overhead switch panel pics

[David_VT]

I have the display so used the remote area

Hi,

I found round black with LED switches at RadShack which I mounted in the door of the garage door panel in our overhead.



Since I have the overhead display in my truck I could not use that section. The nice thing about the garage door remote panel is that you can swing it down to mount your switches.



I use these switches for strobes, wigwags and my siren. I have not yet wired in my grid heaters for the LED's but I still have a few wires left to do that and enough real estate on the panel.



I used 'Cat5' wiring from Relays to the overhead console. My strobe powersupply is in a metal box under the drivers seat. My wigwag unit is mounted near my passenger battery. One large power feed is routed from the driver side battery to the strobe supply via the door sill. The strobe wires are routed forward via the door sill or rearwards through a PVC 1/2" bulkhead fitting directly through the floor under the driver's seat. (yes, caulked)



The 'Cat5' cable goes from the overhead console, forward to near the edge of the windshield, down the drivers post, through the firewall, to the passenger front battery. Connections are made there for power to the switch panel LED's and for the negative switched relays (for the wigwags and siren).



A second piece of 'Cat5' is then routed/extended from the right front battery area (wires joined by those neat round phone wire splicing widgets that are filled with a liquid corrosion protector, also available at RadShack), through the firewall and on to the strobe powersupply relays under the driver's seat.



Photos once I get the winter mess out of the truck and finish installing all 5 luke's links next week on the wandering beast...



(yes, the snow is finally all but gone! Now for the extended pause in the snowstorms that we call summer)

 

[mongoose]

David VT, sounds as though you have a good set up. will be looking forward to pics

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by mongoose

David VT, sounds as though you have a good set up. will be looking forward to pics

Hell Mongoose we're still awaiting pictures of your truck at night!:{

 

[mongoose]

I've got a 15 second MPEG, but no where to host it. It's hard to take still pics of a strobe, you only get one at a time Anyone have any suggestions where i can host a short MPEG for a little while?

 

[mongoose]

lets try this



Nope, not this time. let me try something else

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by mongoose

lets try this



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I've got some Advance Auto parts "ricer strobes" that appear to wig wag which is what I want and was a little cheaper than the galls box. Now if I just had time to install them!

 

[mongoose]

maybe this time?

one more time below.

 

[RMcCulloch]

Originally posted by mongoose

maybe this time?



http://www.msnusers.com/MongooseRam/msgattachments/1

Sorry - that's a "Members Only" area.



Of course, you COULD supply the ID & Password ...

 

[mongoose]

i'm working on it right now.



i'll supply a login and password shortly

 

[mongoose]

lets try this now:



username: -- email address removed --

password: turboram



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[jhurst]

Well I final got my overhead switches up and going.



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I ended up buying the toggle switches and LEDs from radioshack along with some 8 conductor telephone station wire to connect the switches to relays in a box close to the passenger side battery.

The first LED is a red blinking one to show that my aux. fuel is turned on. The other two are green.



Thanks for electrical help mongoose!



Justin H

 

[JCyrbok]

I dont mean to sound stupid but truck wiring is not my specialty.



How do you wire a relay to trigger an accesory? If someone could just post a generic schematic or instructions it would help.



Where does the power go first? To the switch then the relay then the accesory? Or relay, switch accesory? or none of the above?



I would like to do some cool wiring projects like everyone else but envision driving down the E-way on fire! LOL



Thanks in advance

J-



ps would the wiring be the same to run a on/off/bypass type switch to dual electric fans? That may be my next project.

 

[jhurst]

TTT



Sorry, Im not good with explainations



Maybe another member will give it a try?





Justin H

 

[mongoose]

Here are a couple of pics from The 12 Volt



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The biggest majority of information can be found at the page explaining relays here. this page will give you the basic knowledge about relays and also has several other pages with good information about other things you can use relays for.



Forgot to add: Jhurst - the swithes look great, for a second there i thought i was looking at my own again!

 

[JCyrbok]

Thanks guys its alittle clearer now. I think that I will just have to get some relays etc and mess around with them to see if I can make them do what I want.



Basically what I'm looking for is to control a dual electric fan in my truck ( when i finally get around to installing it).



I would want to manually turn it on ( when off) with a switch. Manually turn it off ( when on) with a switch and beable to throw another switch to keep it from coming on at all ( in the winter). It would also be great to do that all with one three pole switch (but thats not a requirement)



The fan pulls 30amps when it is on.



Thanks for the help



J-

 

[mongoose]

JCyrbok, i want check a couple of things. You want to be able to manually turn the fan on and bypass the temp sending unit correct? You also want to be able to turn the fan off, if the sending unit has told it to come on, and you want to take all power from it so it will not come on at all, correct? Give me a little while and i'll work on getting it drawn up. Also, might give Evan A Beck, a PM. Seems he has a great knowledge of Schematics and making things work.



what year truck do you have? also, will you be adding a temp sending unit somewhere in the system to control the fan or how do you want to control it automatically?