Well, The jeep is about 5 days old. I havent had alot of time to put on all of the goodies. I decided that I would start with the electrical system and make sure that I had power for all of my accessories. (off road lights, dimming mirror, cb, heat seats etc). I decided to install a Cirkit Boss 7 from painless wiring. It gives me 4 switched and 3 unswitched power sources. It is all grounded under the hood so the only wires brought into the cabin are the positive wires. It took me about an hour and a half to install because I wanted to keep it clean looking. The cirkit boss cost me about 80 bucks Jegs.

This is what comes in the kit.




This is the installed product.






here is a pic of the big fuse breaker (with rubber caps)



This is the group of 7 wires going through the pass side cowl area



Here is a pic of the switched lead and main power going into the fuse box. As a note, I had to trim off a small tab from the fuse box lid to allow these wires to go in there and still close without crimping the wires.




Here they are coming into the interior behind the side panel. I will just hook up all of the accessories up in this area since it is easilly accessable. I will then wrap with some foam to keep it from rattling.



another pic of the final install



here is the mirror.



I'm sorry that I didnt do a full write up on the install but I just thought that I'd tell ya what I did and how I did it. It was very self explanatory. Note that I did have to trim some of the insulation off of the back firewall.

 

Very nice, I may look in to doing this in the future.

 

Nice work, that is a great idea. Something I will look into.

 

Nice job. I have the same fuse panel, but need some time to install. could you post a pic of the connection in the jeep fuse panel. That would make my install easier. Thanks.

 

Great to see a fellow firefighter here. Dont tell me that you dont have enough time to get this installed LOL! I dont have a pic of the fuse panel connection, but it is the pink wire from the loom and it just goes to an empty SWITCHED spot on the panel. I used a mini spade to connect it. the large red wire from the loom goes to the batter terminal on the inside of the panel. VERY easy to do. Most of my time was spent routing the wires so that they were hidden and wrapping in the loom. Just a note, Remove the battery for the install.....but make sure you locate the spot in the fuse box that you will tap into before removing it.

 

I could use that too..

 

Thanks for the tips. This will give me something to do on the weekend

 

Nice! I had been planning on doing this exact thing. I was going with part # 70217 that has two 40 amp relays and all 7 circuits are ignition hot. This is the 70207 weather resistant Boss with the cover, right?

 

yes. it has the cover, I just didnt put it on yet.

 

Thanks! Relays for the PIAA's went were you put your cirkit boss, I'll have to find a different home.