Guys,
I have a lot of lights and accessories on my truck, and most are going to the positive terminal on the battery. This is making the terminal hard to close, in addition to making it slightly unsafe and not "clean" looking at all.
So, I bought a junction box for trailer wiring with the intent to use it as a way to route all my wires and clean things up. I got it the other day, but now I'm thoroughly confused. Obviously I'm not using it for its intended purpose, so that might be contributing to some of my confusion, but the main issue I have is that there is seemingly no single point I can use to power all 7 poles at once like I assumed there would be.
With none of the poles being connected to any other, I think I would have to run a single wire to power each individual pole, and then another wire off the opposite side for each accessory. This makes for a very messy box. I was hoping for one wire in to power them all, and then 1 wire off each pole for each accessory. Am I missing something, or am I spot on and will have to power each pole individually?
If this is the case, I'm thinking of connecting power to the first, and then running a wire from the first to the second, second to third, third to fourth, etc. Just so I don't have a huge 7-wire cable coming in both sides.
And I called the company for help, and the guy I got, while very willing to help, didn't speak english too well and kept telling me about fail-safes for trailer brakes. So, I turn to you for help...
I've included an image of the exact box below (with some wires in place) to help you picture things.
I have a lot of lights and accessories on my truck, and most are going to the positive terminal on the battery. This is making the terminal hard to close, in addition to making it slightly unsafe and not "clean" looking at all.
So, I bought a junction box for trailer wiring with the intent to use it as a way to route all my wires and clean things up. I got it the other day, but now I'm thoroughly confused. Obviously I'm not using it for its intended purpose, so that might be contributing to some of my confusion, but the main issue I have is that there is seemingly no single point I can use to power all 7 poles at once like I assumed there would be.
With none of the poles being connected to any other, I think I would have to run a single wire to power each individual pole, and then another wire off the opposite side for each accessory. This makes for a very messy box. I was hoping for one wire in to power them all, and then 1 wire off each pole for each accessory. Am I missing something, or am I spot on and will have to power each pole individually?
If this is the case, I'm thinking of connecting power to the first, and then running a wire from the first to the second, second to third, third to fourth, etc. Just so I don't have a huge 7-wire cable coming in both sides.
And I called the company for help, and the guy I got, while very willing to help, didn't speak english too well and kept telling me about fail-safes for trailer brakes. So, I turn to you for help...
I've included an image of the exact box below (with some wires in place) to help you picture things.