tacomasolar123
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Hey folks. New to the forum and first time posting. I'm looking to set up an aux battery for my tacoma. I've purchased a 206ah sok and have decided to take out a backseat and mount it behind the passengers seat in a fabricated battery box. The main load is going to be a dometic fridge that will also reside in the back seat, however I'd also like to run power to the bed of the truck, which has a shell and a sleeping platform. The main question I have is where is the best place to put a fuse block (blue sea). Most of my appliances will be in the bed, and will be low amperage. I've done an audit and come up with no more than 25 amps at a given time coming from the bed (fan, leds, seat heaters for bed, etc...). So, should I run a cable to the bed and have the fuse block be far away from the battery, or should I run the individual appliance cables into the cab? I'm using xt60 connectors on the appliances to be able to do quick disconnects. Just wondering if there is a best practice?
Since it's so low amperage, I've also thought about just running a single cable from a busbar in the bed to the fuse block in the cab and putting it on a single 30 amp fuse in the fuse block. This would allow me to fuse the mppt (thinking victron 20 amp mmpt for 200w of solar in series) in the fuseblock well. Anyway, I'd love to hear some thoughts about what is considered best practice.
Thanks,
Steve
Since it's so low amperage, I've also thought about just running a single cable from a busbar in the bed to the fuse block in the cab and putting it on a single 30 amp fuse in the fuse block. This would allow me to fuse the mppt (thinking victron 20 amp mmpt for 200w of solar in series) in the fuseblock well. Anyway, I'd love to hear some thoughts about what is considered best practice.
Thanks,
Steve