Thanks Tim for this video, I'm wiring up a small fiberglass camper for the first time. This video is sending me in the right direction. :)

Simple but very instructional and helpful. Thank you.

Excellent video. Cool house. Your ingenuity is inspiring.

@TimTools99

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you like my crazy ideas.

In very simple way you have explained 12v wiring. Thanks

@TimTools99

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

Brilliant! Exactly what I was looking for, for guidance getting started wiring my home office/studio to 12 volts (off a decent 12V Deep Cycle Marine battery charged from some solar and some hydro). Thanks Tim! 🙂

Great video, very resourceful ideas, clean setup and great detailed communication! Don't forget for larger items such as a descent size mini fridge, TV and or computer you can run a small 1500w (RMS) power inverter to convert your 12v DC source into a 120v AC auxillary option. You can also install a peltier device attached to a shallow heatsink inside the lining of a plastic ice chest, cut a hole slightly smaller than the size of a computer fan, mount to other side of the heat sink forcing cool air into cooler.

You did a great and excellent job explaining how to wire . Thank you

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for making this video!

Great video, very clear instructions and diagrams. thank you

Thanks for sharing! That was really helpful!

I really liked watching this video. It explained things clearly and gives me more confidence to do my own projects in the future. Thanks!

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

That's great. Glad it was useful

You're an amazing man! Thanks for sharing your project.

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome .... and thanks for the comment

Thank you for this! I currently have an emergency 220v power set up but I'm looking for this simpler

Awesome video. Very helpful! Thanks

This video was a life saver! Thanks!

i loved this. Thanks for the no frills information!

thank you for this video, just what i needed for guidance on my tiny 12v system

Great video. Love the cake pan. I have one I was going to give away after I went tiny. I may just do the same thing. Pretty cool.

Great video for a simple system. Thanks

Thank you for taking the time!

That cake pan light fixture is awesome!

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks ... Salvation Army store is one of my favorite places to get good stuff for these kind of projects (:

Great video thank you for explaing that so concisely

Injust want you to know, this is exactly the video I was looking for!

@Bizzybugproductions

3 жыл бұрын

Come try the Rizzle app

This is awesome! I really like the cake pan light. MacGyver would approve.

Thanks for sharing. This is a great idea for the camping light on a car battery.

@TimTools99

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

Awesome! that's probably the most helpful youtube video i've seen

Perfect great job ,building a cabin off grid.Thank you

Nice simple explanation. 12V wiring is fairly simple, just make sure your wire size is appropriate as this video explains.

Thank you so much, this is just what I wanted to do in my cabin !

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful.

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your cabin!

Nicely done thank you Tim.

That LED light fixture ... wow ... bright idea. Thumbs up!

@TimTools99

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That thing is working great. It's really all the light I need in the cabin

Just what I needed thanks

Thank you, good work.

Great job my friend.

Great video sir!

Hi! Good video and good info, one detail i would like to add would be that you have to calculate both (+&-) wire's when you are calculating the lenght of the wiring and which size wire to use.

@TimTools99

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is right. I should have mentioned that.

Perfect explanation. The drawing shows why it is so important to put the fuse so close to the positive terminal. I have seen numerous videos where they use an inline fuse to the negative AFTER the load. Very dangerous that way. Subscribed for sure on all this info for free.

@Redlinesixtynine

Жыл бұрын

What size fuse would I use just to run a few 12V lights? thanks.

@uprightfossil6673

Жыл бұрын

@@Redlinesixtynine those lights probably only need 1/2amp. You can check the package to be safe. Fires from direct ground require the wire to get hot or burn so no amperage DC is “safe”

@Redlinesixtynine

Жыл бұрын

@@uprightfossil6673 Thanks for your reply. One more question if you don't mind. I'm in the middle of wiring up our little cabin here and it has a 120v and a 12 system. One son wants a basic 12V, the other wanted the option of bringing his generator to it and so he wanted 120v. As such, I have wired in a small panel, and a generator connector. Since the panel needs a proper ground rod, I'm wondering if I shouldn't also ground the 12v as well, just run a wire from the neg of the 12v fuse panel to the ground. I figure a car is grounded to the chassis, shouldn't this be grounded too? Wondering what your thoughts are on this. thanks!

@uprightfossil6673

Жыл бұрын

@@Redlinesixtynine that car grounding is not the same as earth grounding for 120vac. Earth ground will save your life. “Common” ground on a car means anything you touch with a positive lead will be energized or sparks will fly. DC does not do “earth” ground. The “common” buss bar i the way to go as well as a FUSE between the positive lead and the positive buss bar. REMEMBER: DC will heat up dangerously quick. I generally put the fuse on the ONLY positive lead that feeds a buss bar. You can protect individual circuits remembering to keep the fuse as close to the positive source as possible. A quick fire starter is a nine volt battery and fine steel wool. That’s how dangerous DC is.

@uprightfossil6673

Жыл бұрын

@@Redlinesixtynine the transformer you use should be grounded (3 prong) I use old extension cords for my DC solar projects. The very old two prong ones can only be plugged in one way for DC reference, but you MUST put a caution label on them or sparks will fly if connected to 120ac. (I know for a fact)

loved the video!

thank you. very nice video, 👍

I also ran a ground wire from the negative post on the battery to a ground rod which is pounded into the earth next to the cabin.

@burrheadjr

6 жыл бұрын

I think I will do that as well

@joewoodchuck3824

3 жыл бұрын

No need to do that, but it doesn't hurt either. I would only ground a 120 v system, even then only if connecting to shore power.

Good move using 14 gauge wire. If you have to switch to AC for some reason you don’t have to pull new wire for 15 amp circuits.

Great video

Great vid! Technically electrons flow from negative to positive. I know confusing. Hundred years ago they weren't sure which way it travelled and assumed positive to negative. Fascinating and weird stuff hey

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. Very weird.

@maienduo

4 жыл бұрын

True, but "hole current/electrones" flow from positive to negative

Nice job

Amazon: Blue Sea Systems 5025 Blade Fuse Block. 6 circuits with negative bus and cover

@briansmith9596

3 жыл бұрын

Raised panel

I would include ammeters too. There's nothing like knowing what's going on everywhere.

Great ! Thnx,, ❤

good job

@TimTools99

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben. There is so much to all this stuff. I just tried to do a basic video to get people started. I learned a lot doing the 12v job.

Hi Tim, Thanks for this video, it really does a great job giving anyone with some basic wiring knowledge a great start at how to go about a project like this. I'm in the middle of wiring up a bunkie here and it has a 120v and a 12 system. One son wants a basic 12V, the other wanted the option of bringing his generator to it and so he wanted 120v. As such, I have wired in a small panel, and a generator connector. Since the panel needs a proper ground rod, I'm wondering if I shouldn't also ground the 12v as well, just run a wire from the neg of the 12v fuse panel to the ground. I figure a car is grounded to the chassis, shouldn't this be grounded too? Wondering what your thoughts are on this. thanks!

Nice!

thanks for sharing, good job, So how are you charging the battery? If solar how are doing that? Id like to try a similar project

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

You will need a Solar Panel, Charge Controller and battery. You connect wires from the solar panel to the charge controller. Then you come out of the controller and go to a 12v Battery. Here is what I used: (SOLAR PANEL - Grape Solar MODEL:GS-Star-180W-US High Efficiency Mono-crystalline. I have this panel changing two deep cell 12 volt batteries.) (CHARGE CONTROLLER- MPPT Tracer 2210. Later on I decided to get an inverter.(INVERTER- Xantrex ProWatt SW 1000 Sine Wave Inverter.)

Excellent video. Very easy to follow. Where would you connect an inverter if you had one? Would it be connected to the negative and positive terminals on the fuse box.

@noneya3504

2 жыл бұрын

your inverter would run directly off your battery. Make sure you size the wire size to the potential amperage that your inverter will draw. And a fuse is neccessary as well.

👍😎

where did you purchase your wiring block

Question please. What if my tiny house is much bigger and I already ran regular ole ac wiring to a circuit box? Can I still connect a solar system?

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

If I understand your question ... you can not mix 12v and "regular ole ac wiring." I wired my cabin with two separate electrical systems. I can power with regular 110v house current into an electrical panel which then has circuits running to lights and recepticals just like house wiring. My 12v solar system is completely separate. The solar panel charges batteries. Then I ran a heavy wire to my 12v distribution center and from that, I ran wires to 12v lights and 12v cigarette plugs etc. Later, I decided to buy and inverter which converts the 12v from the batteries to 110v. the inverter has two outputs. I ran a wire from the inverter to my 110v panel and in this way I can now run my regular house current in the cabin. This was a learning project. If I had it to do over, I would forget running 12v wiring for 12v lights etc. I would run from the solar panel to the batteries then to the inverter then to a 110v panel box to power the cabin. Hope this answers your question.

REALLY digging that setup and the Cake pan light LOVE it, did the neighbors rat you out causing the move?

@TimTools99

2 жыл бұрын

No rats in the neighborhood and it would have been too late anyway. I had it moved to my camp in about 10 minutes. lol

You’re a cool cat

@TimTools99

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks!

Great video! Where did you get the voltage reader with USB ports and the cigarette lighter?

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

I can't remember so I searched online. www.amazon.com/Charger-Voltmeter-Jumper-Motorcycle-tplt/dp/B00LDSZQOI?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00LDSZQOI

@TimTools99

6 жыл бұрын

www.amazon.com/dp/B072FJRYSK/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B072FJRYSK&pd_rd_wg=ZcWfB&pd_rd_r=F3H5JZXNQVFQS4SR0BT7&pd_rd_w=hyncj

Very Informative; how do you charge the battery?

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

I have a solar panel

Do you think it's possible to remove the fuse box from a junk vehicle for the wiring block, so I don't have to spend money?

Why my light won't turn on.. Does it need the fuse?

What is the name of the combo unit?

I cant figure out which fuse is appropriate. For instance my fans will drawing about .4amp hrs. So a 1amp fuse would work but would that mean I'm over charging the circuit? Or say I use 5amp fuses, do I need to worry about sending too much electricity?

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

When specifying a fuse for an after-market application, the key consideration is that the fuse should be the weakest point (i.e. lowest rated component) so that it always blows before any damage occurs to other parts of the electrical circuit. However, you also do not want the fuse to keep blowing under normal operation (known as a nuisance blow), so the two elements to consider are: The current rating of the smallest cable in the circuit The current draw on the circuit under normal expected operating conditions The fuse rating should lie somewhere between these two values to allow normal operation but blow on overload. For example, if the normal expected current draw is 10A and the cable size is 25A, then a fuse rated at 15A would be appropriate.

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

Fuses are there to protect the downstream conductors (Your Wire) in the event of a fault. They do not care about the routine non-fault loading and should not be sized for it. (In other words, you determine your fuse size based on the size wire you are using NOT the device you are connecting up.) The proper way to select a fuse is to determine the rated continuous amperage capacity of your downstream conductors (Wire), and then select a fuse with a rating lower than that. The how much lower is up to the specific codes and industry, but picking a fuse with ~80% of the conductor rating is a good rule of thumb. Slow-blow for big inductive loads, fast-blow for anything else. If this results in a fuse that is too small to support the non-fault loads you plan to run on the circuit then this means you need heavier conductors (Wire). Just upping the fuse to support the load is asking for a fire. The wire gauge should be marked on the cord for your socket. Then a table such as this one www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm will help you to determine it's safe maximum amperage capacity. For example, if your cord is 18 awg wire then it is rated for ~16A as chassis wiring. De-rate that by 20% and you get about 12.5. The next lower standard size is 10A; so you want a 10A fuse. This will definitely protect 18ga wiring and still give plenty of head space so as to not blow in normal operation.

@masterroshi7921

5 жыл бұрын

@@TimTools99 thanks a ton

How big of solar panels did you have? I’m putting two led lights on a deep cycle battery and I’m on a tight budget

@TimTools99

4 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't take much of a solar panel to charge a battery for powering two LED lights.

how to calculate fuse size?

Wow, a strong accent! I'm thinking Great Lakes. (block pronounced as black, ask as "eeyask". Not as strong as for most females of the Great Lakes, but still of that region. Am I correct?

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

I never thought of myself as having an accent. Ha! You aren't one of those yaaaawwwlll southern boys are you?

@REVNUMANEWBERN

2 жыл бұрын

@@TimTools99 Eyes one of dem southerners LOL, we know y'all Nawtherners

no charge controller?

@TimTools99

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have one of those

@TheRancherAndTheWife

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimTools99 Does your charge controller come right after your solar panels and before your battery? Great video. Appreciate it.

@TimTools99

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRancherAndTheWife Yes that's right

I've got another question. My dad says we don't need switch relays and a busbar. Everything is going to be super low amp draw so he thinks we can direct wire from the fuse box with just a switch on the line. Would that work for low amp situations? I cant figure out why you would need switch relays and the busbar in the first place tbh. First time doing this

@TimTools99

5 жыл бұрын

I am not a professional electrician so I pretty much oversized all my wire to make sure I would be safe. I ran from my battery through a fuse to the little 12v fuse panel block. Then, I ran several circuits for lights, a USB charging gizmo, a 12v port for cigarette style plug etc. I had never run 12v before and I did a lot of reading before I bought my solar panel, inverter etc. The internet is a great resource for learning.

@masterroshi7921

5 жыл бұрын

@@TimTools99 yeah im.doing pretty much the same thing. I think it's a fairly safe set up if most of your stuff uses less than 5amps. I think the 12v cigarette charger and the two usb chargers all together might push around 15 amps but in a tiny house or in a boondock situation most of the load will be so insignificant that it's safe with fuses and oversized wire and basic 10amp switches

@masterroshi7921

5 жыл бұрын

@@TimTools99 I will post again when it's all done. Let everyone know if it caught on fire lol