Best 12v source for bottle heater?
01-24-2012, 06:47 AM
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Best 12v source for bottle heater? Ok guys I have everything else, but my bottle heater hooked up. I already have a switch ready to activate the bottle heater, but I need a 12v source for my relay to bottle heater. Where is a good place to get this from? I don't want to run it off my battery. Any suggestions?
01-24-2012, 07:44 AM
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I'm going to try a snowmobile battery this year.
If that doesn't work, I have a mini deep cycle that I know will work, but it's much heavier.
Good idea not using the car battery.
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I'm going to try a snowmobile battery this year.
If that doesn't work, I have a mini deep cycle that I know will work, but it's much heavier.
Good idea not using the car battery.
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01-24-2012, 08:25 AM
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I would run a 10 gauge wire from the battery to the inside of the car into the dash somewhere and have seperate box that I could wire several things into for 12 volt, my car will have several things will will need 12 bolt power and I can just run them all threw one location
01-24-2012, 08:56 AM
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I would run a 10 gauge wire from the battery to the inside of the car into the dash somewhere and have seperate box that I could wire several things into for 12 volt, my car will have several things will will need 12 bolt power and I can just run them all threw one location
01-24-2012, 01:51 PM
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Sounds like I misunderstood, and thought you wanted an external power source like I use when sitting in staging.
Before you just tie into another circuit, you need to know what it can handle, and exactly what the heater load will be.
To be honest, everyone I know runs a separate circuit, because the heater pulls too much to just stick on another circuit.
Good luck.
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Sounds like I misunderstood, and thought you wanted an external power source like I use when sitting in staging.
Before you just tie into another circuit, you need to know what it can handle, and exactly what the heater load will be.
To be honest, everyone I know runs a separate circuit, because the heater pulls too much to just stick on another circuit.
Good luck.
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01-24-2012, 02:08 PM
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Sounds like I misunderstood, and thought you wanted an external power source like I use when sitting in staging.
Before you just tie into another circuit, you need to know what it can handle, and exactly what the heater load will be.
To be honest, everyone I know runs a separate circuit, because the heater pulls too much to just stick on another circuit.
Good luck.
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Sounds like I misunderstood, and thought you wanted an external power source like I use when sitting in staging.
Before you just tie into another circuit, you need to know what it can handle, and exactly what the heater load will be.
To be honest, everyone I know runs a separate circuit, because the heater pulls too much to just stick on another circuit.
Good luck.
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01-24-2012, 04:26 PM
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If you have high amp solenoids and you know that circuit can handle it, that would probably be perfect.
That way you know it won't pop another circuit, and my 2 cents, use a on-off-on switch,
so that way it is impossible to engage the noids & heater at the same time.
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If you have high amp solenoids and you know that circuit can handle it, that would probably be perfect.
That way you know it won't pop another circuit, and my 2 cents, use a on-off-on switch,
so that way it is impossible to engage the noids & heater at the same time.
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01-24-2012, 05:41 PM
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If you have high amp solenoids and you know that circuit can handle it, that would probably be perfect.
That way you know it won't pop another circuit, and my 2 cents, use a on-off-on switch,
so that way it is impossible to engage the noids & heater at the same time.
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If you have high amp solenoids and you know that circuit can handle it, that would probably be perfect.
That way you know it won't pop another circuit, and my 2 cents, use a on-off-on switch,
so that way it is impossible to engage the noids & heater at the same time.
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01-24-2012, 09:00 PM
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The on-off-on switch is different, it's not the same as on-off.
You use it exactly for this type circuit, so it's impossible to run 2 circuits at the same time.
Just make sure you get a quality switch, that can handle the draw.
Are you near Chicago, I could build the circuit for you, it's easy for me.
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The on-off-on switch is different, it's not the same as on-off.
You use it exactly for this type circuit, so it's impossible to run 2 circuits at the same time.
Just make sure you get a quality switch, that can handle the draw.
Are you near Chicago, I could build the circuit for you, it's easy for me.
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01-25-2012, 11:20 AM
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You're making it entirely to complicated. 12v is 12v. Its either switched or constant. Yes you splice into the power wire to your solenoid relay and not effect anything.
01-25-2012, 02:09 PM
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12ga wire 12ga
Battery------------- Relay 30-----------Heater
Or like said above, maybe you need to buy a separate fuse block.
http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/en-us/p349.html
Just take a proper gauge wire from the battery and run it to this fuse block. That way you can now fuse everything going out without tapping into any wires. These blocks are perfect for adding extra things without making it a pain.
You may need an 8ga which will handle quite a bit of juice to power the fuse block. Then just add in a simple fuse and run it out to whatever you want.
Your relay wiring should be like this:
85 ground
86 This will be 12V from your toggle switch
87A this will go out to your heater
30 this will come from the fuse block and will carry the load. So make sure you have a 10 or 15amp fuse protecting it. You want the fuse to pop before the wire burns.
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01-25-2012, 03:40 PM
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The guy is 100% doing the right thing, for exactly the reason mentioned.
He was not sure, and I would rather not hear about his car burning to the ground
when many of us know a lot more then him and were here to help!!!
I don't care what anyone says, you don't mess with electricity if you don't know what you're doing.
He did the right thing, and hopefully others have learned something also.
You don't just splice into a circuit anywhere you feel like, 12v is 12v, but 1 amp is definitely not 25 amps!!!!
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The guy is 100% doing the right thing, for exactly the reason mentioned.
He was not sure, and I would rather not hear about his car burning to the ground
when many of us know a lot more then him and were here to help!!!
I don't care what anyone says, you don't mess with electricity if you don't know what you're doing.
He did the right thing, and hopefully others have learned something also.
You don't just splice into a circuit anywhere you feel like, 12v is 12v, but 1 amp is definitely not 25 amps!!!!
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01-25-2012, 03:50 PM
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As the amperage increases, the wire provides more and more resistance (like trying to force more and more water through a given hose), but in the case of electricity, it heats up the wire, or the fuse built in to the circuit. HEATERS are relatively inefficient, and require a lot of current (amperage) to work. So the first thing to is determine the current draw (should be on the device somewhere) and be sure that the circuit you are creating and attaching to can accept the additional draw without overheating.
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01-25-2012, 03:56 PM
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I would run a 10 gauge wire from the battery to the inside of the car into the dash somewhere and have seperate box that I could wire several things into for 12 volt, my car will have several things will will need 12 bolt power and I can just run them all threw one location
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01-26-2012, 12:49 PM
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LOL this got way out of control. Look man, I wouldnt tap into a wire that is already being used. Thats just me and the reason for this is you have no idea what each component is pulling from that wire. Save some worry and just run a wire from the battery, use a relay and wire it up that way. Or use the box deal like others have said. This is my opinion, and also the way that I have wired my bottle heater up. Directly off the batter to a relay.
01-26-2012, 01:05 PM
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LOL this got way out of control. Look man, I wouldnt tap into a wire that is already being used. Thats just me and the reason for this is you have no idea what each component is pulling from that wire. Save some worry and just run a wire from the battery, use a relay and wire it up that way. Or use the box deal like others have said. This is my opinion, and also the way that I have wired my bottle heater up. Directly off the batter to a relay.