Electrical System upgrade with the last of my deliveries closed yesterday, I am officially lukkha for the next month with just the odd "0900 Pacific" call to distract me. So the long delayed build can BEGIN in earnest!! yaaaaay! But on the downside, EVERYTHING has to fall into place by the 28th 'cos work has to take over after that.
Update on the AC install: awaiting a call from a mumbai based installer so i can take a final call on this install. Either ways, i hope to freeze the configuration by Monday(6th) and begin the install on Thu (8th). Hopefully we should have the AC setup (including the insulation/heatlon) by next Monday(13th) or max Wednesday(15).
Meanwhile tomorrow and day-after I will be rewiring the electrical-system in the Gypsy, routing the wiring through 2 fuse-boxes (borrowed from a Sumo), one (Box-A) installed under the bonnet next to the air-filter and the other (Box-B) installed above the b-pillar. 2 thick gauge wires will be drawn to the fuse-boxes from the battery. All power to In Cabin components will be routed from Box-B and under-bonnet equipment like lights and horns from Box-A. Plan to do this myself as i just haven't found an installer who is willing to do this.
Box-A Connections :
1. Headlights 90/100.
2. Horns : Bosch
3. Hella 1000 (2 nos)
Box-B connections:
1. Cigarette lighter sockets: 2 nos. 1 dashboard mounted for gen use, and the other at the rear of the cabin: useful for car-fridge as well as charging the batteries of my RC planes.
2. Carputer
3. Amp (if Required at all)
4. LED lights : 1 under B-pillar and 1 in the very rear of the cabin. Mebbe a couple of those cool blue LED's under the dashboard.
Some questions:
1. I will need thick gauge wire to connect the battery to the Fuse-boxes. What gauge and brand of wire do i ask for?
2. Similarly i need thinner gauge wire for the connect between the fuse-box to the individual accessory points. What gauge and brand?
Anything else to look out for?
P.S: Under the bonnet, there are 2 types of relays being used: one the crappy 125 buck metallic variety and for my Hella's I have much better quality relays(installed by Arush in Delhi). Though these are also local amke, they are much better than the other kind. Unfortunately i am having trouble sourcing these in Pune. I want to replace all those crappy relays with better quality ones. Any substitutes recommended?
Last edited by COUGAR : 4th September 2010 at 10:52.
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