My 2008 21RB has a inside switch. I wanted to install an illuminated switch so I would not forget that it was on. BF had just run a hot down and a hot back up, but I removed the blocky trim piece over the door (just snap off the buttons that cover the three screws, and remove it.) This will give you decent access to the area where the wires enter from the
fridge compartment and allowed me to pull the white ground wire out and splice another wire to it to carry down the door post.
My trailer was equipped with a gas/elect water heater but wiring for the elect was not run to the stove hood, so they put this red illuminated switch on the top of the LH storage cabinet behind the dinette. Terrible place as it was easy to activate accidently. I ran wires and installed illuminated switches in the stove hood to operate the water heater, and had this red rocker switch left over.
You may need to remove the
light fixture and tie a string to the wires, and use mechanical fingers to pull the wires back toward the door frame to work with them. it is doable however.
When you reinstall the trim over the door, make sure the screws start in the old holes in the wood structure of the door frame.
I installed new
light fixtures on the outside, as mine were very yellowed, so I bought black ones from Amazon and installed them. Black is UV resistant and provides contrast to the white of the trailer. I also replaced the belt molding trim with black to provide contrast. Looks nice.
The
light fixture I used for a
porch light did not have a switch on it, I didn't want someone to be able to walk up and turn it off. The one on the front, and the one on left rear at the dump area still have switches. I have LED lamps in them. That way if the lamps fail, they are easy to replace, and the fixtures are much cheaper than dedicated LED ones.
Bargman black porch light with switch
Bargman black porch light without switch
Red illuminated rocker switch without the base or bezel
Black base, bezel and rocker switch, the red one will fit in this base and bezel This is essentially the same as the one by the stove that turns on the overhead spot
lights above the cabinet.
Sorry, this phone turns the pics sideways and you never know what you are going to get, but that is the switch on the door frame, its hollow inside.