Where to ground an aux fuse block to in an 80?

[corsair23]

Is there an echo in here? Who wires their winches off their aux fuse panels inside their trucks?

Hopefully no one but you never know - I think Bill is just considering protection given where he has to mount his aux battery and the long runs that stand a chance of causing serious issues. Better to have a fuse blow than the Red Chili catch on fire.

 

[sleeoffroad]

So you don't ground those Wrangler aux fuse blocks you install (I bought one of those from you 2+ years ago so that tells you how long I've been "thinking" of adding an aux fuse block )?

That is how the whole car works. Power to fuse box, power from fuse box to load (bulb, motor, whatever), then the other side to a chassis ground.

Blueseas come from the boat world where there is only fiberglass, so you have to run both sides.

So you are saying I can just run my 4ga + cable from the battery to the fuse block (fused of course), then run power off it to my accessories and ground those accessories to a "suitable" nearby ground point? Sounds too simple .

Yup

With the aux fuse block under the passenger seat all my runs will be relatively short (power and ground) anyway but maybe taking the grounds back to the block isn't the best plan...

There are ground points throughout the truck. Look at the schematic and you will find them. Or just look for the wires bolted to the truck.

 

[corsair23]

Thanks Christo

Obviously I've overly complicated this (again) whole thing. And, if I do end up getting any noise on my Ham I can always redo that and isolate it off by itself. I might have to rethink not using the Wrangler unit from you now...Do you sell the covers separately? Mine didn't come with one and I'd prefer to have the stuff covered/protected.

 

[sleeoffroad]

Thanks Christo

Obviously I've overly complicated this (again) whole thing. And, if I do end up getting any noise on my Ham I can always redo that and isolate it off by itself. I might have to rethink not using the Wrangler unit from you now...Do you sell the covers separately? Mine didn't come with one and I'd prefer to have the stuff covered/protected.

There is no cover for it. We made them to fit.

 

[Red_Chili]

Hopefully no one but you never know - I think Bill is just considering protection given where he has to mount his aux battery and the long runs that stand a chance of causing serious issues. Better to have a fuse blow than the Red Chili catch on fire.

Yep. Guess he missed the attempted thread drift...
And that would be primary AND aux batteries under the rear deck. Explaining the fat gauge.
I figgered the other Jeff Z might pipe in...