If all you're powering is the tread, 18AWG is fine; if you want to be able to use other devices up to the 10A that the footwell circuits can provide, 16AWG should be fine (assuming the run is <6ft from where you connect to the footwell to where you add a 12v socket)
Good point - maybe a marine socket w both 12v and a couple of USB adapters - something like this
What do you have running off the driver’s side INT circuit? I’m kind of starting to think of running both sides (INT 1 and INT 2) over to the center (still no idea how I’m going to do that, but I’ll take the lead from anand on the 16 awg line), with some sort of marine class dual socket on each side of the center stack - 12v and USB-c. I’ll have to start popping panels to see how the line would run unless one of you have already run it across on either or both sides. Again, will have to be in secret and after my wife loses a little bit of her Grenadier resentment.
So what if you split the driver’s side that you have running the chase lights - put in a junction and take one over to the central console for the Tread and one to the back for your chase lights?
You could do that but I don't love the idea of having to turn on the chase lights to use/charge the thread. I would rather pull power from the battery under the rear seat to the center console and hook up a relay on that which is controlled by the passenger footwell power (eg int 2) so one of the overhead switches control power to all my interior electronics.
Got it - yeah, you might be overloading that line
Go kick your dealer and tell him to learn the simple intricacies of the vehicle he sells....
Well, first of all, I suppose all of you laughing at me is good medicine for my soul - I deserve it. So stupid not to have even checked. Secondly, yeah, this is more than a little disturbing that dealers don’t know as much about it as you would expect. I THINK, in the US market, there might be some differences. Idaho, Colorado, Utah IG dealers - those markets seem like they know what they’re doing, which in some ways isn’t a surprise. Camping, overlanding, and “truck culture” is a big part of life in those markets. It always surprises me when I go back to visit family in Boise - the OG Land Cruisers, modded out old Defenders and FJ’s - those guys are ready to party, and nobody is worried about their PPC wrap or sound system (other than the Californians who are visiting their places in McCall or Sun Valley). Other markets, maybe they’re just selling tricked out mall crawlers. I also noticed a difference interacting with the IG dealers - Boise’s parts guy has stock, knows what customers are doing, knows how it gets done. Easy. It’s just not uniform across the dealer network. At all.Go kick your dealer and tell him to learn the simple intricacies of the vehicle he sells....
Hi @CrazyOldMan Perhaps the mood is better now or the wife is actually not in at home.
I have had similar units mounted near or adjacent to the dash and they were fine.
