I was looking under the hood of my truck and decided the Mickey Mouse wiring I did for my sub woofer and A/C compressor coil looked like crap. If I wanted to do a "4 Hi" mod or add something else, it'd get even more congested. You can see here the way I tapped the in-line fuses and mounted the relay.
I started looking at fuse and relay options that were designed to be waterproof/resistant since I was getting a lot of sh*t from some people for not using heat shrink waterproof tubing and other stuff. Instead of sitting down and drawing up a design and parts list, I decided to just go as I needed it, ha ha. Here's my 1st purchase. This is designed for marine applications along with automotive. 6 power lugs with 4GA feed, 6 fuses and relays. I had some wire and decided to just get a couple hanks of wire too. Of course I needed water proof heat shrink connectors!
Then I tried to figure out how I'm going to get this in the space I had. I figured I'd need to attach them together to reduce their footprint.
These primary lugs were easy to crimp with my Kline Staking Tool. But the "Open Barrel" connectors for the rest of the terminals were a pain with the tools I had so, let's place another order, what the hell!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LF4K3VK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then I could properly crimp these things (note - 12ga wire takes a gorilla to squeeze this tool). Here's what they used for the fuse connections. Remember to slide on the waterproof plug or push the wire through the sealing block (green things) BEFORE crimping on the connector. It's a good thing they supplied extra connectors.
I started fabricating up a frame so I can mount this stuff and try to keep it somewhat level and out of the way.
Then I realized I need some ground lugs for the relays - back to Amazon, damn I love their next day delivery, most of the time!
Continued next post...
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I started looking at fuse and relay options that were designed to be waterproof/resistant since I was getting a lot of sh*t from some people for not using heat shrink waterproof tubing and other stuff. Instead of sitting down and drawing up a design and parts list, I decided to just go as I needed it, ha ha. Here's my 1st purchase. This is designed for marine applications along with automotive. 6 power lugs with 4GA feed, 6 fuses and relays. I had some wire and decided to just get a couple hanks of wire too. Of course I needed water proof heat shrink connectors!
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Then I tried to figure out how I'm going to get this in the space I had. I figured I'd need to attach them together to reduce their footprint.
You must be registered for see images attach
These primary lugs were easy to crimp with my Kline Staking Tool. But the "Open Barrel" connectors for the rest of the terminals were a pain with the tools I had so, let's place another order, what the hell!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LF4K3VK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then I could properly crimp these things (note - 12ga wire takes a gorilla to squeeze this tool). Here's what they used for the fuse connections. Remember to slide on the waterproof plug or push the wire through the sealing block (green things) BEFORE crimping on the connector. It's a good thing they supplied extra connectors.
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I started fabricating up a frame so I can mount this stuff and try to keep it somewhat level and out of the way.
You must be registered for see images attach
Then I realized I need some ground lugs for the relays - back to Amazon, damn I love their next day delivery, most of the time!
Continued next post...
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