Wiring Help

[KG4LHQ]

Hello,

I have an 04 Silverado WT 4x4 Package.... I currently have this as a setup ( Only Small )

Dashmiser Mounted Under The Mirror Bolt
Headlight Flasher
VHF Radio
Galls Siren
Amp Subwoofer

I have the Headlight Flasher running to where my dashmiser wire are that goes to a switch at the cigarette lighter ( doesn't draw many amps ) so I ran it there that way when I flip the switch at the cigarette lighter the headlight flasher and the strobe light automatically come on together. (Good Idea???)

I have my VHF Radio and my siren box running to seperate wires to the battery with my siren box grounded to a piece of metal on the inside of the truck and the radio grounded to the battery ( is that ok )

The siren and radio is always connected to the battery but I have not done the relay thing as I asked in my previous post so the radio is shut off by the auto power off and the siren box is always on standby when not being used.

I also have a 200 watt Subwoofer Amplifier wires ran thru the firewall to the battery and my ground to the amp is connected to a bolt under the plastic piece along the edge of the inside of the truck ( good idea )

Everything is fused with inline fuses on positive connectors except the radio and it has Negative and Positive.

I currently have 3 seperate wires ( Subwoofer Amp, Siren Power Wire and VHF Radio Power Wire ) connected to my + battery top post and 1 wire connected to my - battery post and that is my VHF Radio.

Does this sound like a cluster ___ or an alright install for an amateur?

[kg4ere]

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[dbcomm]

I second that. Especially on a silverado/sierra/tahoe/yukon. The accessory (cigarette) feeds are small and not sufficient for anything more that control appliations (triggers, etc.). IMO.

[mr.syntrx]

i would be very careful about running any type of "accesories" through the cigarette lighter. The little dinky wires going to most cigarette lighters cannot stand up to the large draw that alot of strobes and things of that nature require. That would have to be my only big complaint. If you feel comftorable running stuff through the CL go ahead, but I would not be comftorable doing it.

It's for this reason that all the unmarked police cars around here have a seperate circuit for strobes etc.

[ten8]

Agreeing with the above, this is what i would do to change it.

Buy a good quality hard wired aux outlet. Wire it somewhere out of the way. Power it with a relay. Run the relay trigger wire and the headlight flasher trigger wire to a switch that you can also put somewhere hidden or out of the way (but easy to get to)


I know i've said before, any customers that insist on using cig plug equipment, we wire in those switched aux cig plug boxes.