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Other than lights and winches, what else are you using your aux siwtches for?
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While I have one for my rock lights, I wired up another with just an SAE plug end connected under the hood so I can plug about anything into it as needed.
 

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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.
 

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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.
Thanks I tried to find it but was unsuccessful...Im a noob with my search skills (as the kids would say).
 

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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?

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.
 

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I power my GPS off one of the switches. Makes it easier to control if I want it to stay on while stopped along the trail rather than it turning off with the ignition every time.
 

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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 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.
 

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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.
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?

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.

Jeep Gladiator Uses for the Aux Switch Gladiator, Dec 19, CP_135426, Final Overhead Molle Rack Wirin
 

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Be wiring up my ARB compressor very soon to one of the switches. Not sure what else I'll use them for yet. I doubt I'll add any lights.
 

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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?

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.

Jeep Gladiator Uses for the Aux Switch Gladiator, Dec 19, CP_135426, Final Overhead Molle Rack Wirin
Who makes the overhead Rack your using
 

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Haven't taken delivery yet but planning on Bumper Floods Lights, Pilar Spot Lights, Compressor, Train Horn. Going to wire the winch direct to the battery with a kill switch. That should be all the electrical accessories I add. I hope.
 

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Bumper light bar, Windshield light bar, Bed 12v outlet, ARB compressor
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