Control your 4WD compressor via remote control

[@prado.offroad]

I bought one of these remote units after first watching your video about 3 years ago, dropped some more $$$'s on a cheap compressor and pulled that apart to fit anderson plug/regrease everything etc, ie never finished and now cant find the bloody box it put it away in!, short story bought a new compressor this week and am going to finally wire the remote. re watching to refresh my mind on the wiring, thank you for putting this resource out there.😀

[@DENMONKEY]

Good winter job

[@steveberg2685]

I'll probably need to watch this half a dozen times to get it but at least I will be able to do that. Great reference video.

[@DENMONKEY]

No worries Steve, shout out if you need help and I'll do what I can.

[@tturcino]

Thanks for another great video. I wish I had the time to edit this video with some electrical drawings / animations to help other people. I have found some eBay relays have a 12v or 5v constant feed and an extra power wire for external trigger.

[@nigelmaxwell5751]

Great vid, very much what I have been looking for. As I don't have a fixed comp I might look at replacing the switch on the unit in some way.

[@kitomo1295]

Mate thank you so much :) this is gona make my little project so easy for my trolling motor for my kayak thank you so much for taking some of your time in making this video mate really appreciate it :)

[@DENMONKEY]

No problem at all Roy. Hope it all made sense mate. I have no idea on the current draw of a kayak motor but the little relay inside the remote box can handle 10amps. so for something like LED lights with a low draw, you can just use that on its own rather than using the second big relay. but if it's more than that which I suspect it may be at times, this is the way to go.

[@jabangun]

Thanks for this. I installed the remote on the actual compressor as it isn't permanently setup in my Paj. Basically it connects or disconnects the on-off switch on the compressor itself.

[@DENMONKEY]

You'll love it. It's very bloody handy.

[@rjl110919581]

thank you for the great video and for sharing where did you your fuse for that setup for that run in your wagon 4x4

[@DENMONKEY]

I think this is the one you mean here ebay.us/HuYQqH

[@Adam-ox6zy]

This is great info. It will come in useful on a project very soon I reckon. Thanks!

[@DENMONKEY]

No problem

[@MicksGarageDarts]

I do like this idea. Do you think it would be possible to do one to sit in the Compressor cables. Im thinking keep the alligator clamps on the end so mine can be used in other vehicles and still portable but add the remote in the middle to cut power when changing between wheels or even just to let it cool down a little between each wheel as Ive found mine gets pretty hot. IM guessing it wouldnt be too hard to just build the same thing with an Anderson Plug on each end to run it inline.

[@rezaz3816]

Awesome video, brilliant idea. Thanks

[@DENMONKEY]

No problem 👍

[@DaintreeJD]

What an awesome idea, I will have a crack at this mod myself. Thanks for sharing .

[@DENMONKEY]

No probs at all mate. its a good weekend project. the other one I have I built into a little project box, which is handy as a stand alone unit. sooo many options there.

[@DaintreeJD]

@@DENMONKEY thanks mate, yeah I gotta get cracking on some of your mod ideas as my car is a bit plain Jane at present.

[@vlfreak]

thanks for this one mate .👍 maybe use a solder bridge rather than a jumper wire for the powers

[@DENMONKEY]

Hey Joel, Your right, I could have just soldered it across the bottom. I didn't think of that :) but will keep it in mind for the next one.

[@graememellor8319]

`Thanks for this mate, was wondering how it was done.. another option for the remote could be using an ESP32 with a wifi module, this can be controlled from your phone..

[@DENMONKEY]

cheers Graeme. and dont start me on the automation thing. I'm just starting to dip my foot into smart home stuff and was already thinking how i could apply this to the car. I already have a wifi network set up in there for my amateur radio and android head unit. one project at a time though

[@RustyCandyAdventures]

Hi. I am wondering are you going to fit a tank. Pressure switch. Regulators for inflate and deflate. I thinking an old air tank of a compressor from the tip shop. Some fitting. Regs and gauges are cheap The I can do two tyres at a time. So for deflate. Wind reg down to off and then bring up to the low set point. The timing to do this is few sec. Then you can walk away. On inflate. Say three winds up will give you x pressure. The system then will inflate to set pressure then just a little twick. Love videos Russell

[@DENMONKEY]

Hey Rusty. no plans for the tank just yet, but I have thought about it. I did watch a video of a guy who installed a tank and it only saved him like 10 seconds a tire. Im happy with the speed of my compressor as is. I find the thing that takes the most time is set up and pack up. So with that sorted now, I'll save heaps of time. I am thinking about making up one of those 4 way hoses to inflate or deflate all at the same time. I'll have to come up with a plan for that one and get the right hose for the job.

[@RustyCandyAdventures]

All information is great. Thank you for your video's. I take a bit of this and that. I am going to take a bit of Jim's and another with a automatic gauge. It's great to get out. Travel to that new spot. Meet mind like people. Everyone has there own truck. What they put in. I love seeing. Maybe one day we will meet. Keep up the video's Russell

[@roblackie]

You should still put your feed power to pin 30, especially if using a 5 pin relay - if you connect your feed to 87 then pin 87a will also become constant live...

[@DENMONKEY]

good call Rob. I was thinking of it as a 4 pin, You're right but in my case it doesn't matter much as I insulated the hell out of it and that pin out doesn't pose any more risk than the others which I soldered to. good pick up though and I appreciate you posting that up for others to see.

[@samuelkatherinediozarago7692]

Fantastic video. Thanks

[@DENMONKEY]

Welcome veg. Thanks mate

[@conmanumber1]

Will it do for Hella Rallye 4000 driving lights?. I don't really want to force wires through firewall and install switches if i can avoid. Cheers from New Zealand.

[@DENMONKEY]

Yeah for sure.

[@agmills82]

Great video, going to do it in my patrol, what’s the point of the switch on the switch panel? Can you just run it to a power source? Also do you have links to the eBay sites / jaycar etc for the relay, remote etc

[@DENMONKEY]

Hey Andrew. The switch just allows me to make sure it doesn't come on by the remote if it's bumped. I tend to just throw the remote over the back when not in use. I'm at work at the moment. Will get the links for ya.

[@andrewhowells3522]

Able to do a 2yr review. Still working? Any issues? Keen to do this

[@MudducksTouringAustralia]

1st woo hoo, One day I might do this too. But Im out of control lol. Cheers Steve

[@DENMONKEY]

I'm going to talk to Kaz about that

[@sdrhodes82]

Do you think it's possible to install the wireless system in the compressor casing? Ie Mean Mother style?

[@DENMONKEY]

a few other have asked that and to be honest I'm not real sure. I don't know how much room is in that center section. You could certainly pull the remote board out to make it smaller but beyond that, it's anyones guess.

[@billmarsh7104]

Hi, just wondering where you sourced the heavy brass cable joiner Thanks, Bill

[@vlfreak]

jaycar or the like, theyre often used in car audio installs

[@billmarsh7104]

@@vlfreak thanks for that

[@DENMONKEY]

as per Joe's comment below, if you need it now, Jaycar has them for around the 20 dollar mark, If you can wait you can grab them off ebay for around 11-12 dollar ebay.to/2VYhqRW There are plenty of variant but I got these many many years ago and have a few in the shed just in case. very handy

[@billmarsh7104]

@@DENMONKEY thanks for that mate

[@ProfessorPonko]

I loved it!

[@DENMONKEY]

Thanks Ponko

[@PHancock11]

confused, your diagram shows 85 is to neg 86 to pos. but you wired pos to 85... i assume these two dont matter, just need to complete the cct..?

[@DENMONKEY]

yes mate, ultimately, you need just to complete the circuit to switch the relay on.

[@garya6647]

So why couldn’t I just replace the switch in the compressor with the remote control switch? Then wouldn’t need to do the big amp relay?

[@DENMONKEY]

The little relays that are in the remote receiver can only handle 10amps max, the switch in the compressor would be rated at its max draw. So it wouldn't be a straight swap. It could be done by would still require the additional relay for the high current usage

[@garya6647]

DENMONKEY thanks

[@super56r]

@@DENMONKEY Negative. The switch in the compressor is low current. You've just duplicated the big relay that's already in the compressor. All you had to do was hook up the remote relay to the compressor switch.

[@djc2472]

@@super56r yep, did mine recently, the existing compressor switch activates a relay on the elec board of the compressor, just pop the switch and extend the wires and use the remote to interupt the switch circuit. 10 minutes and 2 connections :)

[@Joshhy95]

@@djc2472 can also confirm, i did this on the weekend with the kings single thumper. Threw the kings relay in the bin, used a standard relay and added the wireless box inbetween the positive wire going to the relay relay and left the rest as it has the main toggle switch on the negative side going to the relay. Will be adding a 3 pole on-off-on switch so if the wireless module fails I can still operate the compressor.