ignition on electrical
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ignition on electrical
Where is the best place to tie in a switched power supply buss bar?
Id like to mount a bus bar to feed relays and I am used to old chevys where there are extra 1/4" male pins on the fuse panel. any suggestions?
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94 F350 7.3 IDIT RWD A40D
Id like to mount a bus bar to feed relays and I am used to old chevys where there are extra 1/4" male pins on the fuse panel. any suggestions?
Thanks
94 F350 7.3 IDIT RWD A40D
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If you intend to pull a lot of amperage off of it, why not just get a heavy duty relay, something like this. You can then run a nice heavy-gauge wire from B+ to that, and from that to your buss bar. Add a fuse somewhere in the system, just in case.
The relay doesn't draw much, so you can just tap into the existing switched power somewhere.
The relay doesn't draw much, so you can just tap into the existing switched power somewhere.
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i draw rite off the battery and go to circuit breakers into relays. then out to whatever i am powering.
switched power to the toggle switches to turn the breakers on and off comes off a fuse tap off a switched fuse in the fuse box.
switched power to the toggle switches to turn the breakers on and off comes off a fuse tap off a switched fuse in the fuse box.
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That is my plan, but my question is where is the best place to pull the switched power from?
is there an extra spade connection someplace a guy can connect to or do I need to splice into a circuit?
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is there an extra spade connection someplace a guy can connect to or do I need to splice into a circuit?
Thanks
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any switched fuse will work as long as you are only triggering relays.
i put a fuse tap like this one:
on the radio fuse if i remember correctly
they have new and better now :
i put a fuse tap like this one:
on the radio fuse if i remember correctlythey have new and better now :
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That's the first I've seen of that new style. Pretty cool!
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