matt852

He has a fuse from the battery to the relay. Do I need a seperate one?

Mark Doiron

No, that should be fine. With the questions you're asking you might do well to have a friend who is a little savvy with electricity look at your work--just to keep things safe. Or maybe someone from the forum who lives close by.

matt852

I'm not sure why the pics aren't showing anymore

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matt852

I think this is the terminal at the fuse box he's talking about would it be safe to plug it in at the terminal? He said he ran it like that when he had it but told me to be careful because they would be independent. Would it be okay for me to also put another switches power at that location?


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matt852

Should I Paint them blue or black or keep them the way they are?

jeepgreenjeep

i ran my wire to fuse m34...i believe it controls the HVAC...i tried to run it to that terminal but the switch has a red light that stays on when lights are off and a green light when lights are on so even when the jeep was off it was drawing power off the battery...the way i rigged it up it only lights up when the jeep is running

matt852

thanks man are there any other terminals that are open like that I could possibly hook it up to? I'm thinking it should be okay to hook the switches up there since don't the security lights of a JK also stay on? It would be like having a security system installed and the light being on.

jeepgreenjeep

yeah i guess that would be true...i have manual locks and windows so i have no security system on my jeep...as far as i've seen that's the only terminal.

matt852

Yeah same here barebones everything, Thanks Man I think I'll just run both of my switches powers to that terminal, Could I also purchase a line tap because the wire on my other switchs power is kinda short so could I simply tap the one I'm hooking up directly to the terminal of the fuse box?

Something like this


with the chord of the switch being connected dirrectly to the terminal and the tapper being the switch with the shorter line.

jeepgreenjeep

that i'm not sure of...hopefully someone else can answer that one for you