SwankPOD (DIY sPOD) "My last name is Swank"
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JK Freak
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I haven't had them long enough to speak on their overall robustness. Buy they claim a whole-bunch of cycles so we will see
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JK Freak
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I can try to this week-end. It is pretty tough for me to get pictures of the internals of the switch box, but I think it is pretty self-explanatory. Is there something specific you need, or would like more clarification on?
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All of this said, I am more than happy to help you with any question and/or work. I know you are a little far away from me, but not so far that we couldn't work together over the phone to get a lot of pre-work and concept out of the way and get this done over a Saturday or Sunday
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At this time no... I don't plan to make them for sale. This type of project is really only cost effective for the guy doing it for himself. If I factored in my time, I have WAY more than an sPOD's work of cost in this. I would need to design more mass-producible enclosures to make it cost effective for any resale.
All of this said, I am more than happy to help you with any question and/or work. I know you are a little far away from me, but not so far that we couldn't work together over the phone to get a lot of pre-work and concept out of the way and get this done over a Saturday or Sunday
All of this said, I am more than happy to help you with any question and/or work. I know you are a little far away from me, but not so far that we couldn't work together over the phone to get a lot of pre-work and concept out of the way and get this done over a Saturday or Sunday
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I had a request over the week-end to modify the drawing for two light circuits, an ARB compressor, and then the front and rear locker solenoid switches.
The bottom-line is that I now have that version of drawing available too. You will need to modify the BOM as necessary.
The bottom-line is that I now have that version of drawing available too. You will need to modify the BOM as necessary.
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Very clean install. Interested in the Turck FK10-0.5 receptacle and RS10-4 cable that you utilized. I googled it and couldn't find much. Looking for more info (wire gauge it utilizes, where I can purchase, and cost). Thanks.
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FK10-0.5 Receptacle
http://www.turck-usa.com/illustratio...0(sheet_1).pdf
RS10-4 Cable
http://www.turck-usa.com/illustratio...0(sheet_1).pdf
As I mentioned in my write-up I wouldn't bother with these if I were to do another one. I would just get a good multi-conductor cable. I went this route because I liked the idea of being able to easily remove the box from under the hood and I was copying SPOD. In the end,, and after all my accessories were added, this effort was silly. If the box needs to be removed you will still have to unwire all the accessories, so the receptacle and cable doesn't save much time. So, If I were to do it again I would just use something like this -> McMaster-Carr and plan on unwiring of I needed to remove the box.
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This is the best write up I've seen about this. I sent you a PM with my Email for the PDF.
I plan on doing a slight modification to add winch power and winch in/out switch. This is the main reason I don't want to buy an sPod. Like you, I want something they don't offer.
I plan on doing a slight modification to add winch power and winch in/out switch. This is the main reason I don't want to buy an sPod. Like you, I want something they don't offer.