satchmolips
Active Member
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?
Amp/Tyco TE range - OK to 35Amps
satchmolips
Active Member
Thanks, (re the plug) any links to any stockist please?
SteNova
Well-Known Member
Look at this on eBay:
TE CONNECTIVITY / AMP,172165-1..,CONN, INLINE PLUG & SOCKET
http://bit.ly/13FAi2Z
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TE CONNECTIVITY / AMP,172165-1..,CONN, INLINE PLUG & SOCKET
http://bit.ly/13FAi2Z
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SteNova
Well-Known Member
yeah?
9.5A rated.......... and he wants to put 34Amps thru it. brill idea
9.5A rated.......... and he wants to put 34Amps thru it. brill idea
SteNova
Well-Known Member
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
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
yu do realise that they will get hot?
satchmolips
Active Member
Well I understand max draw will be 16.6 amps but am not intending using too much
4x100 watts = 400watts.
@12volts, that's 400/12 Amps
Or 34 Amps.
Good luck!
@12volts, that's 400/12 Amps
Or 34 Amps.
Good luck!
not if one wire is power and the other ground .
I give up.
.I give up.
SteNova
Well-Known Member
not if one wire is power and the other ground
I give up.
lights could be grounded locally on the mounting bolt?
satchmolips
Active Member
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??!
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
Well-Known Member
satchmolips
Active Member
20 amp. OK?
