Power Distribution and Cabling Management

[JeepOfTheseus]

Interesting. That’s the first time I’ve heard of that yet. Did 1 and 3 have larger wire sizes than 2 and 4? My 1 and 2 are I believe 10awg. 3 and 4 look like closer to 14awg.

TBH that's what always confused me, the wires didn't look noticeably different. The fuse ratings are on the fuse holders themselves, though.

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[WILDHOBO]

TBH that's what always confused me, the wires didn't look noticeably different. The fuse ratings are on the fuse holders themselves, though.

I’d double check your wire sizes. Mine are absolutely different, as is expected with different circuit sizes.

 

[JeepOfTheseus]

I’d double check your wire sizes. Mine are absolutely different, as is expected with different circuit sizes.

I checked again, it’s very hard to tell. If anything I’m guessing it’s 12 ga and 14 ga.

In any case, I’ve since switched to a VOSwitch box, and ran my own appropriately sized ga wire for each fuse/switch.

 

[dcmdon]

Got it! Makes much more sense. I did not realize the winches drew that much current!

1 hp is 745 watts, which is 62 amps!!! (at 12V)

 

[Uparms]

I installed a BadgeGlow SimpleAux block yesterday. Highly recommend. It doesn't allow you to do anything that direct-wiring won't let you do, but the simplicity of it helps a lot. If you decide you want to move something to another switch, or combine things, it's super simple to move them.

I did add a winch solenoid to Aux4. With the SimpleAux Block, it took 5 minutes to wire up the solenoid. I just need to actually install the winch now, but everything is ready!

Thank you, lost my bookmark and was just searching for this!! Thank you.

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