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Wiring from engine bay to roof the long way

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by Spvrtan, Mar 19, 2017.

  1. Mar 19, 2017 at 12:44 AM
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    Spvrtan

    Spvrtan [OP] "Your assembly required."

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    I was feeling kind of lazy and didn't want to drill holes in my roof (although I already drilled 8 holes to mount my roof rack) to run wires for my lights up top. So I decided to run some 12-gauge cabling from my sPOD in the engine bay to the roof. I routed the cables down near the engine block, around the coilover bucket, along the flaps, behind the body mount, through the frame, across the inside of the frame, over the frame, and then up behind the rear of the cab's exterior. I know there will be power loss for the length of wire that I ran, which was four 12-gauge wires (2 positive, 2 negative) at 24-feet each. While doing this, I also ran a two more 12-gauge wires (1 positive, 1 negative) at 20-feet toward the bed for future use. However, all the lighting (all LEDs) coming from the gauges use 16-gauge or 18-gauge so there should be enough coming across by the end of it.

    My question is, are there any problems I didn't foresee yet with what I've done?

    Also, I do plan on cleaning up the look behind the cab instead of leaving the cables hanging freely (I just ran out of time today).

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  2. Mar 19, 2017 at 4:59 AM
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    Wyoming09

    Wyoming09 Well-Known Member

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    Since it looks like you don`t play in winter salt and liquid brine you should be fine.

    That stuff gets in every place .

    It looks like your cable ties are pretty loose??

    With 12 gauge wire I doubt you will see much line loss in that short distance 100' then you might but a LED load .

    When I ran wires to my License plate light I used seal tight instead of split loom but then I am in winter slop quite often 004.jpg
     
  3. May 10, 2017 at 8:15 PM
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    Dragons Taco

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    LOL. nice job.
     

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