Scrambler82 wrote:
Undrstm8ed,

Wow, a lot of work to that in but I am assuming it is all for the good.

What are you doing with it, just air supply for general stuff or LOCKERS... ?

You helped me out a little, the pictures under the battery, I was wondering what was under there, I need to drill through for extra room for the Headlight Projectors, now I know... it can be done !

By the way... the Relay, mounted behind the battery, kind-of an out of the way location IF something goes wrong, hard to test it out !
Just saying !
Also, I am surprised that an ARB Relay isn't WaterProof !  You sure on that ?

The OBA will be ARB's air-manifold for some ARB lockers eventually and for now is for airing up after airing down or just for the shear purpose of helping someone else out even at times. All about being self sufficient not to mention I think it was last week I was out on the other side of town, after 11pm, and i must have stopped by 11 gas stations before I found one that a) had a pump that worked b) had a air chuck to begin with c) had an air station that didn't require a $ .75to 1.50 for 2 mins of air.

I cannot believe that on this side of the world that so many places charge for air whereas 90% of the tire stores or gas stations back in Michigan always had free air and a line hanging even out of a bay door sometimes. Never do I recall ever paying for air. But here in Nevada, California, Arizona,.. and likely others where hospitality and convenience aren't a tradition but a marketing object.. And what really throws me for a loop. There are places that will turn ON the pump or give you "tokens" to give you FREE air but yet they have a till-box to collect from the idiots who don't know better or too lazy to walk inside and ask perhaps. I can't seem to wrap my head around that. Its like whats the point, outside of accidental profit? Racketeering? lol

Yea the horns are a bit louder now for sure now that everything is aimed forward and put back together. Glad there was some information for you to work with too. As far as the ARB relay; yup completely open on the bottom end. I'll just fill it with 100% silicone or hot glue gun it sealed and it should be fine. I've got a method with a pretty good track record I used to use when doing audio systems on boats that will work well.


MaDMaXX wrote:
Everything i know says you need the fuse right up on the battery.

If i remember correctly, the outcome of a fire that destroyed someones Ranger was from a poorly placed fuse on their EFan mod - literally factory wiring for the mod kit, just placed the fuse too far from the battery.


Yea there are enough of these strewn about on Pinterest and Instagram...^^^

As a young man (16'ish), I can recall being left stranded with a buddy of mine whose car burned down to the uni-body in a Sears parking lot when we were about 14 miles from home and back then 14 miles was far. lol I would never want to return back to that day..

The point of putting the fuse within that 12-18" of the battery is for the simple reason of if the fuse blows, because the circuit shorted out, it doesn't take the entire 6', 10', 18 foot long wires melting and catching on fire too before it stops. Which is another precept to replacing a fuse with a larger one. Its ok in some situations as a "get me home" necessity but not meant as a permanent solution, otherwise likely be in same situation of allowing the circuit to overload itself. It's just good practice.

Last edited on Mon Apr 2nd, 2018 05:28 pm by Undrstm8ed