Charging system
OK. Thanks that confirms a lot of what I suspected. I finally bit the bullet and ordered the classic wiring schematic. I'm probably just going to use this thread as a general questions guide for all things electrical as I go along the different circuits.
You mentioned that ign 2 and S are the two outputs for starting the car. Is there anything wrong with combining them so I have one less wire going to the switch? Or would it be better to just leave it as is? My plan is to simplify as needed and protect switches that really should be, dump the ammeter, and add in some new circuits for future modifications down the line. Also get rid of the blade connections where possible and use aptiv or just newer connectors in general.
My next picture is Headlight circuit with the "to be added" relays to the headlights plus a fuse that goes into B1 from the "to be installed" fusebox. Do I need to worry about wire gauge here for the relays at all for battery in? I also saw that the tail lights are fused into B2 and that the front parking lights turn off once the headlights turn on. Could I just wire all four to the R terminal for parking lights and then run the brakes separately since they don't go through the HL switch?
Note: fan, horn, and brake lights will be always hot, headlights will be on ACC/Run power. I haven't decided which would be better yet but I'm leaning towards ACC to make starting easier.
Does that mean I can wire pin 86 directly to the battery and as long as 30 isn't on from the key I won't be able to turn them on? And always hot can be done by putting 30 and 86 together and using the ground as a switch such as a temp sensor and the horn button? There's a guy on YT called wiring rescue and I've been watching him religiously for the past couple weeks. He lays out the entire circuit on a peg board and goes through it in exacting detail. I'm trying to follow this video in general. I know he uses a GM switch but most of it I think will translate almost directly over.
OK. Thanks that confirms a lot of what I suspected. I finally bit the bullet and ordered the classic wiring schematic. I'm probably just going to use this thread as a general questions guide for all things electrical as I go along the different circuits.
You mentioned that ign 2 and S are the two outputs for starting the car. Is there anything wrong with combining them so I have one less wire going to the switch? Or would it be better to just leave it as is? My plan is to simplify as needed and protect switches that really should be, dump the ammeter, and add in some new circuits for future modifications down the line. Also get rid of the blade connections where possible and use aptiv or just newer connectors in general.
My next picture is Headlight circuit with the "to be added" relays to the headlights plus a fuse that goes into B1 from the "to be installed" fusebox. Do I need to worry about wire gauge here for the relays at all for battery in? I also saw that the tail lights are fused into B2 and that the front parking lights turn off once the headlights turn on. Could I just wire all four to the R terminal for parking lights and then run the brakes separately since they don't go through the HL switch?
Note: fan, horn, and brake lights will be always hot, headlights will be on ACC/Run power. I haven't decided which would be better yet but I'm leaning towards ACC to make starting easier.
Does that mean I can wire pin 86 directly to the battery and as long as 30 isn't on from the key I won't be able to turn them on? And always hot can be done by putting 30 and 86 together and using the ground as a switch such as a temp sensor and the horn button? There's a guy on YT called wiring rescue and I've been watching him religiously for the past couple weeks. He lays out the entire circuit on a peg board and goes through it in exacting detail. I'm trying to follow this video in general. I know he uses a GM switch but most of it I think will translate almost directly over.