What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Maybe he's a tech, not a magazine article writer?

 

It's ALWAYS better to use a relay, keep the high current runs as short as possible, and use the switches to control the low current side of the relays.

 

I'm surprised that someone "making the loudest stereos in the country" doesn't know what a relay is.

A relay allows you to control a high current circuit (lights, winches, etc) with a low current circuit.

Can you tell me why this is important?

 

That bluesea fuse box is rated at 100ADC Max. And usually fuse rating @12" suitable wire at max current x1.25 decides the fuse hence 125A fuse.

If you're running a continuous 85A at 9" of #6awg is fine. I'd up the wire size to at the very minimum 4ga if you plan to max out the fuse box at 100A. I would not go over the 100A rating.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-build-and-install-a-bussmann-rtmr-fuse-relay-block.399454/

 

County not Country... and you don't run relays for stereos. You run power, ground and remote. All the relays you need are already in the equipment your using.

 

You can use relay's when you need to remote power on an amp if the cheap head unit doesn't have a way to do that. But now a days amps detect signal.

 

With the amount of money I throw at it, I'd like to think it's a space craft.

I don't go out of my way to put lock washers on anything. Torque to spec if it's important and paint mark it.

Fun fact: ski lifts use nordlocks in certain applications.

 

You really want to be that guy right now?

I asked a question, and I made a sarcastic statement.... don't be the guy with the man bun in the conversation.

 

Having been an autosound installer at a high level, I couldn't disagree more. We used tons of relays.

There is far more to a competitive autosound system than just power, ground, and remote. Especially if you want it not to become someone else's.

 

We agree, then. I don't trust things simply to lockwashers. Having a "witness mark" so I can tell at a glance if things are backing off is just good practice... to say nothing of threadlocker.

Didn't know that nordlocks were used in skilifts. But then, I have not seen a skilift since they were invented!

 

I'm bald, you insensitive shit!

 

-smirks and wonders if I'm gonna have to prove it-

 

My 01 and my dads 02 do not have abs... standard was in 03-04

 

-turns computer monitor around trying to figure out what in hell I am looking at-

Were you intoxicated when you took this pic?

(close the hood, crank it and gun it~ let the fur fly.... it's only a cat!)

 

It's a 1999 Leer 122 built for 99-04 tacoma trucks

 

Well... good for you buckaroo. I think you should pat your self on the back.

And you didn't use relays on a sound system. Maybe multiple head units, or DVD, or lights, or actuators for doors. But if you were running a head unit, capacitors, amps, speakers... there is no reason to run a relay.

So... how does any of this help me figure out the answer to the question that I'm asking? Or do you just like being the guy with the man bun?

 

No i was taking a video and trying to record while i open the hood. Then just sag a screen shot of the video. Didn’t bother to flip the picture

 

Yes, we did- all the time... why? Well, when the turn-on lead (which is of course, sourced from the head unit, Junior) only supports a 500ma load, each device (amp, crossover, etc) poses about a 200ma load, and you are running 3 or 4 devices, you will literally fry the hell out of the turn-on lead coming out of the head unit... if you don't use a relay.

As I said before (answering your question, BTW)- a relay allows control (switching) of a high-current load by way of a small current.

Put another way- the coil is the low-current side. The NO/NC poles are the high current side.

Application- switch from the dash controls the coil, using lightweight wire and no concerns of excessive wire run length and up-sizing the high-current wire to accommodate the added length of running from the battery, into the cabin, and out again. The high-current leads can be kept in the engine compartment (in the case of one of the most common uses for a relay, upgrading the factory headlights to ensure they get full battery voltage).

But hey, apparently you think I'm sexy or something, keep going after the man bun. Have fun with that, but keep it to yourself.. and you're cleaning up the mess.