rigtec
New member
Hi tech-team,
Over the last few months I've noticed that there's been a massive upsurge of future auto-electricians here on this forum, where a bunch of guys are rollin' up there sleeves and taking on some of their own electrical projects, and I'm ecstatic about that! So I was thinking... if some of these guys are planning to do some (or all) of their own electrical work, they're gonna need the tools of the trade! One of the best investments that an electrician can make would be the wiring diagrams of the equipment that they're servicing.
Now my job is servicing large commercial & Industrial HVAC equipment e.g., Chillers, Boilers, Build-up hot deck/cold deck, facility environmental control systems. And I'd say... 80 to 85% of the calls that I receive are electrical system related; which means I'm constantly trouble-shooting these electrical panels that are there to run the cooling/heating machinery, so I depend on the wiring plots and data sheets that display how the equipment is engineered. So the electrical library that I've built up over the years is like ultra important for me to have.
I have also, over the last few years, become quite fond of the Mitchell Manuals that I use here on the forums to help folks when their 4Runner has electrical issues. They're not expensive; compared to the service rates that you'd have to pay an electrical shop to wring out a problem for you... think about that! So far, all of the prints that I've seen are totally accurate and easy to follow so I can get done studying in a very reasonable amount of time. Here's what I have below:
The 2014 4Runner Limited is about to expire but I won't renew it because I have the 2015 4Runner Limited! BTW: I chose to buy the limited version because that's what I drive, but it still contains all of the wiring schemes that the SR5 and Trail use and I've never had to walk away from a problem on this forum due to a lack of information in the four and a half years that I've been a member here. Now below I've posted a screenshot of the prices e.g., 1 month, 1 year, and 4 years for you to see.
I just renew once/yr but as you can see, I've needed to carry more than the one for my '12 truck because I wanted to be able to analyse the late model trucks as well, so I recently purchased the 2015 prints; the 2016 isn't out yet so I'll depend on the 2015 sheets for now... nothing substantial has changed since 2010 anyway!
I know there are some here who claim NOT to be electrically inclined and don't feel comfortable with wiring; I get it... it's not for everyone! But there are some here who I know can figure out most anything, so they have NO EXCUSE lol! If you do decide that having your own electrical manuals would be a good idea, be sure to get the PRINTABLE VERSION because none of these documents are transferable; meaning that you can't 'COPY/PASTE' them so you cannot upload them to your photo albums here like some of your other photos.
But... you can PRINT them, which means you can scan them into your desktop, upload them to a site like Photobucket and convert them into a photo format. Then they can be copy/pasted into your posts on this forum; that's how I've been doing it. I don't upload them directly to this forum, basically because I can't control the size when I've done it that way, and I hate when someone posts a photo so large that you everyone else here has to scroll to the right just to read the OP's dialog! The other reason that I no longer upload pics here is because my photo gallery gets full pretty fast and then I run out of room... you can have only a certain amount of pics per album so I've had to delete some of my photos so can add new ones.
I'm bringing these documents to you because I want you to have the tools to trouble-shoot some of your own electrical trouble; you'll never be able to find a short circuit, an open circuit, or a shunt w/o the prints to your truck, and you already know if you're gonna do any more wiring mods on the truck you have now... so if you are, wouldn't it be nice if you could find your truck's trouble just by looking at a map of your electrical system(?) ...just something to think about, but many of you guys are really good at investigating electrical issues... I'm hoping that this thread will be inspirational to at least a few of you,
rig, 'Best'!
Over the last few months I've noticed that there's been a massive upsurge of future auto-electricians here on this forum, where a bunch of guys are rollin' up there sleeves and taking on some of their own electrical projects, and I'm ecstatic about that! So I was thinking... if some of these guys are planning to do some (or all) of their own electrical work, they're gonna need the tools of the trade! One of the best investments that an electrician can make would be the wiring diagrams of the equipment that they're servicing.
Now my job is servicing large commercial & Industrial HVAC equipment e.g., Chillers, Boilers, Build-up hot deck/cold deck, facility environmental control systems. And I'd say... 80 to 85% of the calls that I receive are electrical system related; which means I'm constantly trouble-shooting these electrical panels that are there to run the cooling/heating machinery, so I depend on the wiring plots and data sheets that display how the equipment is engineered. So the electrical library that I've built up over the years is like ultra important for me to have.
I have also, over the last few years, become quite fond of the Mitchell Manuals that I use here on the forums to help folks when their 4Runner has electrical issues. They're not expensive; compared to the service rates that you'd have to pay an electrical shop to wring out a problem for you... think about that! So far, all of the prints that I've seen are totally accurate and easy to follow so I can get done studying in a very reasonable amount of time. Here's what I have below:
The 2014 4Runner Limited is about to expire but I won't renew it because I have the 2015 4Runner Limited! BTW: I chose to buy the limited version because that's what I drive, but it still contains all of the wiring schemes that the SR5 and Trail use and I've never had to walk away from a problem on this forum due to a lack of information in the four and a half years that I've been a member here. Now below I've posted a screenshot of the prices e.g., 1 month, 1 year, and 4 years for you to see.
I just renew once/yr but as you can see, I've needed to carry more than the one for my '12 truck because I wanted to be able to analyse the late model trucks as well, so I recently purchased the 2015 prints; the 2016 isn't out yet so I'll depend on the 2015 sheets for now... nothing substantial has changed since 2010 anyway!
I know there are some here who claim NOT to be electrically inclined and don't feel comfortable with wiring; I get it... it's not for everyone! But there are some here who I know can figure out most anything, so they have NO EXCUSE lol! If you do decide that having your own electrical manuals would be a good idea, be sure to get the PRINTABLE VERSION because none of these documents are transferable; meaning that you can't 'COPY/PASTE' them so you cannot upload them to your photo albums here like some of your other photos.
But... you can PRINT them, which means you can scan them into your desktop, upload them to a site like Photobucket and convert them into a photo format. Then they can be copy/pasted into your posts on this forum; that's how I've been doing it. I don't upload them directly to this forum, basically because I can't control the size when I've done it that way, and I hate when someone posts a photo so large that you everyone else here has to scroll to the right just to read the OP's dialog! The other reason that I no longer upload pics here is because my photo gallery gets full pretty fast and then I run out of room... you can have only a certain amount of pics per album so I've had to delete some of my photos so can add new ones.
I'm bringing these documents to you because I want you to have the tools to trouble-shoot some of your own electrical trouble; you'll never be able to find a short circuit, an open circuit, or a shunt w/o the prints to your truck, and you already know if you're gonna do any more wiring mods on the truck you have now... so if you are, wouldn't it be nice if you could find your truck's trouble just by looking at a map of your electrical system(?) ...just something to think about, but many of you guys are really good at investigating electrical issues... I'm hoping that this thread will be inspirational to at least a few of you,
rig, 'Best'!
