Ck4010 HST cab 12v power source and cable routing

[sehughes]

I am currently installing my quick attach front mount snowblower and Im at the point where I need to install the pistol grip controller.

Im looking to see if anyone else has done this and if do how did you run your wiring from the loader controls in the cab to the exterior of the tractor?

Also is there a good location to pull switched 12v power or should I run a new relay from the battery and just control it from a switched source?

 

[PEJ5]

Since no one has answered I will share what little I have learned so far about places to tap into 12volts. On the back of my DK5010, I found three available connectors just under the safety triangle bracket. The left one is hot, switched, ground. The middle is for trailer lights (L,R, park, etc). The right hand side is two bullet connectors -switched/gnd. See photos below. I plan to use the left hand 3pin socket with a mating connector I purchased. I will say that I did not find a fuse in the panel that controlled this connector so I will take care to install an inline fuse for my new rear facing LED light and DIY chute deflector motor.

Good luck

 

[sehughes]

Thanks. I think I am going to run a new wire to the battery and connect it to a relay that is triggered by a switched wire that supplies switched power to the switches in the right hand panel for lights and wipers. I just need to now look my cab over and find the best route to get the wiring out to the front of the tractor. Im thinking I may be able to exit the cab through the loader control boot.

 

[AWSubie]

I took my third function control along side the boot and hollowed out a notch in the plastic panel to allow the cable to go outside the tractor.

 

[PEJ5]

Great job. Is that tractor or jet? Funny looking snow in the background. . Normally we have grass this time of year, but we have about a foot of accumulation.