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08-30-2021, 02:44 PM
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Unused fuse space?
Im looking for a place to hook up my tpms repeater. In a rear compartment is one of the chassis fuse boxes. All of the slots have fuses in them, under the lid in the legend, its says in a few places “unused”. Are these available to power the repeater? Or are they just unmarked what they are powering?
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08-30-2021, 03:39 PM
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Sounds to me like those would be unused. You could try pulling them out one by one and see if you loose any functions like fridge, ACs etc. Just make sure those are powered when you are driving.
I just went thru the same exercise for a braking system hub on my coach. There were quite a few empty slots but those were also not powered. Found one unused slot with power and used that to feed a CLA that I got from O'Reilly. Got one with 2 USB slots in the same package and mounted that to the cabinet wall.
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08-30-2021, 04:02 PM
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Forgot the pictures
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08-30-2021, 04:07 PM
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I have this thing for filling out unused fuse space with spares. 
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08-30-2021, 04:17 PM
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I would just put some ring connectors on the power wires and attach directly to the chassis bank. No need to over think it. I bought my TST system at a show and the vendor came out after the show closed for the night and installed it. They just laid the repeater on the chassis battery and wired it directly in. I have not had a problem - have the sensors on the towed too. The TST repeater is weather resistant, not sure if the system you have is. My batts are in the very aft on the passenger side of this 40ft rig. Been there for 4+ years.
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08-30-2021, 04:27 PM
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I am looking but cannot find an actual fuse for one that is listed as 'unused'. e.g. F1, F2 and F7, I cannot see the physical locations... maybe I am wrong?
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08-30-2021, 04:32 PM
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Are you looking to install the repeater in one of the compartments? You usually can find a 'hot' wire, like with the compartment lights, just use a inline fuse.
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08-31-2021, 06:38 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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You could do a dedicated run to a fuse panel but that sounds like a lot of work to me. These repeaters only draw a few milliamps so just about any source will work fine. I ended up installing mine in a bathroom cabinet (which is over the rear axle) and tapping off the power feed to the vanity light.
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08-31-2021, 07:35 AM
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That’s what I did also.
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