Light Bar wiring plug

satchmolips · Aug 4, 2013

Am running two 16 amp wires up to light bar to run 4 x 100 watt lamps. I want to put a connecting plug in the line, something like a superseal but cant find one rated high enough. Any suggestions please?

dogsbody · Aug 4, 2013

Anderson connectors or talk to MadHatMan (I think).

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 4, 2013

Amp/Tyco TE range - OK to 35Amps

SteNova · Aug 4, 2013

Use led lamps

satchmolips · Aug 4, 2013

Thanks, (re the plug) any links to any stockist please?

SteNova · Aug 4, 2013

Look at this on eBay:

TE CONNECTIVITY / AMP,172165-1..,CONN, INLINE PLUG & SOCKET

http://bit.ly/13FAi2Z

??

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 4, 2013

SteNova said:
Look at this on eBay:

TE CONNECTIVITY / AMP,172165-1..,CONN, INLINE PLUG & SOCKET

http://bit.ly/13FAi2Z

??

Do you know the current rating of that Mate-n-lok plug?

great

if you want a fire

SteNova · Aug 4, 2013

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1598202.pdf

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 4, 2013

yeah?

9.5A rated.......... and he wants to put 34Amps thru it. brill idea

SteNova · Aug 4, 2013

He asked for a stockest not an exact one, anyway I'm on my phone give me a break

As for the lighting I'd make a loom with 1 connector for each light then solder and heatsrink them onto one larger wire then run that to a relay, then you can just use econoseal/superseal on each light

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 4, 2013

satchmolips said:
Am running two 16 amp wires up to light bar to run 4 x 100 watt lamps. I want to put a connecting plug in the line, something like a superseal but cant find one rated high enough. Any suggestions please?

yu do realise that they will get hot?

satchmolips · Aug 5, 2013

Well I understand max draw will be 16.6 amps but am not intending using too much

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 5, 2013

4x100 watts = 400watts.
@12volts, that's 400/12 Amps
Or 34 Amps.

Good luck!

SteNova · Aug 5, 2013

he said 2 wires so that's 16.6a each

.... now does that mean he's having 2 connectors?

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 5, 2013

not if one wire is power and the other ground

.

I give up.

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 5, 2013

satchmolips said:
Well I understand max draw will be 16.6 amps but am not intending using too much

and how, pray are you current limiting the lights?

SteNova · Aug 5, 2013

The Mad Hat Man said:
not if one wire is power and the other ground .

I give up.

lights could be grounded locally on the mounting bolt?

satchmolips · Aug 5, 2013

Thanks for your help but to stop you guys arguing!
I have two 30 amp relays, each supplied separately from battery and individually fused. They are activated together by the switch by joining one of the relay terminals. Each relay then has its own 17 amp lead from which I intend to power two lamps each (Hence the 16.6 amp draw). It was my intention to route both power cables via one double plug, and ground all lamps via the lamp bar. The current draw will presumably be limited by the bulb in each lamp!
So will all that work, particularly as I have found a Superseal double connector with 20 amp rating, and I assume the amp rating applies to the amount flowing through one of the cables, not the two combined??!

SteNova · Aug 5, 2013

satchmolips said:
Thanks for your help but to stop you guys arguing!

it's just friendly banter

anyway.. what size are the fuses protecting the relays?

satchmolips · Aug 5, 2013

20 amp. OK?

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