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Originally Posted by AStreamNerds
My front outlet pushed against the inner skin but it did end up flush. Unless there are places where the middle ribs are thinner then others I am not sure why yours would be any different. I would assume that the space between the inner and outer skins were equal. Sorry you had that problem - I have added that info to my video description. Hopefully you get this sorted out.
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Yep, no way it was going in flush no matter who hard I pushed. I think I know why--right above the inlet location, was the floor of my closet that is flush to the inner skin. So there was no "flex" in the skin.
After my initial annoyance subsided, I decided to figure out a fix. I removed the closet floor for easy access, and fortunately could see the wire from the power center coming across the floor and up between the skins through an existing hole for wiring. I pulled the wire down from between the skins so that it was inside the trailer below the closet. Then I measured the location of the center of the power inlet by measuring from the center of the fresh tank fill on the outside, then transposed those measurement to the inside skin, to make sure there was nothing on the inside that would be in the way.
Then I drilled a pilot hole into the inner skin from outside, eyeballing the center of the outer skin hole. There are some wires nearby in between the skins, just pushed them aside to make sure they were safe for my next step. Then I went back inside and used my Rotozip to cut a round hole in the inner skin using the pilot hole as my guide to center it. Put some rubber hose secured by duct tape to protect the wire from the rough edge in case of any contact. pushed the wire out through the holes in the inner and outer skins, assembled the outlet, and it fit easily flush on the outside, since it was now able to extend beyond the inner skin by about 1/4 inch, into the bay were the water pump and wiring and misc. ductwork is.
So it was a little more involved, but I was able to work it out. Was meaning to update this thread so thanks for the reminder.