Vehicle Electrical Distribution

[Rubicajon]

Just a question for everyone.

S-Pod
Apollo-Intec
Home made from a older 4wd fuse/relay box taken from a pull a part yard.

What is your choice for distributing power to your accessories

 

[Daryl 32]

Power cut off switch some things wired direct to it as they have in line fused from factory (ARB compressor). And then 30 amp fuse box for the rest, figure if I need more in the shell I can add another one. Mine has 6 circuits they come with as many as 12 I believe. I have also seen these mounted under the hood in vehicles.

 

[Hafaday]

The Spod and the like are good for powering things outside the cab. My opinion.. if running circuits inside the cab. I would use a different set up (a decent sized pos. & neg. to handle the load and a distribution panel). again, less wires going in and out thru the body/firewall.

But that's just me.

 

[Cort]

I have an SPOD on my Jeep LJ and my F150. I love them and their customer service is top notch. Besides power distribution they work as circuit breakers and auto shut down to save your battery. You also don’t need to have the vehicle on or on acc mode to run the spod.

 

[Rob K]

Not exactly Overland related but the principle is probably still the same. For most distribution we did at the old job (Emergency Vehicle Conversions) we would make our own depending on the need. It would typically consist of a breaker or hi-amp switch for the main power, a few fuse blocks (varying from 6,8,10 pos) and possibly a hi-amp relay for a constant/accessory circuit. This example is under a rear seat but a lot of the equipment got put in a small enclosure or mounted to a carpeted board or box. Of course this is the very DIY method. I've heard good things about SPOD though, even though I have no personal experience.

 

[phxdsrtrat]

I really like the spod and that is what I would go with if I were doing it over. However, I ended up rolling my own a couple years back. I used all marine grade electrical hardware and am quite happy with how it turned out.

-Curtiss

 

[v_man]

BlueSea products have a solid reputation across Marine and Automotive applications. I've been running a BlueSea 12 circuit aux. box for years in my rock crawler, and now in our family 4x4. Super easy install and it won't break the bank. I can't fathom spending $400 + on SPOD, but 'overlanding' and gratuitous spending seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly....

 

[Cort]

The SPOD is far from just a power distribution system as I stated before. Once you add up the cost of all the things it does if purchased separately it's not that crazy.