Pantry Lighting
How do you light the pantry in our 5th wheel that is 24 inches deep? I went to the Home improvement store and found Intermatic Malibu light # LD622. It is a surface mount light, has a lens to cause the light to shine everywhere, and a 4 watt bulb, so not too bright and really lights up the shelves very nicely. And of course a door switch that makes them come on when you open the pantry. The lights are here: http://www.intermatic.com/?action=prod&pid=8877 . We have noticed that they are getting harder to find, so you may have to go on line.
My pantry is next to the refrigerator. I tied into the 12 volt DC feed for the frig and ran the 12vdc and ground to the pantry. The circuit is fused with a small fuse holder in the back of the frig compartment. Just take off the frig lower outside louver vent. There is both 120vac and 12vdc in that compartment. The door switch is in the 12vdc feed and then I built a wiring harness that ran to each of the 5 lights. 5 shelves= 5 lights. So whether we have shore power or not we always have 12vdc and with the door switch you just open the pantry door and the 5 shelves are lit. Just like the light in the frig.
Jim Brooks