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Originally Posted by Mikey
Hey Greg,
If your rig is similar to mine (White Hawk 28 DSBH), then "pre-wired" means just a hot wire/ground hidden in the back wall. In mine it is always on, which allows you to use it as a security camera when camping (not that I plan to). I may eventually rewire it to my marker lights so it isn't always on.
The wires hang pretty much straight down the back of the trailer under the center panel marker light, so I removed that light first so I could confirm the camera wires were there before drilling a hole in the back of my trailer. I then fished them up and out of the way through the panel marker opening while I did the drilling, then pushed them back down to the new hole and fished them out.
Anyway, here are a couple of photos from my install. I went with a Furrion backup AND rear observation camera (as opposed to their "backup only" model). It has a great signal in the cab of my truck, which is about 50 feet away from the camera, and gives me a continuous rear view while driving with no snow, cutting out or locking up. The display in the cab is about 5", full color, not HD but good quality. Found it on EBay for about $289. The price from this vendor seems to bounce around from $279-$300. The model number is FOS48TAPK-BL. It took me about an hour to install. One thing - make SURE you have all power off in the rig when you install the camera, or you'll blow a fuse. Don't ask me how I know...
My Jayco dealer said they pre-wire specifically for the Voyager backup camera system, but there's nothing specific about a hot wire/ground. The Voyager gives you a much bigger display screen, but I didn't want it. The Voyager also installs with a wire poking out of your trailer, whereas the Furrion mounts over the wire, much cleaner and tighter against the elements IMHO. The Voyager is also much pricier...
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We have the 2018 27DSLR, so a similar setup to yours, and also just bought the Furrion camera.
I'm trying to figure out where to pull power from. In the back of our TT there are three small ceiling cabinets. Inside of there there is blue and white wiring in a flex tube going up into the ceiling of the cabinet. I'm almost positive this is for the rear marker lights as there is nothing else up there. I was going to tie into that for the camera power.
I see the wires you pulled out were the same color combination.
After reading yours though it sounds like there is already a "drop" for a camera behind the marker light. Was this a "feature" that you were told about?
Ours didn't have this listed any where so if its not there I hate to pull the light off and have to glue it back on for nothing, when I have easy access to the wiring inside the cabinet already. But if there's wiring there on all TT's from Jayco I might as well use it.
Thanks in advance,
Don