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Thread: Overhead Switch Console

  1. #31
    dang I will keep that in mind!

  2. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by Seanz0rz View Post
    Switch common is ground. When you activate "OUT" for example, it completes the ground for the relay.
    CAT5e runs down the passenger A pillar. 2 pairs are for the E-Locker control, and 2 are for winch control. The brown pair (OUT) terminates at pin 85 of my OUT relay. Pin 86 is connected to the 12V lead on the solenoid for the winch. Pin 30 is connected to the common of the winch controller plug of the Smittybilt winch (Black on the plug, Grey in my wiring). Pin 87 goes to the winch out (red on the plug, brown in my wire). The IN relay is wired much the same way, with the exception of it connecting to IN on the switch and IN on the winch plug.

    Relays:

    When you say 2 pairs are for the e locker and the winch are you talking about doubled up wires? Like is shown in the pic? Is this because of the >0.5A? The smaller wire has to make it so much easier to get wire up and down a pillar and under the headliner.

    Good job, looks great and functional.

  3. #33
    Yes, I used the pairs for more current carrying ability and some redundancy. The cat 5 is perfect. 4 or 8 conductors in a jacket. Not to mention the ability to have modular plugs. Max I'm running through them is 80mA for the relay coil.

    FYI. Cat5 has 4 twisted pairs. Orange, blue, green, and brown pairs with one each solid color twisted with one with a white stripe.
    Last edited by Seanz0rz; 08-19-2013 at 09:54 PM.
    2005 Lexus LX470 - Stock for now...

    1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4x4 + a bunch of goodies. Lifted, Locked, Illuminated and Armored. Winner,"Best Offroad Truck" - 2010 Pismo Jamboree. It's been upside down and still drives me to work.

  4. #34
    Back in November, during a rain (which turned out to be a rare thing this winter), I heard my car alarm going off. I went out and found my winch running in the "out" direction. I popped the hood and disconnected the lead from the positive.

    My relays had fallen down and allowed water to wick from the bumper, down the loom from the hand control connector, and into the relays. It shorted out the "out" relay and ran the winch until it started sucking line back in and popped the clutch lever out. No damage to the winch, and when the relay dried out, it worked fine.

    Fast forward to a few days ago, I was pulling some bushes out of the front yard, and I had no more "out" control in the cab. Relay is dead, so I had to replace that, which I did today.


    In other news, since the new roof rack, with all the fancy lights, all but 2 of my switches are being used now. The other 2 were spare auxiliary switches from the get-go, so I am sure I will find use for them some day, maybe for some more interior lights.
    2005 Lexus LX470 - Stock for now...

    1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4x4 + a bunch of goodies. Lifted, Locked, Illuminated and Armored. Winner,"Best Offroad Truck" - 2010 Pismo Jamboree. It's been upside down and still drives me to work.

  5. #35
    Good thing it was the out relay and not the in; that could have been ugly!

  6. #36
    I think it would have just stalled the winch and drained the battery super fast. Either way it was bad!
    2005 Lexus LX470 - Stock for now...

    1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4x4 + a bunch of goodies. Lifted, Locked, Illuminated and Armored. Winner,"Best Offroad Truck" - 2010 Pismo Jamboree. It's been upside down and still drives me to work.

  7. #37
    Hopefully no fire with the stalling. Do you have a master power switch for the winch? I had one on my MileMarker to keep it from being operated without me knowing.

  8. #38
    No, I don't. For the most part, I keep it disconnected from the battery unless I am using it or on a trip where I might need it (like Mojave). I have the wing nut military style battery terminals, so pulling something off is no big deal to me. When I do my next big rewire on the front end, I will be adding a disconnect switch, along with a second battery and cleaning up my admittedly hacked wiring up front.
    2005 Lexus LX470 - Stock for now...

    1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4x4 + a bunch of goodies. Lifted, Locked, Illuminated and Armored. Winner,"Best Offroad Truck" - 2010 Pismo Jamboree. It's been upside down and still drives me to work.

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