sPod Needed?
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Sun Prairie, WI
Well I finally managed to get the wiring done on the wife's Willy's. I probably won't get to writing the "how-to" until next week, so here's a few pictures from under the hood. I still have to finish the interior fiberglass work so a few of the wires are coiled under the hood.
JK Super Freak
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I'd like to add some accessory lighting as well-- LED's on the pillars and a flood for the mast on the rear tire carrier for rear scene lighting.
The way I see an sPOD is --It's a boxed solution for people who don't want to get into some basic electrical engineering, and that's alright. It's an expensive solution--you're paying a price for convenience, but it should work for most people's needs because they usually just want a few accessory lights and some custom switches, and that's it.
The way I see an sPOD is --It's a boxed solution for people who don't want to get into some basic electrical engineering, and that's alright. It's an expensive solution--you're paying a price for convenience, but it should work for most people's needs because they usually just want a few accessory lights and some custom switches, and that's it.
JK Freak
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Well that would depend on your skill level... for me, no it's super easy but I've been building these types of things for s long time. For a novice, I'd say it's 4 out of 5. It's tricky if you've never done any fiberglass work.
Having said that it is a learnable skill for sure. In my sig I have a link to a "How-To" if you want to take a look at that.
Having said that it is a learnable skill for sure. In my sig I have a link to a "How-To" if you want to take a look at that.
JK Newbie
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Well I finally managed to get the wiring done on the wife's Willy's. I probably won't get to writing the "how-to" until next week, so here's a few pictures from under the hood. I still have to finish the interior fiberglass work so a few of the wires are coiled under the hood.
JK Jedi Master
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The sPOD is a fuse and relay panel with an in-cab control and a circuit for auto-shutdown in the event of battery low voltage (which can be disabled, if desired). Whoever does the installing still has to decide on wire and routing for the accessories that will be attached to it. That means taking into consideration current draw, wire size, length, voltage drop, environmental characteristics (will the wiring be near the catalytic converter?), etc. It isn't quite a turn-key solution; some engineering is still left. On top of that, if you want to make the sPOD do things it wasn't designed for, such as wire up panel lighting to the dimmer control, repurpose the optional dual-light switch as a master off-road switch (to disable all sPOD functions except when off-road), or make the sPOD turn something off rather than on (such as an engine fan), then you'll also have to be smart enough to figure out how the sPOD works, and how you can modify it to do what you want.
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JK Enthusiast
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I'd like to add some accessory lighting as well-- LED's on the pillars and a flood for the mast on the rear tire carrier for rear scene lighting.
The way I see an sPOD is --It's a boxed solution for people who don't want to get into some basic electrical engineering, and that's alright. It's an expensive solution--you're paying a price for convenience, but it should work for most people's needs because they usually just want a few accessory lights and some custom switches, and that's it.
The way I see an sPOD is --It's a boxed solution for people who don't want to get into some basic electrical engineering, and that's alright. It's an expensive solution--you're paying a price for convenience, but it should work for most people's needs because they usually just want a few accessory lights and some custom switches, and that's it.
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JK Enthusiast
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Well that would depend on your skill level... for me, no it's super easy but I've been building these types of things for s long time. For a novice, I'd say it's 4 out of 5. It's tricky if you've never done any fiberglass work.
Having said that it is a learnable skill for sure. In my sig I have a link to a "How-To" if you want to take a look at that.
JK Freak
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From: Hopedale, MA
I do. I can start the thread and list all the parts then add the build process after. I might be able to get that done tonight.