[Bricklin] Air Pump wire recommendataions

[Rick at High Tech Coatings]

Greg I almost always put the pump behind the trim panel inside the car, nice
clean install, less wire, less hose less hassle.Just make sure to rubber mount
a bracket then rubber mount the compressor to it, They can be real noisy if
not double rubber mounted.
 10 gauge may seem like over kill but the longer the run the higher the gauge
needs to be. The run length includes the ground. here is a wire gauge chart I
found on line
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/RRRAAAYYY2/WiresizingchartBW.jpg

On 11/10/2009 9:39:05 PM, Greg Schroeder (gschroeder at comcast.net) wrote:
> Seth/All,
>
> Thanks for the information.  After digging back through my emails I found
> I
> purchased a 400C instead of a 325C.  I ended up getting it cheaper than
> the
> 325C at the time. Which may have been overkill and part of the cause for
> this
> issue due to more draw. I have a 125 PSI switch.  Looks like I am still
> OK
> with the amperage since the 400c is at 26 amp draw.
>
> I will also look at the use of a relay that Rick suggested.  I am using a
> toggle switch, but I am not really to keen on tying it to the ignition
> switch.
> Mine in the past would loose air overnight, before I took care of all the
> leaks.  If a leak happened again I would have to get the ignition turned
> on to
> run the pump.
>
> Just to reply to a few other questions in one email.  It was blowing a 30
> amp
> fuse, but I am not sure of the wire gauge.  I am guessing 14 by the look
> of
> it.  The original pump had very thin lead wires compared to the Viair.
> This
> really had not been an issue since I had been filling it with an air
> compressor up to about 110 and then using the pump for the rest.  I am
> mainly
> trying to get