Sprayer electrical hookup on a 2021 Ranger XP1000

[bth4430]

How are you guys hooking up your 12v pumps?  I want something quick and safe for my electrical system without running wire all the way up front to the pulse bar.  

I don't want to use alligator clips on the battery either.

Thanks

[Travis]

Depending on the posts of your battery, either round like a car, or  square with screw holding the cables on, you might can attach the wire with something like these..

https://www.amazon.com/Haisstronica-Connectors-Heat-Connectors-Insulated-Terminals/dp/B08HK1Q4F6/ref=lp_306730011_1_2

[kenfain]

A fuse block is the best way. It's just a distribution box. Then you pull power from that. 

[bth4430]

I know that I am thinking of a pigtail, with an online switch, to quickly un hook the cord and remove the sprayer quickly.

[kenfain]

3 minutes ago, bth4430 said:

I know that I am thinking of a pigtail, with an online switch, to quickly un hook the cord and remove the sprayer quickly.

That's the way mine is hooked up. I rarely carry the sprayer anymore. But it uses the same plug as on my battery maintainer. So I plug that in through the sprayer plug every day. And with it there in the back, I'll always have 12v fused access to power. Handy for utility lights too.

Keep meaning to instal a fuse block though. If I add one more thing to the electrical system, I won't have any choice. My battery terminal is maxed out. 

[bth4430]

Thanks that is what I was looking for.  Those plugs, are they common or polaris prioritised?

 

[kenfain]

1 hour ago, bth4430 said:

Thanks that is what I was looking for.  Those plugs, are they common or polaris prioritised?

 

The one on the more popular battery maintainer. At least the ones that I've seen, are the two pronged flat plug. Commonly sold at any auto parts. 

You can buy a decent harness, already wired with ring terminals, and a fuse. It's the harness sold by the battery tender types, as an accessory. They have em at Wallyworld, in the automotive battery section. Or the motorcycle section. 

[bth4430]

Thanks you saved me some. Searching!

[kenfain]

27 minutes ago, bth4430 said:

Thanks you saved me some. Searching!

I put an inline switch in the  circuit, mounted behind the seat. So I'd have a good way to cut power instantly. Without having to pull the plug, I just reach back and throw the switch. Handy for portable lighting too. 

[bth4430]

That's exactly what I had in mind.

[DaddyCalvin]

I put a switch  near the battery and it is a push pull switch and it is near the middle behind legs, beneath the front of the seat. 

I mounted my sprayer with the Trimble easy boom and easy steer and then I ran a pressure gauge in the cab.  The Trimble system is controlled by a plug-in to the 12 V cigar lighter place on the dash

[kenfain]

Nice sprayer set-up! Mine isn't near as nice, it's just a sprayer tank made for a 4 wheeler rack. But it sprays what I need. 

I started with a direct, wired to the battery harness. You've seen these same ones at Walmart, in the battery section. They have 2 ring terminals, and a 2 wire flat connector. And it's easily made from scratch. Mine came with the charger, so I just used that. 

I took that simple harness, and added a fuse, and a switch. Mounted the switch behind the seat. Routed the wire so the flat plug comes out behind the bottom of the back window. Just above the rim of the bed. When the sprayer or whatever, is used, it has the same plug. 

Mine is first, and foremost, to keep the battery maintainer connected anytime it's parked in the barn. But it's also a direct, fused, switched circuit, for direct battery access. Suitable for any 12v needs  and accessible from the bed. 

Extra 2 wire flat plugs are easily found in any auto parts electrical section. So you can literally hook up anything 12v. Plus you should always have a battery maintainer anyway. Works very well for anything 12v. you want to plug in.