pushinfreight

I have run one wire for the bottle heater to a 12v source(orange wire with fuse) and now have a seocnd 12v wire that I need to run for the auto bottle opener. Can I just spice into the one that is already run? Both wires have a fuse on them so I do not see a problem with it.

Robert56

iTrader: (2)

That's a tuff call, not knowing the wire gauge you have or amp rating on bott noid. Myself, I run dedicated wires and relays/fuses for each for safety.

pushinfreight

The wire gauge is 14 and the fuse for the bottle heater is a 30 and the opener is a 15. I would be running both wires to the same point for the power source so it did not seem like it would effect the setup especially with the bottle opener fuse being half the rating of the heater.

code4

iTrader: (30)

Depends on what source you are tapping into. It will have to able to handle the amps from both heater & opener as it is very possible they may both operate at the same time. If the source can handle over 30 amps it will work.

pushinfreight

It is going to the power terminal on the driver side in the engine bay that is covered by the red cap.

code4

iTrader: (30)

That will work, you can run just about anything off of that. I've lost count how many things I have hooked to that. Nitrous, line lock etc.

pushinfreight

Will it matter on which side of the fuse for the bottle heater to splice?

charlie c5

iTrader: (6)

You want the fuse as close to the power source as poss. The whole purpose of the fuse is to protect the wire harness of the opener...

code4

iTrader: (30)

You would want splice the opener into the heater wire before the fuse. This way you would not be over taxing the 30 amp fuse with two accessories. The only weakness would be your 14 guage wire but it will probably be OK. 12 might be better. Try operating both & see if the wire gets warm if so try a 12 guage.