Okay, I started this project today. Spent 3 hours on it, only to realize that the 20’ of 10 gauge wire that comes with the ARB kit is too short. You need about 25’ of wire; I will use Molex Perma-Seal connectors to extend my wire. I’ll post when it’s all finished, but I fished the wire all the way from front to back through the main frame rail. This is an easy install, with a dedicated 15 amp fuse coming right off the battery. Let me know what questions you may have from my pics.
I’m running two 12v outlets, a standard outlet, and an ARB locking outlet. They will be wired in series. The wire is 10 gauge but I had hoped the 20 feet with the $58 ARB kit was enough. Btw, 10 gauge wire can handle 30 amps, and to be safe, you typically want to stay at 80% of that 24 amps). A 25 amp fuse is good for the circuit, witha 5 amp margin before a wire melts and starts on fire. I had to fish using 3 holes in the frame rail, but it worked great. Caution: that frame rail is full of black goopy stuff; be prepared to clean your fish tape and wear protective gloves. I showed the hook tools I used to get my fish tape out of those holes. I used 18 gauge as my fish wire; I’m likely going to leave it in the frame when finished in case I want to run anything else from front to back (like aux LED reverse lights!)
What else can I tell you? More pics when I finish. My 20’ of wire ended at the rear frame opening, where I will lengthen it. Doing it again I’d just get 28’ of 10 gauge wire and put it in flex loom (although fishing the one single 2 conductor wire made it easier).
