How To Wire Raptor AUX upfitter switches

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Atrociraptor

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Just did 20" light bar and pods this weekend. Going to do rear lighting tomorrow. As I read the first few posts I laughed at the comment that said the only thing missing from the instructions was the bucket on the passenger floor to catch all the blood. After connecting the third wire I looked at my left hand which suddenly looked like a horror movie. My bad for thinking this was a figurative comment, not a literal one...

As an aside, I have no idea how anyone could do this with butt connectors.

Since I'm here, if my rear light draws 10.5A and I plan to put it on aux4, can I just swap the 10A fuse for 15A (so I have 2 30A and 2 15A)?
 
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Nick@Apollo-Optics

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Just did 20" light bar and pods this weekend. Going to do rear lighting tomorrow. As I read the first few posts I laughed at the comment that said the only thing missing from the instructions was the bucket on the passenger floor to catch all the blood. After connecting the third wire I looked at my left hand which suddenly looked like a horror movie. My bad for thinking this was a figurative comment, not a literal one...

As an aside, I have no idea how anyone could do this with butt connectors.

Since I'm here, if my rear light draws 10.5A and I plan to put it on aux4, can I just swap the 10A fuse for 15A (so I have 2 30A and 2 15A)?

No. It's not just the fuse, but also the accompanying wiring on that particular upfitter switch that is gauged for the stated load.
 

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Just did 20" light bar and pods this weekend. Going to do rear lighting tomorrow. As I read the first few posts I laughed at the comment that said the only thing missing from the instructions was the bucket on the passenger floor to catch all the blood. After connecting the third wire I looked at my left hand which suddenly looked like a horror movie. My bad for thinking this was a figurative comment, not a literal one...

As an aside, I have no idea how anyone could do this with butt connectors.

Since I'm here, if my rear light draws 10.5A and I plan to put it on aux4, can I just swap the 10A fuse for 15A (so I have 2 30A and 2 15A)?
Nick is correct! This is why we have different size (gauge) wires. Items that draw big power (wattage) need a larger gauge wire to carry all that current to your device. Using too small of wire will end up melting the wire and possibly start a fire. Simply changing fuse amps only makes the wire have to work harder to blow the fuse. This is a dangerous practice. If in doubt, always run bigger wire rather than smaller wire. Use appropriate amp fuses as indicated.
 

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Thanks for the post Birdman...excellent detail and discussion. I'm now confident I can do the install of Rigids D2's without having to pay a local shop to do it.

P.S. How much blood can I expect to loose while making the under-dash AUX wiring connections?
 

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Thanks for the post Birdman...excellent detail and discussion. I'm now confident I can do the install of Rigids D2's without having to pay a local shop to do it.

P.S. How much blood can I expect to loose while making the under-dash AUX wiring connections?



It is all dependent on how fat your hands are!!! I had zero issues, others got stitches......lol
 
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