gregned wrote:Its best practice to protect the cable at both ends
NowForThe5th wrote:The good thing about the Triton is that there are fused points at the back of the positive battery connector where you can connect and draw fused power (being conscious of load, of course), so there's no need to connect direct to the battery terminal or add another main fuse.
ag9111 wrote:gregned wrote:Its best practice to protect the cable at both ends
Don't know were you got that from but multiple fuses cause confusion.
Been an electrician for 25 years and you always place a fuse at the power supply only. Ever seen a vehicle with fuses at the supply and load. Fuse is to protect cable not load. A short circuit across an unfused cable can cause a fire
NowForThe5th wrote:Dave, Here's a photo. Yes, I just connected to existing post (in fact, both posts). Only the winch is connected direct to the battery (i.e. unfused) - large red cable runs to the left of the connector. Other cables (with yellow crimp covers) run to a fuse box on firewall (second photo) and to another fuse box in the canopy. From the fuse box on the firewall I then run inside the cab through the large grommet you can see in the bottom of the second photo for power for UHF. Others are for lights and horns which operate through relays next to the fuse box.
kevin wrote:I've piggy-backed off the cig lighter on every 4WD I've owned ( x 5) and never had a problem. (I date back to the days when everything was hot wired - relays were unheard of )
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