On my IDI van, I have lots of accessories, which leads to a lot of wiring. For the last 3 years, I've just been adding them to a couple electrical hubs, and it was getting hideous. Wires all over the underside of the dash, and it was dangling into the where the driver's feet were. I knew I was tempting fate by someone accidentally kicking a wire loose, or a wire rubbing its protection off, or a fuse could blow and I'd have no clue how to track down the problem.

So I had enough and looked for some decent quality fuse panel hubs and got to work.

This panel got good reviews and was really sturdy. Blue Sea Systems ST Blade ATO/ATC Fuse Blocks No flimsy garbage on this project.

I should have taken a "before" picture to show you how bad it was getting.

Here's a picture from a few years ago, and it was already looking sketchy then.




I started pulling the rats nest apart and bundling the wires by type and function. Then organized them into the fuse array. I replaced relays and installed relay housings (I had just been using wire connectors jammed into the relay before).

Here's the current progress. I still have all the grounds now to clean up and bundle tomorrow, but it's much better. And now, each component h has its own fuse, so if I get an issue, it should just blow the dedicated fuse.





More to go, but it's already 1000x better. If you are curious why i have so many fuses, I got a lot of systems. CB, Auber Guages, pillar gauges, solar panel array, Various relays, Aux driving lights, aux horn, diesel e-pump, veg e-pump, various selector valves, gearvendor overdrive (and custom relays to shut down when going in reverse and other conditions), and so on.

The fuse panels have nifty covers so that I can close them off. I plan to use tek screw to mount them thru the plastic directly into the metal, but for now it'll be fine to have them mounted into the plastic. It's a little tight next to the e-brake, but if I tek screw them in, i think they can take an accidental kick or two without getting damaged.

Onward

 

Looks good. I know we hat you mean about the rats nest. I should do that to miine some day