Help wiring my pods

so I need some help here. I'm no electrical guru by any means. So I recently bought some pods for the truck. The pods came with a complete wiring harness. I'm going to be using only the connectors to the pods.
I already have a aux fuse box installed to the truck.
Each pod has 2amps of power
The wires are about 6 ft give or take
My first question, what size fuse should I use. I tried searching the internet and I was lost.

Second, my fuse box is using 14g wire and I believe that the connectors that came with the harness are 12g wire, will that be a problem?

Thanks!

 

If each pod is consumes 2A of power, then I would probably use a 4-5A fuse. If you put 2 pods in parallel, you're now consuming 4A of power, and would use a 6-7A fuse. The more lights you run off one circuit the current is additive. Basically the rule of thumb with fuses is to make sure the fuse will handle the total current draw consistently, with a little overhead to allow for in rush current. You also don't want to put a +100A fuse in there in case something shorts, the fuse won't blow and continue to short on whatever, potentially causing a fire. So you want to make sure the fuse is rated for the current draw, but will pop if something goes wrong.

If you're not familiar with parallel or series wiring, it would be worth doing a quick google search on the differences, even a google image search will show you the difference. Basically parallel wiring means each light shares the same (+) & (-). Series is like daisy chaining them together, and without seeing your setup, I would not recommend connecting in series and put them in parallel.

Also make sure that your aux fuse box's fuses and relays are rated for whatever power you're planning on drawing. This should be clearly marked on the relay.

As far as the AWG wire size, you should be fine between 14g and 12g. The MAX current rating for 12g is 41A and the MAX current rating for 14g is 32A. Keep in mind the longer the wire, the more resistance, but being on a truck this should be a problem. You can see the max current rating for AWG wire sizes here.

One last thing, usually loads are rated in current or watts. There is a simple Ohm's law formula you can use to convert between the two. Volts * Amps = Watts, and Watts / Volts = Amps. This is always a useful formula to know when working with electrical components. For your pods, 13.5V * 2A = 27Watts. (Their probably 25W rated lights.)

Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

Thanks so much for the info brother!
This has definitely help me out.

 

Any time man. TW is great because there's so many resources and knowledgeable people on here. I'm a certified electronics tech with a degree in elec., so I like to help out people when I can. Now when it comes time to put a lift on my truck, I don't know shit about that and know I will find some knowledgeable help on here to help me.