1993 Splash in SC

[Curious Hound]

Now, it could just be the limitation of how you had to draw the diagram, but shouldn't the circuit breakers for the inverter and the house batteries be closer to the source of power? That way, if a wire gets chaffed, you don't have all that power shorting out on to the chassis somewhere.

For the inverter; it's 3" away. I couldn't figure out how to make that wire run much shorter.

For the house batteries, I've thought about doing something closer to the batteries. But I prefer the breaker being here in the cab. I might eventually find a disconnect that I could mount at the Batteries with a long actuator rod that would come out to the side of the truck for convenience. Crawling up under the bed in the event of an electrical problem doesn't sound fun. I need to look at drag race car accessories for a long reach disconnect. All the wiring is protected pretty well, up inside the frame rails and away from exhaust and drive shaft. If it gets damaged where I have it, I have bigger things to worry about.

 

[Curious Hound]

Got the board painted and re-mounted the components. All except the inverter.

 

[Curious Hound]

Now, it could just be the limitation of how you had to draw the diagram, but shouldn't the circuit breakers for the inverter and the house batteries be closer to the source of power? That way, if a wire gets chaffed, you don't have all that power shorting out on to the chassis somewhere.

I should probably make one of these. All I need is the switch. I can make the actuator arm assembly.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

I should probably make one of these. All I need is the switch. I can make the actuator arm assembly.
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RigPro X100 - Recessed Battery Switch Mount

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Or one of these.with one of these

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I may know a guy with those haha

 

[Curious Hound]

RigPro X100 - Recessed Battery Switch Mount

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Or one of these.with one of these

Amazon.com

I may know a guy with those haha

That switch won't work. I''m going to place the switch inside the passenger side frame rail, just a few inches away from the batteries. But I want the handle to reach through the driver side frame rail where I can reach it easily in the wheel well. If I'm doing this for safety, I want to be able to just jump out the door, turn around and reach in there to turn it off, instead of walking to the other side of the truck while it's going up in flames.

 

[SenorNoob]

Set it up right and you could literally use an E-stop cover. Jump out and smack it. Though brush on the trailside might shut it off too.

 

[Curious Hound]

Set it up right and you could literally use an E-stop cover. Jump out and smack it. Though brush on the trailside might shut it off too.

I's gots a plan. You'll see.

 

[Curious Hound]

Put the board back in the truck. Tied in all the wiring except 2 things. 1 - the wires to the solar panels. 2 - that yellow and green wire will go through the floor and tie my negatives to the frame of the truck. It also still needs agaurd to keep anything from accidentally shorting stuff out.

It's mounted to the back wall of the cab. Outside, where those bolts protrude, I used fender washers with butyl tape so they should keep water out.

View from passenger side

View from driver side

A lot of stuff packed in a small space

 

[SenorNoob]

Real world is never quite as clean as the diagram is it? Looks pretty good though.

 

[Curious Hound]

Real world is never quite as clean as the diagram is it? Looks pretty good though.

It's rare. This is one of those cases where real world conditions greatly influence actual design. I'm really pretty happy with this. It's functional and easy to follow for troubleshooting. With smaller wire diameters, I could have done a nicer job with 90 degree bends and better component arrangement. But in the limited space behind the seat of a single cab Ranger, and needing 2AWG wire for the main power wires, it can't be much better than this.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

I can't wait to see it up and going. Should have power for days.

 

[Curious Hound]

I's gots a plan. You'll see.

Now we have a disconnect in close proximity to the house batteries.

 

[ryan]

Now we have a disconnect in close proximity to the house batteries.
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I would absolutely end up finding a way to get that turned off with a tree or rock somehow

 

[Curious Hound]

I would absolutely end up finding a way to get that turned off with a tree or rock somehow

It could happen. But I think I have made reasonable effort to negate that. Let's face it. If you wheel hard enough, anything can and will go wrong. But this truck is being relegated more toward overlanding now. It's capable of hard core overlanding. But I'll avoid the tough ORV park rock crawling stuff from here on out. Of course, that means I need another rig for those duties.

 

[RobbieD]

Of course, that means I need another rig for those duties.

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