The Forum has been very patient with me answering basic questions and / or pointing me in the right direction so I’m hopeful to pay it back a little with my experience installing a dual battery system, key-on power, a relay, light bars, rear winch, and POS and NEG bus bars. While the length of my video would be no less than 40 hours, I’m happy with the outcome given my complete lack of mechanical and electrical skills and aptitude. I did chat online with Mr. Sparre and borrowed heavily from his highly instructional videos, etc. The accessories I installed all came with in-line fuses so I opted not to install a separate fuse panel and, instead, powered the POS bus bar via the relay. My schematic shows an optional POS bus bar powered directly from the AUX battery. When reviewing my schematic, the pros out there will certainly scratch their heads and find numerous inefficiencies, but hopefully no safety concerns. The wiring under the hood is admittedly unruly and requires a fair amount of housekeeping that I’ll take my time doing. Please do share any thoughts on improvements and simplifying what I’ve done. Thanks and I hope someone finds value in the schematic.
I installed:
Trickle charger lead
Color-matched cargo divider in bed
2 side LED light bars
1 front LED light bar via pillar brackets (had to bring the brackets to a machine shop)
Dual battery system
Relay
POS and NEG bus bars
Winch in rear bed (SB Wood and Weld)
CrossRoads switch panel
Key-on power harness purchased from the Club store
Dual voltmeter
Three rocker switches, one requiring an oversized switch adapter from the Club
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