chrisblaze
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Other than lights and winches, what else are you using your aux siwtches for?
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when ever I stop being lazy I intend to put a dash cam on mine. you can change the state to auto turn on through the radio.Other than lights and winches, what else are you using your aux siwtches for?
Thanks I tried to find it but was unsuccessful...Im a noob with my search skills (as the kids would say).ARB compressor, bumper off-road lights and power for comm rack (CB, GMRS and ham radios all located on it). Last one will be used to power off the engine fan during water fords (once I ever get around to doing it). There is another thread on this, BTW, with many more answers.
The installation guide for my ham radio said to go all the way to the battery. Any issues with using the AUX switch instead?ARB compressor, bumper off-road lights and power for comm rack (CB, GMRS and ham radios all located on it). Last one will be used to power off the engine fan during water fords (once I ever get around to doing it). There is another thread on this, BTW, with many more answers.
I wired my ham radio directly to the battery with a relay. I used a hot with aux wire to trigger the relay so the radio powers on immediately when the vehicle starts. May be a waste of the Gladiator Aux switch since it already has a relay. But I wouldn’t think it would be too bad to wire it directly to the Aux power lead.The installation guide for my ham radio said to go all the way to the battery. Any issues with using the AUX switch instead?
I'm actually not sure why they recommend going direct to the battery. The only thing I can think of is they are concerned that you might wire to something and overload existing wiring. I have a great deal of experience in maintaining and designing complex comm systems and we never worried about going direct to any battery. Not very practical when you have 30 radios on one aircraft, is it?The installation guide for my ham radio said to go all the way to the battery. Any issues with using the AUX switch instead?
Right now I have two switches in use - power to the fridge/second battery, and cell booster. Other two will be some sort of external lighting.
Here you go ...Thanks I tried to find it but was unsuccessful...Im a noob with my search skills (as the kids would say).
Who makes the overhead Rack your usingI'm actually not sure why they recommend going direct to the battery. The only thing I can think of is they are concerned that you might wire to something and overload existing wiring. I have a great deal of experience in maintaining and designing complex comm systems and we never worried about going direct to any battery. Not very practical when you have 30 radios on one aircraft, is it?
So, with my Gladiator I have all of the radios together, and wired from one of the 40-amp aux switches. Only one radio is used at a time--limited because there is only one antenna mount for the three radios to share. I manually change the antenna and coax routing when a given trip requires a different comm system.