Advice/Guidance on wiring multiple things from battery

[Yawnie'sPapa]

This is awesome! Seriously, thank you so much for the sharing, the info and the time, I sincerely appreciate it!

You're welcome.
Cars/trucks/vehicles have been my real love since as long as I can remember and I got into electric and love it years ago. So I'm really only doing exactly what I love to do

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[Terrymo]

I'm considering their dead pedal for my Gladiator and then putting my current dead pedal in my wife's Wrangler. Driving her Jeep all day straight with no dead pedal was, well............ made me determined that my wife's Wrangler WILL have a dead pedal.
I've considered talking to them about a custom bracket for my electric stuff, too. I've gotten too busy for very much fabrication for my own stuff lately. Their stuff looks to be really nicely done.

The bracket I got was very well made. A quality piece with nice powder coat. Shipped quickly with a hand written thank you.

 

[m3atloaf]

I used this bracket from 813 Fabrication https://www.813fabrication.com/product-page/underhood-electrical-accessory-plate
and modified the footprint slightly with some 1/4” ABS sheet to accept a Blue Sea Safety Hub 150
https://www.bluesea.com/products/7748/SafetyHub_150_Fuse_Block
I mounted a Warn solenoid under the 813 bracket for my Warn winch. It’s connected to Aux switch 4
https://www.amazon.com/WARN-62132-Power-Interrupt-Kit/dp/B000CQFVN8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=WYOLB5Q0YZ57&keywords=warn+winch+solenoid&qid=1679948663&sprefix=Warn+,aps,335&sr=8-4
My ARB Twin compressor, Rock Slide Engineering steps, and KC under hood lights all use their own switches. This leaves Aux 1-3 open for future devices

Did you have to cut the ABS or were you able to buy a size that worked perfectly? Did you just fasten the ABS to the 813 plate bye bolting it together?

 

[Terrymo]

Did you have to cut the ABS or were you able to buy a size that worked perfectly? Did you just fasten the ABS to the 813 plate bye bolting it together?

I buy sheets of ABS from Amazon in sizes that are close to whatever I am making. I clamp some aluminum angle to the abs sheet to use as a guide and cut with a circular saw. Use a new blade and move the saw at a moderate speed to avoid melting the ABS. Then sand the edges smooth. The Blue Sea Hub has a mounting hole at each corner. I used these 4 points to drill through the ABS and 813 mount to sandwich everything together with 1/4-20 button head and nylock hardware.

 

[Eyeball]

I buy sheets of ABS from Amazon in sizes that are close to whatever I am making. I clamp some aluminum angle to the abs sheet to use as a guide and cut with a circular saw. Use a new blade and move the saw at a moderate speed to avoid melting the ABS. Then sand the edges smooth. The Blue Sea Hub has a mounting hole at each corner. I used these 4 points to drill through the ABS and 813 mount to sandwich everything together with 1/4-20 button head and nylock hardware.

What necessitated the use of the ABS on top of the 813 mount?

 

[Terrymo]

What necessitated the use of the ABS on top of the 813 mount?

Not really necessary structurally. Just for looks. The footprint of the Blue Sea Safety hub is bigger than the 813 bracket so it hung off the edge of the bracket closest to the engine as shown in this pic.

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