Hawsa
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I'm about to go to town on my electrical system and I'm starting this thread for two reasons.
1. Because I think it's cool and want to show y'all
2. Because I'm doing it in a way that would allow others to buy my setup and install it in their own trucks.
I'm coming from a Tacoma that was fully decked out with all the goodies and have been missing that big time in the ol f-150. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of great solutions out there for *quality* aftermarket power management. Going into this project my goal was to make something that allows me to do the following:
There are probably a few other things that I'll figure out along the way or maybe some of you have feedback on tangents this project could take.
I started by using polycam ($50/year photogrammetry based 3d scanner) to capture my engine bay in various states of batter being in and completely removed. This was crucial for spacing and capturing absolute positions for factory mounting to start with. This is an example of the scan. I know it looks 2D. Trust me it's not!
From there I started from my known points in space and then moved a mockup of the battery into place and kept cranking using Fusion 360's sheet metal tools. At the end of the day, here is what I have mocked up. If you're familiar with the parts mentioned above you may recognize the components all laid out here:
This 3 part kit can easily be tweaked to have blank mounting plates that you could cut out for whatever accessories you'd like. The only thing set in stone is the maximum size of battery that you could use. The only downside here is that I'm a hobbyist, not a shop. The lower the volume, the more expensive this is. If we could order 10+ at a time the cost drops significantly. I have ordered my first one at full price to confirm fitment - Assuming all is well, I'd love to start a list going of people who would be interested in a group buy. I would expect around $150-175 for all 3 pieces laser cut + bending and shipping. If nobody is interested, still great - I'm solving this problem for myself anyway.
What do you guys think?
1. Because I think it's cool and want to show y'all
2. Because I'm doing it in a way that would allow others to buy my setup and install it in their own trucks.
I'm coming from a Tacoma that was fully decked out with all the goodies and have been missing that big time in the ol f-150. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of great solutions out there for *quality* aftermarket power management. Going into this project my goal was to make something that allows me to do the following:
- Mount and support 2 Switch Pro SP9100s and their combined 16 outputs (I don't expect to use all 16, but will use more than 8, thus having two)
- Upgrade and house a larger H8 AGM battery - my choice is the ODP-AGM49 H8 L5
- While I'm designing a bracket, I want to re-mount my J&L oil catch can because I think the mount they give you in their kit sucks booty hole.
- In supporting the SP9100s and various accessories. It will need to hold a bunch of BlueSea electrical components including 2 8x terminal blocks, a large grounding bus bar, and a small accessory lighting bus bar (all drl amber lights like on Diode Dynamics SS3 pods or Baja Designs Lp9s that I'll be running)
- Of course it needs to fit in my engine bay (5.0 - I'm not sure and would need to confirm fitment on ecoboost models to make sure their extra piping doesn't get in the way)
- Not require any drilling and or cutting of metal in the engine bay ei use factory mounting locations
- Cable manage without a lot of effort
There are probably a few other things that I'll figure out along the way or maybe some of you have feedback on tangents this project could take.
I started by using polycam ($50/year photogrammetry based 3d scanner) to capture my engine bay in various states of batter being in and completely removed. This was crucial for spacing and capturing absolute positions for factory mounting to start with. This is an example of the scan. I know it looks 2D. Trust me it's not!
From there I started from my known points in space and then moved a mockup of the battery into place and kept cranking using Fusion 360's sheet metal tools. At the end of the day, here is what I have mocked up. If you're familiar with the parts mentioned above you may recognize the components all laid out here:
This 3 part kit can easily be tweaked to have blank mounting plates that you could cut out for whatever accessories you'd like. The only thing set in stone is the maximum size of battery that you could use. The only downside here is that I'm a hobbyist, not a shop. The lower the volume, the more expensive this is. If we could order 10+ at a time the cost drops significantly. I have ordered my first one at full price to confirm fitment - Assuming all is well, I'd love to start a list going of people who would be interested in a group buy. I would expect around $150-175 for all 3 pieces laser cut + bending and shipping. If nobody is interested, still great - I'm solving this problem for myself anyway.
What do you guys think?
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