Stereo
Advanced Member
I am planning to connect my 2003 Tacoma truck battery to my Northstar pop-up truck-camper house battery to run my fridge and charge the house battery while driving. Other than summer and fall, the camper is in storage so I'll install quick connects (and an SCR and fuses) between the truck and the camper.
Since I use the truck to haul stuff that could potentially damage a cable, I'm worried about terminating the 4 gauge cable inside the truck bed, even though that's the most sensible place for it. I'm wondering if there is a next-best place to locate the cable end from the truck. Ideas? Where did you locate your cable?
If the truck bed really is the best place, I'll create some kind of box, or use some PVC pipe, to protect the wiring.
If I do end up drilling through my truck bed to pass through the wire, is there any product I should apply to the cutout so the metal doesn't rust? (I'll definitely put in a grommet to protect the wiring.)
Are there any sections of a truck bed that I should not drill through, structurally speaking?
When screwing to metal panels such as the firewall or to the truck bed, are there special screws that resist pulling out? I would think vibration would cause a regular self-tapping screw to back out over time.
Thank you for your advice.
Since I use the truck to haul stuff that could potentially damage a cable, I'm worried about terminating the 4 gauge cable inside the truck bed, even though that's the most sensible place for it. I'm wondering if there is a next-best place to locate the cable end from the truck. Ideas? Where did you locate your cable?
If the truck bed really is the best place, I'll create some kind of box, or use some PVC pipe, to protect the wiring.
If I do end up drilling through my truck bed to pass through the wire, is there any product I should apply to the cutout so the metal doesn't rust? (I'll definitely put in a grommet to protect the wiring.)
Are there any sections of a truck bed that I should not drill through, structurally speaking?
When screwing to metal panels such as the firewall or to the truck bed, are there special screws that resist pulling out? I would think vibration would cause a regular self-tapping screw to back out over time.
Thank you for your advice.