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The Boy



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Auxiliary wiring
I have posted this on another forum but I thought it might be of interest to some of you.

I have decided to do the entire auxiliary wiring myself but I think it is best to take my time and try to do a proper job of it. With this in mind I though I would post my progress here as I get each of the wiring jobs done.

Spent most to the weekend fitting the new fuse box and wiring the cubby box in for power. The fuse box came from Vehicle Wiring Products and though not cheap it really is a quality piece of kit.

I removed the wheel chock which gave me room to mount the box on the floor of the battery box using Rivnut’s.





Next job was to make up both the live supply lead (fused form 75mm form battery terminal) and the earth.




Route and connect both the leads.






Now I had to make up the cubby box loom, I only need four wires for this. As you can see from the photo I crimped and soldered each.





To exit the battery box I drilled at the rear to the nearside.




Then routed the cables along behind and up into the cubby box.




Now with the wiring inside it was just a case of connecting the two rear sockets and the CB, and a general tidy up.



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Doesn’t look much but it has taken me most of the weekend, still it is another job done. Left to do is fridge power to the rear, roof lights, rear loading light and roof rack external power points.


I will keep you posted as I do each of the tasks.

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Very neat and tidy job Thumbs Up
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philp



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A nice, neat bit of wiring and connecting Thumbs Up
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Bullet



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Very nice piece of work there "the boy" Thumbs Up Bow down Bow down Thumbs Up
Please keep us in the loop (excuse the punt) when you do your next task Cool
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Very neat Thumbs Up 2.4 90 XS
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one_iota



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A nice job.

Bow down

Where have you connected the other end of the earth lead (which I assume is the clear insulated cable)? Mahn
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Pob



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Very nice, got me thinking now. I am going to do the same I think - thanks for the inspiration.
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Very neat job!

Wouldn't work for me ... I keep too much crap in the cubby box Rolling Eyes

You've given me an idea though of how to mount a break out box for 12V accessories. 110 2.4TDCi
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The Boy



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one_iota wrote:
A nice job.

Bow down

Where have you connected the other end of the earth lead (which I assume is the clear insulated cable)?



The earth is direct from the battery terminal (photo 13) and yes it is clear type. I believe the cables are what all the young guys use to power their power amps so they can ruin ther hearing (speeking as a farther of three such teenagers).
I think they are either 70 o 80 amp rated but I have fused at 50 which should be more than enough.


Boy
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Great job there Chap Thumbs Up Just wondering, why did you place the fuse box into the under seat battery compartment Question (it may get wet) I mounted my extra fuse box in the left under-dash area.
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The Boy



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AndrewS wrote:
Great job there Chap Thumbs Up Just wondering, why did you place the fuse box into the under seat battery compartment Question (it may get wet) I mounted my extra fuse box in the left under-dash area.


Andrew you quite right there and i thought long and hard about where to locate it. I don't generally do prolonged wading, nothing more than a river crossing in the Pyrenees or the Alps. I also looked under the drivers seat and thought "I should me concerned about that stuff than my stuff" Laughing . Once the wiring is done I intend to seal up all the lower places where water can come in then fit a rubber drain vaulve much like the ones you get on a early tdi air filter. On other preiviously owned rovers I have mounted it higher up, one I had a distrubution board mounted on the roof of the back, this seemed a little over the top for a new vehilce and as i find myself getting older I tend not to be so extream in my offroading and am happy with touring and trailing. It should be noted that always in the back of my mind is that "will this one last" and "will I have to get rid of it" again! I popped over to Northampton at the weekend and when I got back the was a nocking noise coming from the transmission Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked . It soon stopped and it may only just be the handbrake drum issue but it is still a worry for a vehilce that has only covered 650 miles.

So anyway that where I am. As an after thought Andrew where did you take the trigger feed for you lights as the next job (of many) is to fit the switch pannel into the dash.


Boy
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CapeLandy



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Nice job Boy
I have done the same as you but I have taken out the plastic cup holders fwd of the cubby box and fitted an aluminium flat plate and mounted two Hella sockets and one cigaret lighter fitting which are all switched. Saves me loosing power to the GPS everytime I shut off the ignition.
I think seeing your pictures that I am going to fit a proper fuse box instead of the loose in line fuses however to look more professional.
Great job though - love that heat shrink stuff - I discovered it for the first time the other day and use it on all my connections. Puma 110 - gone
Series III 1973 - going strong
Post #11079 19th May 2009 11:05am
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CapeLandy



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some pics of my setup

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 Puma 110 - gone
Series III 1973 - going strong
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CL........I see you fitted a split charge solinoid Q: where did you fit the aux battery?

cheers alan.
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CapeLandy



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The deep cycle is in the load bay in a battery box as the one supplied by LR is just too big to fit another next to it unless I would have had to buy two new smaller batteries.
I see some of you have two in the battery box but in RSA our batteries are huge.
Cheers
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