Hey Guys,

Seen a few posts in regards to feeding cables through the firewall in the TS or TR magnas. I've run power for a CB with relay so it tuns off with the ignition, and a dedicated supply for the HU (alpine CDA-9826). Both have indepentant Earths back to the batery and both are fused at each end. I have run the cable through flexible PVC loom available from jaycar, it is the same stuff that the orginal car wiring in the engine bay is run through. Looks really good. Will be adding 2 gauge soon for amps and other accesories. I have included pics for those interested.


It is a 3.0 V6 95 TS Magna SW.

Who crimped the terminals on those relay pins? The yellow sleeves are meant to cover the female spade, not sit the way they are, effectively doing nothing.

No they are not, the spades on these are not meant to be insulated by the yellow plastic. There is heatshrink going around the spades tomorrow. You can buy the ones witch have insulation all the way over the spade, but are more expensive.

the insulation always goes over the spades. its there to stop any tracking between the spade or anything nearby..........whats the point of insulating an insulated wire?

and "more expensive" ROFL they're f*cking cable lugs.....wooo u save a whole .5c a piece.

No they are not, the spades on these are not meant to be insulated by the yellow plastic. There is heatshrink going around the spades tomorrow. You can buy the ones witch have insulation all the way over the spade, but are more expensive.

Yes they are; right now you have them sitting over the wire insulation, which is pointless. I have never seen crimp on terminals that come as "partial" insulation as well as "full" insulation.

then you have not opened your eyes, the yellow part of the lug is not movable, and is merly there to over the crimped section of the lug. Geeze calm down though, posted this as an interest on how i've done it, if you don't aggree with it that is fine, i'm not going to argue with you guys over an item i use every day in my profession as a lighting technitian. I know how to use crimps, and i know what types are available. These were just the ones i had at the time, so back off, there won't be a problem tomorrow as i will be heat shrinking the lugs. And yes, before you guys pointed out the one defitient part of the set up, i had already noted it, and planned to fix it. IE TOMORROW arvo, once i get some from work. Geeze, is there anything positive you guys can say.

Hebble

I am not the one who needs to calm down, sheesh.

Andrew is right they are not fully insulated you are the yellow plastic is fixed only covering the actual crimping point you are thinking of the fully insulated crips.

Thanks

When you say Your a lighting technician, do you mean as in electrician or like Live Entertainment Technician. Coz if it's the 2nd i do the same stuff

Live Entertainment

Harro,

I saw one of your post back in the forums about map lights, just wondering where you got them from, and how easy were they to install.

Interested to hear about what you do.

I'm with Andrew here too. The standard spades you get from something like Dick Smith donot have an insulation around the spade, just where the crimp area is. I've found this really tacky, I will never buy the stuff from Dick Smith again.

Hmm Live Entertainment technician hey? I'm a live sound engineer but I do things solely, which includes having to take care of cabling and power requirements for bands and always have to remember the dreaded word "O & HS" (which really isn't that bad).

Back on topic, I light the way you used the flexi piping. Good idea!

Yeah, i know the exact crimp plugs u used. I used smaller sized ones (well, the part for the wire anyway) for connecting to me relay, so that my cb turns off when ignition is off (u stole my idea dammit :P ). I didnt bothing putting the cabling through the tubing. Figured the think insulation should be enough. What cb r u using?

Hey Guys,

Seen a few posts in regards to feeding cables through the firewall in the TS or TR magnas. I've run power for a CB with relay so it tuns off with the ignition, and a dedicated supply for the HU (alpine CDA-9826). Both have indepentant Earths back to the batery and both are fused at each end. I have run the cable through flexible PVC loom available from jaycar, it is the same stuff that the orginal car wiring in the engine bay is run through. Looks really good. Will be adding 2 gauge soon for amps and other accesories. I have included pics for those interested.


It is a 3.0 V6 95 TS Magna SW.
Bit of a power nut ay... why?

icom IC400pro. Very nice indeed, will be adding a yaesu 8900 soon for 70cm 2m 6m and 10m, gonna need to put Tri band antenna on as well as bloody 10m whip. might be getting roof racks for those, need a slightly better ground plane than the bonnet for 10m, but will see what happens first.

incase anyone is wondering, amateur radio is a hobby of mine. Just starting though, find it very interesting indeed.

hebble

in relation to the power, ummm the head unit was just a bonus at the time, ie i had the cable so i wired it up, the power running to the cb will be powering another radio very shortly which is why the need for the heavier stuff. it's only 12gauge.

Nice. Im running a uniden uh-013. It was pricey compared to the other models, but i needed the remote face. The guts of it are mounted under the seat. Amatuer radio a hobby for u aswel eh? Im not into it, but a mate of mine runs a repeater tho

icom IC400pro. Very nice indeed, will be adding a yaesu 8900 soon for 70cm 2m 6m and 10m, gonna need to put Tri band antenna on as well as bloody 10m whip. might be getting roof racks for those, need a slightly better ground plane than the bonnet for 10m, but will see what happens first.

incase anyone is wondering, amateur radio is a hobby of mine. Just starting though, find it very interesting indeed.

hebble

nice to know another fellow amateur radio enthusist here. I'm a newbie myself, well sorta, i've known about it for a very long time, but i never got into it due to money. Still looking around for cheap equipment to start with, and i want to get my license too, once I completely learn the damn morse code.

Yeah i'm about to start the novice course in a few weeks, known about it for sometime now, but time to learn the definates and add to current knowlege and finaly get the damn certification.

I know this is off topic for the current thread but, where are people getting the verada map lights, i really want to put some into my TS but can't find any.

Wreckers.

Harro,

I saw one of your post back in the forums about map lights, just wondering where you got them from, and how easy were they to install.

Interested to hear about what you do.


G'day mate. Mine came standard on my TR SE
Should be able to pick em up from a wreckers


Cheers

cool, thanks mate