Buggy Wiring Ideas

BamaTJ · Aug 4, 2008

I was thinking since one wire carries it all to a single CB now that patching from one to the other would be ok as long as I am breaking the load down between more cb's, but I get what you are saying. I have a remote battery terminal very close to the breakers now, I will just run an extra wire to the new CB. No problem there. Thanks for the input.

Mr. Underkill · Aug 5, 2008

Matt,
A short and electrical fire put Drew Goldie out last year. do it right and one gauge heavier than you think you need.

BamaTJ · Aug 5, 2008

Mr. Underkill said:
Matt,
A short and electrical fire put Drew Goldie out last year. do it right and one gauge heavier than you think you need.

10-4. The CB I have now is 50A, I am going to take the WP off of it (11-12A) and run it on a dedicated 20A circuit. I am going to leave the fans and lights on the 50A. I think I will be fine with that.

P · Aug 5, 2008

John G just posted you a flowchart schematic for troubleshooting this system

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BamaTJ · Aug 6, 2008

Thanks for the info guys, I bought a 20a CB yesterday and some 10 gauge wire. I pulled it all apart and found out that 4 things were run through the current 50A CB: Headlights, Tranny Fan, Engine Fan and WP. I put the WP on it's own dedicated CB and power source, this should free up the load a good bit and keep it from shutting off. I also put on my LED rock lights that are kick ass!