{"id":5180,"date":"2019-10-09T22:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T02:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2019-10-09T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T02:11:26","slug":"xj-winch-wiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/xj-winch-wiring\/","title":{"rendered":"XJ winch wiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cleaning up the winch wiring with a power distribution block and battery disconnect.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>My winch wires have been run to my battery terminals. It was pretty messy. And every time I went to disconnect the battery I had to mess with the winch and accessory wiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I ordered a power block from Amazon.  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IEadiL\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IEadiL <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IEadiL\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"478\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblockamz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblockamz.jpg 478w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblockamz-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>While I was at it, I added a battery disconnect switch from an old race car project.  Like this one:  <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VuRT0O\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VuRT0O<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also picked up some two-foot cables to make the jump from the battery to the switch and back: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VrYPvL\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VrYPvL <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1489\" height=\"1491\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables.jpg?fit=525%2C525\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables.jpg 1489w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables-768x769.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cables-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I mounted the switch and power block on the passenger fender.  I drilled through and uses 1\/4 inch bolts and nuts to secure the block.  I did not like that the terminals were exposed through the large holes int eh block so I cut a piece of red plastic from a page protector and put it inside the cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"457\" height=\"609\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblock.jpg 457w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/powerblock-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used self-tapping screws to secure the bracket for the disconnect switch since the backside fo that panel was not accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/disconnect.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/disconnect.jpg 420w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/disconnect-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I have a cleaner more secure wiring for the winch and other power accessories that were connected to the battery terminal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning up the winch wiring with a power distribution block and battery disconnect. My winch wires have been run to my battery terminals. It was pretty messy. And every time I went to disconnect the battery I had to mess with the winch and accessory wiring. So I ordered a power block from Amazon. https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IEadiL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5187,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions\/5187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}