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

Believe me, noone wants to see my ugly mug. :/

 

So many skills, not a one of them “people.”

Did you actually do anything to your Tacoma today or are you just here to get in a perpetual d**k measuring contest?

 

The only aftermarket relay I have installed is my light bar. It still has a fuse and switch. The relay is for the light bar's dimming function (never use).
My raptor lights are tied into my marker/parkking lights and I assume those are tied into a stock relay.
Everything else only has a fuse/switch.
I have not done my research on compressor or converter yet but I am curious to know.

 

I get along great with people. Just not stupid ones.

 

This is usually fine with LEDs, since they draw so little. However, might be something to keep an eye on as the other incandescent bulbs in the circuit age (they draw more as they get older, and this might put you over the fuse rating, thus blowing the fuse... at which time going to LEDs in the place of the old incandescents and replacing the fuse will likely make you have no further issue with it.

 

Great advice thanks! I will make sure to keep it under 100A Max.
If you were in my situation, would you swap for a 4, 2 or 0ga direct from + terminal to buss? Can I lengthen from 9" to 12"? The 9" 6ga wire was a pain to deal with.
Ive heard some people use 2ga welding cable as it is easier to manipulate.

 

I asked a question, and the guy with the man bun decided he wanted to go off topic and tell everyone how much he knows about everything other than answering the actual question. So, me thinks it's not me that is trying to measure their member here.

And then here you come with your comment to pull this thing even further off the rails... tell me... what did your comment accomplish? Was it about what you've done to your Tacoma? Did it answer the question I posted earlier... or was it just to prove you can be a dick?

Do you even know what the question was? Or anything remotely pertaining to the subject?

 

I was talking to the other guy check the quote, you’re right though. Not my business either way. Have at it.

 

Relays are important in vehciles so you don't have a ton of high amp wires run in and out of the cab all the time. You keep the high amp cables more consolidated and condensed thus keeping the potential for an electrical fire much lower.

Its much easier and safer to run smaller gauge wire into the cab and cram it behind the dash than a bunch or bigger wire directly to switches.

Because once the electric fire starts...pretty much impossible to stop.

But hey, if someone on here wants to go cheap with wiring and burn their truck down in fiery blaze....pass the pop corn.

 

Then I owe you a sincere apology... I thought your comment was directed at me.

 

Can you accomplish basic reading comprehension? He was offending me, not you.. OK?

Of course, he failed at it, but hey. Nice try.

I was only offering any of this in the spirt of friendly ribbing. I'm sorry you're so sensitive. I'm done, ok?

 

I guess its time to bust out the burn cream for another Oldred wiring fiasco. Looks like I have a lot of soldering in my future. Better my fingers burn than my truck.

 

Great job, much more succinct than what I said. Thank you for it, sincerely.

 

Thank you for the answer.

But here's where I'm not following. In my situation I'll be running LED lights and I'm planning on running the invertor directly off the fuses (the invertor will be in the tool box in the bed).

There's not much current draw off LEDs. There wont be a wire in the cab associated with the invertor. So for those, I don't understand the need for relays for those. The compressor, on the other hand, I do get.

 

Tire noob here with a question. I was planning to get some 16x8 wheels and 285 75 tires before winter but just ain’t got the funds for it. Thinking I’ll just keep the 15s and grab a set of tires only. My question is can I run 11.5 wide on stock rims? Found a tire I like for cheap and they are 32 11.5. Currently running 31 10.5

 

you rang?

 

Compressors need a relay. My mv50 is built in, my old arb is not.

Are you planning on installing a switch for your inverter or will it always be hot? How many amps does it draw?

 

That is true, LEDs don't draw high currents as compared to HID/Halogen lights. That said, you can usually make the wiring cleaner with the Bussman box. They are easily found on Ebay pre assembled for around $200. Then its a simple switch harness to run into the cab and plug in the 5 switches as needed. It's still safer overall and keeps things much cleaner as opposed to having multiple random pairs of wires off the battery.

That said you could if you wanted just run a Blue Sea Fuse box. Id probably still go with the Bussman having run both, it just works better.


the other thing is overall current load. The Bussman can only do 90amps total i think. The Bluesea is even less. Not that I'd imagine youd hit that either but worth noting.

 

yes you can.

15s are great. Super cheap tires and C load range. Win WIn

 

I use "boat wire". Its finely stranded. It's very easy to work with. But I'm not sure if it comes in anything larger than 6ga. Welding cable is also easier to work with. And comes in larger sizes.
Three more inches won't increase voltage drop that much @ 100A over 12" on 6ga wire you lose around .5%. But if you're using, say 90A. You'll be over 100A due to the 6ga wire.

I have the same fuse box btw, and I run it around 50A max due to some longer wire runs. If I was going to max it out I'd run #2 welding cable or boat wire (if it came in that size). Large strand beefy wire is not only miserable to work with, but doesn't hold up well in a vibrating environment like in a vehicle. But even large gauge finely stranded wire is a pain to work with, especially shorter runs.

Here's the boat wire I'm taking about:
https://m.ebay.com/itm/6-AWG-GAUGE-...363360&hash=item43fcf1d2d1:g:0uUAAOSw5cNYg7NL

Looks like 6awg is the largest.

Can anybody link welding cable they we're happy with?