I found a hole where factory wires ran down from the ceiling into the wall. I fished a new pair of wires down the wall and cut a small hole for the switch. I snipped the hot side of the light's switch and spliced in the new wall mounted switch. In hindsight I should have done the ground side since there was no juice on it with the light switch off.
All in all it was a simple mod that used about 4 ft of 14ga wire from Lowe's and a $10 switch from Amazon to make it much more convenient to turn the light in the bathroom on and off.
If you're going to try something like this be sure to scout out where you might have wires going into the ceiling from walls. If I did not have a factory cut hole it would have been a challenge to get the wire from the ceiling down the wall.
Now to install one of those fancy fans with the remote control!