the old trucker
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I am helping a friend rewire his 57' bombardier C18 snowmobile. I need to know if this plan will be OK. Here goes..
First the motor & battery are in the back, with the dash, heater, wiper motor & radio & electric gauges up front, gas, oil, water & volt 12 to 15' apart. We have 2, 7 way trailer cord wires (6 - 14 gauge & 1 - 12 gauge, each one) run from back to front . I plan to run a heavy battery cable (1 awg) from the positive on battery to the front which will have a "HOT STRIP" ( a piece of 1/4" T, x 1" W, x 12" L copper strip, isolated from body. It will be "HOT" always. Sorta like a fuse panel.
I will bolt on a bunch of circuit breakers to this strip which will have a wire run to each individual switch & on to the lights, heater, etc. I will use a relay for the lights & heater. It's like the way Freightliner trucks were wired.. Sound good or should I change anything ??? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Ohh, I also plan to use a Master Switch just after the battery.
The Old Trucker (OT.)
First the motor & battery are in the back, with the dash, heater, wiper motor & radio & electric gauges up front, gas, oil, water & volt 12 to 15' apart. We have 2, 7 way trailer cord wires (6 - 14 gauge & 1 - 12 gauge, each one) run from back to front . I plan to run a heavy battery cable (1 awg) from the positive on battery to the front which will have a "HOT STRIP" ( a piece of 1/4" T, x 1" W, x 12" L copper strip, isolated from body. It will be "HOT" always. Sorta like a fuse panel.
I will bolt on a bunch of circuit breakers to this strip which will have a wire run to each individual switch & on to the lights, heater, etc. I will use a relay for the lights & heater. It's like the way Freightliner trucks were wired.. Sound good or should I change anything ??? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Ohh, I also plan to use a Master Switch just after the battery.
The Old Trucker (OT.)