Galley retractable receptacle

[dosby]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

Not a conduit.

Ok, I touched it and it's not rigid enough to be called a true conduit (in a Home Depot sense). But it does contain wires inside, so technically and semantically, it's a conduit
Now I wonder why they bothered to install metal electrical boxes and non-metal conduit, probably b/c they could not find ones made of cheap soft plastic.
If it were up to me, I would do aluminum conduit in all exposed locations.

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by dosby

Ok, I touched it and it's not rigid enough to be called a true conduit (in a Home Depot sense). But it does contain wires inside, so technically and semantically, it's a conduit

But it's not a conduit in electrical terms and it's certainly not metal

Originally Posted by dosby

Now I wonder why they bothered to install metal electrical boxes and non-metal conduit, probably b/c they could not find ones made of cheap soft plastic.

They didn't use conduit; they just tidied up some cabling with loom cover. There are many millions of homes and commercial buildings full of metallic device boxes and nonmetallic sheathed cable like this, because both of those components are appropriate for their purposes... as they are in a trailer.

Originally Posted by dosby

If it were up to me, I would do aluminum conduit in all exposed locations.

Why? Even if you believe that conduit is needed to protect the cables (which might be reasonable in a cabinet used for storage), it doesn't need to be metallic, and when it is metallic it's typically galvanized steel rather than aluminum.

[dosby]

Aluminum is a bit lighter than steel. Not too important for home use, but lighter is always better for RVs.
I am doing kitchen renovation at the moment, so I know that the building codes (at least in our area) only allow metal conduits under sinks or anywhere where the wire could be damaged inside kitchen cabinets. That is why I am saying if I were to be full-timing in our trailer, I would make it all bullet proof by using metallic conduit. Occasional use - I guess soft plastic is Ok. Not the worst thing inside a trailer, compared to common housing

[C&G in FL]

Thank you for posting the photos. Considering that exposed AC wiring is sheathed as well as covered in plastic wire loom for additional protection and maybe neater appearance, metal conduit is not necessary. And aluminum is heavier than plastic, even if aluminum is lighter than steel.
However, getting back to the original question, regardless whether or not wiring is in metallic conduit, it is not a wise practice to exceed the capacity for which any electrical component is rated.

[thunderworks]

In our 19, we installed this:
https://www.amazon.com/JACKYLED-Appr...7CQJ1VYH&psc=1

The counter top in a 19 is very limited spatially, so I installed this in our table. It is a 12amp, 1400 watt max appliance. We plug in a small electric heater at night, or the toaster oven at breakfast time. It has USB ports.

I find it quite useful on the table and don't miss another plug-in by the sink. The one drawback to this location, is that if you drop the table to make an extra bed, you need to remove the fixture since the front of a 19 slopes into the trailer space and interferes with the bottom of the plug strip. It only takes 20 seconds however, to remove and store the fixture. In our 19, there is a 110 plug receptacle in the PS side bench under the table.