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#11 ntsqd

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Posted 13 March 2022 - 11:34 PM

I bolted one half of the connector to the bed wall, and have the other half on some 6 ga. flying leads out of the camper.


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Posted 14 March 2022 - 02:06 AM

Looks like they make a range of sizes, including one for the 50A Anderson:
https://www.amazon.c...r/dp/B08R6P3WDM


What do you do for the marker light wire?


If that’s directed at me, I used an SB50 with the Anderson rubber boots for the 6 awg charging wires and I used a flat 4 connector for the marker lights connection.
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Posted 14 March 2022 - 02:21 AM

Because I used 80A breakers I used an SB120. There's ample anecdotal evidence that the SB connectors can regularly handle more current than they're rated for1,2, but I didn't want to go there intentionally.

 

1One example is that Warn uses the SB350's for some of their portable winch connections and those winches can pull more to way more than 350 amps.

2 My employer uses 120's for circuits that during the 100% QA testing of our products will run 400A for 20-30 seconds.


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Posted 14 March 2022 - 02:49 AM

I have 80 amp fuses at each battery. My dc to dc converter pulls up to 35 amps.

The evidence is not just anecdotal. If you look at the Anderson web site, the SB50 is UL listed for 120 amps of steady state current. It is UL listed for hot connection/disconnection at 50 amps. The 120 amp rating is temperature rise limited, so it likely can withstand brief fault current before the fuses blow of well over 200 amps.

https://www.anderson...B50/ds-sb50.pdf

Edited by Jon R, 14 March 2022 - 02:51 AM.

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Posted 15 March 2022 - 12:42 AM

I drilled a hole in the truck bed - inserted a rubber grommet with an ID large enough for my 6awg wire, covered the wires in wire housing and pulled them thru before mounting the Anderson connectors. Kept the original wiring for running lights.
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Posted 15 March 2022 - 02:59 AM

For a tiny truck bed camper like the Hawk is there a requirement to use marker lights? I asked my dealer to not install any wiring as I did not want anyone screwing around with my truck wiring and had no desire for alternator charging. So currently I don't run any marker lights.


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Posted 15 March 2022 - 04:12 AM

49 CFR 393.11 requires trucks wider than 80 inches to have clearance lamps and identification lamps. The Hawk and Grandby are slightly wider than 80 inches, so your truck is wider than 80 inches when carrying the Hawk.

I wish there was an easy way to disable the three center identification lights on the front when the truck already has them.
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Posted 16 March 2022 - 03:24 PM

I replaced the 10awg 2 pin connector that FWC installed because of its poor design and replaced with a panel mount Anderson powerpole. No problems since.


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Posted 17 March 2022 - 02:14 AM

I drilled a hole in the truck bed - inserted a rubber grommet with an ID large enough for my 6awg wire, covered the wires in wire housing and pulled them thru before mounting the Anderson connectors. Kept the original wiring for running lights.

Same here except mine has each 6ga wire with its own hole and grommet.  


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