Electrical Upgrade? Just do it!

[Erik the Awful]

Well, actually it was guys from here but, I didn't want to point any fingers

It was me. All I said was that it's a good idea to upgrade to heat shrink crimp connectors. They're dirt cheap now. I'm sure you can find the old style crimp connectors on my truck, but as I get more done, there's fewer of them.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

It was me.

LOL, it wasn't just you but, no matter. You were right - they are cheap, I was using up old stock, I only have a couple hundred left, ha ha. I guess I'll use them somewhere else now that I have all the new ones and gobs of heat shrink tubing.

 

[R422b]

LOL, it wasn't just you but, no matter. You were right - they are cheap, I was using up old stock, I only have a couple hundred left, ha ha. I guess I'll use them somewhere else now that I have all the new ones and gobs of heat shrink tubing.

They are plenty good for appliance repair if you happen to be fixing your own appliances.

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[PlayingWithTBI]

They are plenty good for appliance repair if you happen to be fixing your own appliances.

I don't have enough appliances to use them all up

 

[R422b]

I don't have enough appliances to use them all up

You could do what I did. Get an insurance policy and start repairing appliances for a living. [emoji16]

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[Erik the Awful]

Ugh. It's like I already have a part time job just fixing my own appliances. Still waiting for a couple of relays from China to fix my Samsung oven. Just finished replacing the lamp on my wife's sewing machine.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

ou could do what I did. Get an insurance policy and start repairing appliances for a living.

I decided to file these away to help resist any temptation

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[R422b]

I decided to file these away to help resist any temptation

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[PlayingWithTBI]

The connectors I ordered came in today so I decided to draw up a schematic for the 4-hi mod with my fuse & relay distribution block. I don't like using diodes, an extra relay works better IMO. Anyway, take a look and see what you think. Keep in mind, I drew this up so I can just disconnect a couple harnesses and the primary wires to remove it for repairs/modifications at any time.

Edit: BTW according to the GM manual @hatzie posted the low beams are fed with a size .8 wire and the highs are fed with a size 1. According to my metric to AWG conversion chart, a .8 wire is a little bigger than an 18GA and a 1 is somewhere a little smaller than a 16GA. I'm thinking about going with 14GA to the lights since I have a bunch of it. At least this time, I'm trying to plan ahead, LOL.

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[strikk]

Hell yeah! that looks great and will give you plenty of room in the future to continue adding accessories!