Manual to Electric Tailgate Wiring?

Greg,

No don't appologize for the long post. I would MUCH rather have someone long-winded than a three word reply!!! I didn't even think about running it right from the battery. I just assumed (yeah I know) that it had to be fused like everyting else, but I suppose an inline fule would do the same huh?

I now have the tailgate mounted and can "roll" it up and down with a battery. My only real concern is that there are four wires coming out of the 'gate. When I hook the negative up to the black wire, either a blue or white rolls the window up or down. There is a third red wire that doesn't seem to do anything, any idea what that is for? I would think that if it were for the key to operate the window it would have a pair of wires?

Anyways, I assume (here I go again) that the black should be grounded to the body and the blue & white would be taken forward to the swich... so whouldn't I have a three terminal swich? One coming in from the battery and two for the swich? Thanks for the advice, I REALLY appreciate it!!!

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys, I got caught up in Honey-DUE's!! I could not find a momentary switch that was three way for some reason, so I just got a standard 3-way switch. Maybe at a later date I will find one, but for now that will have to work. I did get it wired up outside of the vehicle just to make sure it worked. To my surprise it did just great!! I can't tell you guys how much I appreciate your help!! Thanks so much!!

I do have one last question before I finish the job though. The wire I currently have to use is 14 awg., the wire from the tailgate appears to be 12 awg. (it is just slightly larger than my 14) and the largest inline fuse I could find (which is 30 amp) only came in 14 awg. Will that be alright? The window seemed to work just fine, but should I go get 12 awg. and/or keep looking for a larger fuse? Thanks again!!!