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Old 09-08-08, 01:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I went ahead and used Corbet's base wire sizes and then referenced the wire size guide to decide the size I wanted to go. I only upgraded one of the wires. Now for most installations you can pull power from the battery and just ground to a good ground point on the truck. I went a different way. I only needed to tie into the power distribution points that I had installed under the center console. So I would be bringing both the pos. and neg. wires to the distribution blocks. After seeing what Corbet used for wire, the tandem sleeved variety, I knew that I would be going the same route. Everything I ordered came quick and always correct.

I brought in the 6AWG cables under the carpet and to the +/- posts on the aux. fuse panel. I used GenuineDealz wire connectors because they use the heat shrink crimps. Very handy.

From there its just a matter of pulling it all the wires you need for your accessories. Now when deciding where to run the wires be aware that the seat rails are roughly about .75" of an inch above the seat panel. That means that all wires you bring in from the top needs to be set as close to the seat panel as possible because if...oh lets say you don't pay attention to it and you have a trimmed zip tie up top and....oh lets say you move the seat back. You may pull the wire out of its socket and then short out the wire. This sucked....hypothetically of course.
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