Gadget 12 volt electric wiring upgraded.........................................

G'day Willem,

Real easy for this stuff to get out of hand hey! Just add some lights, winch and few more12 volt items and there you have it. Looks so much better now and probably less likely to give you trouble in the long run.

Kind regards

Theo

"And all of it works!!! "


As if there was ever any doubt.......:))))))

You've done very well uncle, now for a wash n polish??

Cheers
Michael.....soon to be retired and OFF..

Looks good Willem, make sure the wiring is away from/not touching the a/c piping as the return side gets very hot, enough to melt the insulation off wiring and makes a nasty mess when the shorted out wire "welds" on the aluminium pipe, burns all the way through and the resultant bang as the a/c releases all its internal pressure frightens the bejesus out of you.
I've had to fix a few HF installs over the years as the installer has cable tied the HF wiring to the a/c piping.
The "welding" and resultant bang happened to my BIL on his hilux while crawling along in low range years ago, still laugh remembering how quickly they abandoned a still moving vehicle!

Very easy for the wiring to get out of control when fitted over a period of time & I doubt you're on your own when it comes to having a dozen wires coming off the positive :-) (I know my early attempts were pretty ordinary) I'm a big fan of fitting the black slotted tubing over all accessory wires keeping it all neat while avoiding any points where it can rub through, particually unfused bits.
You may concider a cover for the solinoids in case you drop a spanner.
Cheers Craig...............

im seriously impressed what a difference. and now you know which circuit is what . good work

Hi Willem,
Sure looks a much neater job. That new fuse block installed, is that just made up of the appropriate sized spade fuses ?
I have been looking at our caravan which has a similar set up with fuses, 1 block of 9 and another block of 4. Problem is that every time I blow a fuse, as happens when you fiddle around with electrics, i never know which fuse is blown and i remove them one at a time till i find the blown fuse. Just thought, have you ever seen or heard of a bank of 12V circuit breakers, similar to house circuit breakers. It would then be a simple matter of flicking the C breaker back on. Maybe we may get some suggestions from others. looks like the Truck is getting ready for another trip.
Cheers

Willem

Electrically it looks vastly better - only two wires coming off the positive post!

You haven't quite achieved the visual schmickness that one would associate with perhaps a new BMW X5, but if you keep the bonnet (hood) closed who is going to know?

I'd like some black plastic ribbed wire protector over the main positive line going to the fuse holder, and I'd re-route the daggy red wire hanging over the air inlet.

bugga...
i just bought some red cable ties that i was going to send up to you....(anonymously of course...so you wouldnt know who to yell at for rubbishing your messy wiring....

it looks as though a pro has been at it now....