working out original kitchen wiring

[steelslugs]

Hi everyone,
I've been looking around the internet for a while but can't find anything on this specific thing.
I was wondering if anyone here has experience putting an original kitchen in a non-camper bongo and trying to keep as much of the original kitchen wiring as possible?
One of my main issues is that I'm at a lost to see where the kitchen would connect to the van? (I know my van won't have the wiring) My plan was to run two cables straight to the battery. My ownly idea so far is that the connection could be within the cut wires in the loom which thought were for the fan and lighting?
Any help could kick me in the right direction.
Thanks

[g8dhe]

The wiring diagrams are on line here;

The next page shows the location of the connectors etc.

[briwy]

I did this a few years ago, few pictures here on this thread may help

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... it=kitchen

I had the battery under the bonnet though in the usual leisure battery position, I don't think it's a good idea at all to have a lead acid battery inside the vehicle (campers that do have AGM type leisure batteries which don't give off gas, veeery expensive)

I can't remember exactly how I did it but I do know that you have to get a live feed to the kitchen and I think I tapped off the feed that goes to the rear light. The leisure battery was charged by a Willinton type kit so the the wiring to the kitchen unit was pretty simple, hefty (fused both ends) cable to the battery from the kitchen.

Hope this helps