GEN 2 Wiring Upfitter switches

[Roverrich]

Thanks Smurfslayer, that was the ticket. My bundle was taped down on another and looked like the continuation of the pass through bundle. I had to fish the out from under the tape.

 

[KEPSTANG]

Upfitter Switch Wiring Diagram

Here is the factory Ford wiring diagram for the Raptor upfitter switches if anyone is interested. You will obviously need a ground to complete each circuit.

 

[NTX Raptor]

I have only had mine for a day and a half, but I am trying to get my radar detector wired to Aux 6. Where can I find the bundle that is by the glove compartment? I have pulled the fuse panel cover by the floor, and pulled the glove box but I can't find the bundle anywhere. Pics anyone??

And it sounds like once I do find them and connect radar detector and ground, I just need to then connect the two Aux 6 wires in the engine compartment together?

 

[NTX Raptor]

I have only had mine for a day and a half, but I am trying to get my radar detector wired to Aux 6. Where can I find the bundle that is by the glove compartment? I have pulled the fuse panel cover by the floor, and pulled the glove box but I can't find the bundle anywhere. Pics anyone??

And it sounds like once I do find them and connect radar detector and ground, I just need to then connect the two Aux 6 wires in the engine compartment together?

Answered It myself... found the upfitter wires under the cabin fuse box, connected as described above, I'm in business. First little mod complete!

 

[rtmozingo]

Weatherpack connectors question

I used weather pack single connectors on mine. I wired all six and used blank plugs on the ones that are not in use.

I really like this solution, but I'm still a little confused as to exactly how you made it work.

I get that you'd have a female end on each of the switch wires, and a male end on each of the hot wires, but then how do you connect your hot wire of the light into it? If you put a male end on it, what connector piece do you use to ensure they all connect? I only see 1-1, 2-2, etc on the website.

Does a 2-2 work, if you just plug the extra one? So, you'd plug battery wire and the hot accessory wire into the male side of a connector, then plug in the switch wire into the female side, then plug up the second female wire spot? Is that right? TIA

 

[crash457]

I really like this solution, but I'm still a little confused as to exactly how you made it work.

I get that you'd have a female end on each of the switch wires, and a male end on each of the hot wires, but then how do you connect your hot wire of the light into it? If you put a male end on it, what connector piece do you use to ensure they all connect? I only see 1-1, 2-2, etc on the website.

Does a 2-2 work, if you just plug the extra one? So, you'd plug battery wire and the hot accessory wire into the male side of a connector, then plug in the switch wire into the female side, then plug up the second female wire spot? Is that right? TIA

You can do it many ways. I used single plugs like these:

Any hot leads from the up fitter not being used got a connector with a plug like this:

The plugs keep the hot leads from the up fitter switches insulated and safe when not in use. You could use a connector with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 terminals. I chose the singles so that I don't have to unplug everything every time I want to add a new accessory. I simply unplug the connector with the plug, remove the plug, insert the wire, and reconnect.

 

[rtmozingo]

Thanks for the response. I guess what I'm really asking is how do you manage to "T" the three wires together, if you've only got a single connector? Basically the way I see it is you've got three wires but only 2 connection ports.

• Battery Hot Wire with male terminal and insulation
• Accessory Hot wire with male terminal and insulation
• Upfitter Switch wire with female terminal and insulation

So you take the female terminal and insert it into a female connector, and do the same for the male ends. Wait, I think I get it. So you have single male connectors on all of your hot wires, but say a two or three female end on each individual upfitter switch. Then you can plug in whichever accessory set with whichever battery hot wire you like into whatever switch you want (keeping in mind amperage).

So it seems like you have a 3 connection female on one of your aux switches. You plug in a single battery male and a single light hot wire, and plug up the third port that you're not using. Is that right? The multiport plugs don't look like they'd make a T connection, which is what I'm struggling with. My understanding is you have to have accessory hot, battery hot, and upfitter wire all spliced for it all to work. Thus, all of your Weatherpack connections must make contact. Thanks for the quick response.

 

[crash457]

Thanks for the response. I guess what I'm really asking is how do you manage to "T" the three wires together, if you've only got a single connector? Basically the way I see it is you've got three wires but only 2 connection ports.

• Battery Hot Wire with male terminal and insulation
• Accessory Hot wire with male terminal and insulation
• Upfitter Switch wire with female terminal and insulation

So you take the female terminal and insert it into a female connector, and do the same for the male ends. Wait, I think I get it. So you have single male connectors on all of your hot wires, but say a two or three female end on each individual upfitter switch. Then you can plug in whichever accessory set with whichever battery hot wire you like into whatever switch you want (keeping in mind amperage).

So it seems like you have a 3 connection female on one of your aux switches. You plug in a single battery male and a single light hot wire, and plug up the third port that you're not using. Is that right? Thanks for the quick response.

I'm somewhat confused by what you are asking.

I think your confused by the pic I posted. The big connector in the middle of the pic is a factory plug and not related to the up fitters. My plugs are shown above and below that in the pic.

My wiring looks like this:

Aux 1 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male with plug

Aux 2 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male with plug


Aux 3 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male --> BD Squadron Pro(+)


Aux 4 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male --> BD Squadron Pro(+)

Aux 5 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male --> BD S2 Pro(+)

Aux 6 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male with plug

All lights are grounded to the frame.

You do not need to have a seperate power wire from the battery if you do not exceed their power rating since the Up fitter wires are powered and fused.

I hope this helps.

 

[rtmozingo]

Aux 5 Up fitter --->single weather pack connector female --> single weather pack connector male --> BD S2 Pro(+)

Thanks for walking me through this. I'm a little slow as it is my first time doing all of this.

My confusion arises from what I'm supposed to do with the battery wire. They way I interpret what you're saying is this:

Aux 5 switch has a female connector, which the BD S2 hot male end plugs into. What about the battery cable?

OH! Did you splice the Aux switch wire and the Battery wire together into a single female connector?

 

[crash457]

Thanks for walking me through this. I'm a little slow as it is my first time doing all of this.

My confusion arises from what I'm supposed to do with the battery wire. They way I interpret what you're saying is this:

Aux 5 switch has a female connector, which the BD S2 hot male end plugs into. What about the battery cable?

OH! Did you splice the Aux switch wire and the Battery wire together into a single female connector?

You don't need a wire from the battery. The Aux switch wires are hot. They have 12VDC and are fused. The wire under the hood for the aux switch connects directly to the (+) lead for your lights. I simply chose to connect the (+) lead from my lights using a weather pack connector as opposed to soldering or crimp connectors. This allows them to easily be unplugged. I then added the same type of connector to the aux switch wires that are not currently in use and used a plug inside the other end of the connector to protect them until I need to use them. Then all I have to do is unplug the connector and replace the plug inside with the wire from my new light and reconnect it.