johndjmix
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When it comes to switches and circuit breakers, I notice most trucks using simple (proboly mil-spc) metal toggle switches with breakers below them. Im getting ready to do a new dash and have a few questions...
1. Why does everyone use the plain jane metal rockers. Durability? Space usage? I would like to use mil-spec contura switches, any notes about that?
2. On the circuit Breakers. So lets say we have 5 circuits coming to a panel in the truck, lets say all the circuits are clicking over relays. So your putting the circuit breaker on the high-current side of the of the relay...but what about the hot that energizes the relay? Is everyone just feeding that from the circuit breaker right below it, so its a short wire run = very little chance of a short? Or are you feeding the switch area with one protected circuit, say 5A, and using that to all the switches? It would seem that method 2 has a common point of failure and should be avoided.
Im very very experianced in wiring and electrics, but, being new to the truck world here (coming from ATV's) im curious how its done by most of you.
--John
1. Why does everyone use the plain jane metal rockers. Durability? Space usage? I would like to use mil-spec contura switches, any notes about that?
2. On the circuit Breakers. So lets say we have 5 circuits coming to a panel in the truck, lets say all the circuits are clicking over relays. So your putting the circuit breaker on the high-current side of the of the relay...but what about the hot that energizes the relay? Is everyone just feeding that from the circuit breaker right below it, so its a short wire run = very little chance of a short? Or are you feeding the switch area with one protected circuit, say 5A, and using that to all the switches? It would seem that method 2 has a common point of failure and should be avoided.
Im very very experianced in wiring and electrics, but, being new to the truck world here (coming from ATV's) im curious how its done by most of you.
--John