Relocate/refit fuse block
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5th Wheeling
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From: Warwick, RI
Relocate/refit fuse block
I've searched the forum and haven't found a specific answer for my problem. As many others, I'm frustrated by the glass fuses and find the position of the fuse box to be very awkward, and I would like to relocate the fuse box to the engine compartment. On my boat I've use blue sea systems blade fuse blocks (https://www.bluesea.com/products/502..._Bus_and_Cover) and am extremely pleased with the quality. Would it be a really bad idea to simply take the fuse block down, resplice all the wires and pass them through a grommet in the flat firewall and install them in my new block, also with extra space for future accessories? I would likely also clean up some of the prior owner's work. Would appreciate any thoughts and experience.
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From: East Central Ia
Just personal thought but never needed to access the fuse box many times. It worked on millions of trucks in the day. If your having overload problems trigger them with ignition or accessory wire to a bank of relays and fuses under the hood. If you want to deal with awkward don't buy a SD truck with multiple location fuse and relay boxes.
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Get a wiring/fuse upgrade kit and just take the fuse box (for the glass tube fuses) out and replace it with a fuse box that takes the blade type fuses. And then mount it where you can easily access it. IMO I would not move it outside the cab, but if you just have I guess you could, as long as it is a sealable one, I guess you would be fine.
Like 5851a said if you are having to access the current set up a lot of times (to replace blown fuses), you might want to clean up that problem 1st. Before you just relocate the problem to be more accessible.
https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/1041...oaAlszEALw_wcB
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/p...4aAkDEEALw_wcB
Like 5851a said if you are having to access the current set up a lot of times (to replace blown fuses), you might want to clean up that problem 1st. Before you just relocate the problem to be more accessible.
https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/1041...oaAlszEALw_wcB
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/p...4aAkDEEALw_wcB
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