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Connect Plow Electrical System with Single Connector and Test Lighting

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Building the Ultimate snowplow truck

What happens here

Connect the Boss TEV snow plow's electrical system using its new single, weatherproof connector. This innovative design streamlines the connection process by consolidating all electrical signals into one robust plug, eliminating multiple cables and solenoids typically found under the hood. After connection, test the plow's integrated lighting features: activate the marker lights to confirm their function as strobe lights (via an auxiliary switch) and engage the 'Clear View' side lights to verify they properly illuminate the areas adjacent to the plow, enhancing visibility for the operator, especially along curbs or in low-light conditions.

Goal: Simplify plow electrical connection and test integrated lighting features.

Tools and materials

  • Boss TEV Snow Plow Boss — The plow whose electrical system is being connected
  • Clear View Side Lights Boss — Illuminating areas adjacent to the plow for better visibility
  • Integrated Strobe Marker Lights Boss — Providing enhanced visibility and safety

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the biggest thing that Boss did was change this connector right here. Um so this connector is nice and sealed proof. So if you look at that, there's only communication wires in here and then there's a nice solid connection point with a weather proof seal. So you got one connector rather than two connectors. The 13 pin is no longer part of the this technology. >> So now you've got one connector to rule them all. Yep. Basically what it what what it boils down to is when you hook that up, everything is connected. Yep. You're not running out running two separate wires. >> No, you're not running two separate wires. There's no solenoid under the hood anymore. Everything is done right in here. Which the data communication part of it or the the communication now has less wiring for the truck. So now inside the truck, we have less wiring that's going into the truck. It's very seamless putting them together. It allows for these marker lights to be strobe lights when we hit the auxiliary switch which we'll show you in a little bit. And then it allows for clear view technology which is this light will turn on and off and we'll show you that with the controller. That's really cool cuz what that does is that gives a contractor the ability to separately control and direct light to the side, to the curb where he's plowing. Exactly. Okay, turn clear beam off once. What a difference. Holy crap. Holy Okay, so turn it off one more time. Turn clear beam on. That's unreal. Yeah. That's insane. Yep. And they so they this is their SL4 headlight. Um better heating grid, way brighter and you we'll we'll show that later. It is to me the brightest light that you can buy out there, especially with the clear view technology. Turn on the strobes to me. Turn it up. Let's turn on the Let's turn that stuff on. All right guys, I'm going to jump in here just to clarify one thing. In this video, it looks like those lights, the head the headlights are flashing and strobing. That is just the camera playing games with it. The actual strobe lights are the amber lights and those do flash but the actual headlights don't flash. That's just the frame rate of the camera messing with the headlights. So now you've got integrated strobes right on the controller. >> Yep. And that comes that'll control the front. Can you turn on the the the clear view side? There it is. So clear beam comes on with high beam only. So you can't have it on a low beam but when you put high beam on, you can…

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