12v rear power supply... reliable?

bartjoebob · Oct 10, 2018

Ugh... Does anyone have any experience dealing with this 12v power supply located by the left of the toplink on a GC series? It is reliable? Can it power LEDs?

Here's the situation. I tested this circuit with a set of worklights and a nilight wiring harness and it worked fine. Went ahead and installed everything and did a final check before concealing wires, and now it does not work! I have checked fuses in the box and they are fine. The inline fuse is okay too on the wire harness. There is no power to this supply now. Thoughts?

coldsteelva · Oct 10, 2018

I have mine powering a 24-inch LED bar. It is fused in the fuse box and it is a switched 12v lead. You must supply a local ground to your accessory. Did you short it and pop the fuse?

bartjoebob · Oct 10, 2018

I found it! Someone suggested check all fuses, turns out the upper right blue 15a fuse on the block had tripped. That's the fuse for the rear 12v auxillary. Thanks everyone

WranglerX · Oct 10, 2018

Also it is controlled by KEY, sort of sucks at night if you want tractor off but lights on... I added auxiliary circuit directly off battery (inline fuse) and toggle switch below dash to plug on rear so I can run sprayer or whatever and have tractor off under certain situations....

Dale

PJohnson · Oct 11, 2018

Clarification please - you said "left of the top link"
Can you provide a little more details on where you are referencing, please?

I have a 24" LED bar mounted to the ROPS for FEL work. I would like to add spots for BH work. Having it fed from ignition action along with a switch is fine for me. The LED bar is direct off the battery.

Thank you,

PJ

irvingj · Oct 11, 2018

Find the hydraulic fluid fill tube in the back; it passes by/is attached to the 3PH top link connection point. To the left of that 3PH connection, there's a wire harness that passes up by it and over (to the left) into the ROPs; it's about 5/8" in diameter.

On my 2310, that 12V wire pops out of the wire harness on a very short stub right there, with a female 1/8" round connector. (In the third pic, it's just visible laying on my BH hydraulic line.)