P1000 Switch plate jumpers

[Welshman]

Trying to purchase everything I need to do my accessory wiring and dual battery setup. Have most of it either on hand or on order.
My question is when you do your jumper wires for the switches do you just use regular female spades or did you use the combination female/male spades?
I planned on using 16 ga wire. So if you use regular female spades do you use a bigger size to fit both wires in one spade?

Thanks

 

[Admin]

 

[ohanacreek]

I used terminal housings.
Keeps everything straight if I want to move a switch or have to replace one.

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[FoMoCo]

I used regular larger female spades for two 16ga wires. The male/female connectors will not likely have enough clearance between terminals to use

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I used terminal housings.
Keeps everything straight if I want to move a switch or have to replace one.

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I'm intrigued. In what way did you use this terminal housing? Do you have a photo?

 

[Deleted member 3748]

Nevermind. I figured it out!

 

[sugarray]

I didn't, can you show a pic?

I'm going to add switches and redo my panel, anything that neatens things up will be great.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

This is how I figured it out.

 

[OnTheJob]

Is there a complete recommended list for this modification? Looks like a pretty cool one to do.

 

[ohanacreek]

You use the packard terminals and insert them into the back.


This is ugly I was beginning a rewire of the switch panel to have control for the rear winch. You can see I have each terminal color coded and labeled. I have a simple spreadsheet to tell me what loads are on what circuit and what setting I should account for in the PDM60 programming. As I add/remove accessories I update the spreadsheet.

You can fit (2)14gauge wires in one hole but that’s about it. With the amp loads I had going to the switches and accessories (& relays for larger loads) I could’ve gone with 16ga maybe even 18 for some but I have several thousand feet of 14ga laying around.

 

[OnTheJob]

You use the packard terminals and insert them into the back.

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This is ugly I was beginning a rewire of the switch panel to have control for the rear winch. You can see I have each terminal color coded and labeled. I have a simple spreadsheet to tell me what loads are on what circuit and what setting I should account for in the PDM60 programming. As I add/remove accessories I update the spreadsheet.

You can fit (2)14gauge wires in one hole but that’s about it. With the amp loads I had going to the switches and accessories (& relays for larger loads) I could’ve gone with 16ga maybe even 18 for some but I have several thousand feet of 14ga laying around.

That's what I'd like to avoid

 

[ohanacreek]

That's what I'd like to avoid

What part?

 

[JTW]

 

[ohanacreek]

That's what I'd like to avoid

I have more than a few switches (3) in dash and (13) about to be (15) in the switch panel. Also the way I have mine setup is not a simple on/off there’s a good bit of thought in what SH witch does what and how. Some of them interconnect. And some of them function opposite of the common use.

So to keep all that straight takes a spreadsheet.

If you’ve got half a dozen simple on off circuits it’s fairly simple as the switch housings are great either way.