Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | premiertech - 9/16/2013 19:56
I always recommend going direct to the battery. It helps with getting constant power so you aren't going through a bunch of solenoids or OEM fuse boxes. If you take the back plastic panel off (below the back window), you can drill an access hole in the back, black plastic in the lower right hand corner. The panel comes off by loosening 4, bolts with a 10mm wrench. I drill a 1 3/8" hole, bring my power and GPS cables in, then use a grommet to seal it up and put my panel back on. You only need about 8-12" of power cable inside the cab. Coil the rest up outside below the cab.
You will need to remove the upholstery behind the seat to bring your cables in and make your connections. There is lots of room behind the upholstery to hid as much cable as you want. This is the same way I bring cables in on all 8000 and 9000 tractors. 8R's and 9R's are similar but you need to be much more careful when drilling your hole.
I just had an Integra installed on my 8310R. The power cable was run as described above to the battery. The positive connection went directly to the battery. The negative connections went to the common ground point on the tractor. They were run there instead of to the battery negative post since this tractor has Deere's battery disconnect switch under the step. Connecting them there assures that Integra components are also disconnected when the battery switch is turned to OFF.
Another reason is that if the Integra grounds went directly to the battery and someone tried to start the tractor with the battery disconnect OFF then the load of the starter may try to "find" ground through the Integra wiring which would not be sufficient. This could cause some nasty problems.
Running the wiring as described above allows it to get hidden very nicely. |
Interga power cable in 9220
