My Frabill R2Tec Mods

[GotALunker]

would you mind posting a schematic?

[AndRo]

I wish I new more about electrical stuff this is a great idea. Plug in your phone for a radio and use the lights. Do you just use a vexilar battery for this then?

Yes it is a battery just like a vex. It is the clam powercenter which essentially is a battery with a protective case that has a 12v accessory plug built in it.

[AndRo]

would you mind posting a schematic?

I can come up with something in paint quick. Not gonna bust out CAD.

[AndRo]

I am no Bob Ross, but you should get the point.

[MJBaldwin]

Well that is easy enough... Do you just have to make sure that the positive and negative are on the same fuse right? Gives me a little summer project to do... How long does your battery last with what you have hooked up?

Thanks for your deign layout I am sure it will be usefull for a lot fo people.

[AndRo]

Only positive runs through the fuse.

I won't take full credit for the design, as I had seen someone else do it. I just can't seem to find their original post. With my battery I have been out for 10+ hours and havn't seen the lights dim yet. I will let the lights some time until it goes out so I can give you a better idea.

[GotALunker]

this is perfect thanks. This at least gives me a better idea of how it works so I can develop my own custom installation.

Thanks!

[BuckyBadger]

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2133305/3

Here's the link where I have some photos of the wiring. I think Rusty Ironman was the first to post the schematic and I modified his 3 wire to 2 wire.

I have the besty hongy kong lights in mine, looks like someone rewrote my post to have people go to the out door store. I don't mind hyper links from keywords but to rewrite peoples posts when they take the time to post some mods is a little much, but hopefully this helps others. I really enjoy the lights in my house and the switches. I have since cleaned it up more and have my battery inside a small 6pack softcooler in side the center console.

[GotALunker]

Gonna resurrect an oldie here...

Just curious about a couple things:

I'm going to build a custom electronics console for my boat. plan is to have a master power switch and circuits for each of the following: two 12V accessory plugs, bow/stern lights, stereo, 1-2 circuits for cabin lights, and one for the depth finder.

What I'm thinking is that if each circuit is to be protected, using panel mount fuse holders and 3-5A fuses (15-18 total amps) on each circuit. for the 12V accessory plugs I'd like to use 10A fuses (another 20 amps). Problem is that w/ that many circuits and total amperes, I'm not sure there is a master switch that can handle the overall amperage. Should I install like a 30A marine breaker? Maybe I need to scale back the project a couple circuits? Maybe I could install like an in line automotive 30-40A fuse before the power gets to the master switch>>would this work?

Looking for some thoughts! If I can figure out the whole picture upload thing, I'll upload a preliminary photo of the panel

[GotALunker]

The other thing is "can I just use a smaller Amp fuse to protect circuits? like a 1A instead of a 3-5A?

[AndRo]

You want to make sure that enough flow can get through to power the device, but not too much gets though to fry it. You can chose the fuse on a per device basis.