If you're thinking of grabbing power from the hitch harness, why not use that? I don't recall the draw top-of-my-head but it's not the much.
Easy way to get Power to airlift compressor?
Does anyone have a suggestion for an easy way to get power to my airlift compressor? Maybe up under the hood? I don’t really want to take the drivers seat out and mess with the battery box, floor hole drilling etc……maybe someone has a good suggestion? I need 12v pos, neg and ignition. I can grab ignition signal from the hitch wiring harness so not too worried about that. Any help you can provide would be fantastic!
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I wired mine to +/- terminals under the hood. Compressor is mounted on drivers side, between wheel wells, wires run alongside body into engine compartment. The ignition detector had to be wired from the harness under the seat which ment another hole through the floor to deal with. Supposedly you can wire it from a fusebox in the engine compartment, but for reasons I forget, I couldn't figure that one out.
Was this a fairly easy route to sort out?I wired mine to +/- terminals under the hood. Compressor is mounted on drivers side, between wheel wells, wires run alongside body into engine compartment. The ignition detector had to be wired from the harness under the seat which ment another hole through the floor to deal with. Supposedly you can wire it from a fusebox in the engine compartment, but for reasons I forget, I couldn't figure that one out.
If you end up grabbing the power from /inside/ the van, know that you can route a wire through a very small hole in the walls of the van (at the bottom) which then routes cleanly out under the van. It's hard to describe... but if you get in there are look it might make sense. I have the Air Lift and other stuff all routed through a pretty small hole this way; that puts it all into a side-bay thing that is easily accessible from underneath the van without exposing any risky / scary drilling areas.
Ah! This is great intel, is there one of these holes up in the wall cavity behind the drivers seat? I still have access to this one and it’s very close to the battery.If you end up grabbing the power from /inside/ the van, know that you can route a wire through a very small hole in the walls of the van (at the bottom) which then routes cleanly out under the van. It's hard to describe... but if you get in there are look it might make sense. I have the Air Lift and other stuff all routed through a pretty small hole this way; that puts it all into a side-bay thing that is easily accessible from underneath the van without exposing any risky / scary drilling areas.
Indeed. The first one behind the driver's seat is especially easy to use from underneath. There is a large opening that you can reach up into from below.Ah! This is great intel, is there one of these holes up in the wall cavity behind the drivers seat? I still have access to this one and it’s very close to the battery.
Fantastic! I’ll check it out and report backIndeed. The first one behind the driver's seat is especially easy to use from underneath. There is a large opening that you can reach up into from below.
I installed mine long after installing a floor and AW wall kit, hence me drilling more holes in the floor. Wish I had know!
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