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I took some pics and thought I would share this.
To run all my auxilary components including
2 sets of front lights
4 rock lights
CB radio
Aftermarket 12 Volt outlets
3 relays
I decided to run 1 aftermarket fuse block versus running a bunch of inline fuses under the engine. I also learned how to run a relay. I won't cover in detail how to wire a relay, but will link that when I find it.
What I did enjoy about this is.
1) adding the fuses in the cab
2) keeping an install clean without a bunch of inline fuses.
What was a pain in the @ss
1) getting the fuses in the cab
2) running all the wiring to the cab vs. just to the battery with an inline fuse
I bought a 12 place fuse panel at West Marine for about $50, they had cheaper, but I liked this style. My background in the boat business, I saw many aftermarket fuse panels and decided I wanted this in my truck.
It was available here
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...=true&storeNum=5002&subdeptNum=9&classNum=295
One note that is nice, you can add your aux wiring on your solenoid to keep it clean instead of running it all the way to the battery.
I also mounted a fuse on the 4 gauge wire going from the solenoid to the fuse panel which I mounted under the back seat. This is important in case you short out that wire.
Notice the fuse panel has a positive and negative mounting points. In the cab, it made it nice to mount a heavy duty ground and then use the posts for negative from the CB, 12 acc plugs, and relays instead of mounting a bunch of ground wires.
Pretty straight forward, I ran the 4 gauge wire to the positive, ground to the negative and nealtly wired in my accessories. A relay is key to use just a little power looping through the switch to turn the relay on and then a different wire runs the light.
When using an illuminated switch you need to supply some power to the switch, otherwise there is a really easy way that uses the switch to complete the ground, I'm not too familar with these methods, but after taking my time and searching the net I got it just the way I wanted it.
To run all my auxilary components including
2 sets of front lights
4 rock lights
CB radio
Aftermarket 12 Volt outlets
3 relays
I decided to run 1 aftermarket fuse block versus running a bunch of inline fuses under the engine. I also learned how to run a relay. I won't cover in detail how to wire a relay, but will link that when I find it.
What I did enjoy about this is.
1) adding the fuses in the cab
2) keeping an install clean without a bunch of inline fuses.
What was a pain in the @ss
1) getting the fuses in the cab
2) running all the wiring to the cab vs. just to the battery with an inline fuse
I bought a 12 place fuse panel at West Marine for about $50, they had cheaper, but I liked this style. My background in the boat business, I saw many aftermarket fuse panels and decided I wanted this in my truck.
It was available here
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...=true&storeNum=5002&subdeptNum=9&classNum=295
One note that is nice, you can add your aux wiring on your solenoid to keep it clean instead of running it all the way to the battery.
I also mounted a fuse on the 4 gauge wire going from the solenoid to the fuse panel which I mounted under the back seat. This is important in case you short out that wire.
Notice the fuse panel has a positive and negative mounting points. In the cab, it made it nice to mount a heavy duty ground and then use the posts for negative from the CB, 12 acc plugs, and relays instead of mounting a bunch of ground wires.
Pretty straight forward, I ran the 4 gauge wire to the positive, ground to the negative and nealtly wired in my accessories. A relay is key to use just a little power looping through the switch to turn the relay on and then a different wire runs the light.
When using an illuminated switch you need to supply some power to the switch, otherwise there is a really easy way that uses the switch to complete the ground, I'm not too familar with these methods, but after taking my time and searching the net I got it just the way I wanted it.
...actually, that is the block west marine had...i thought yours was 1 line...thanks for the pics...
