Aftermarket relay / fuse box?
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 05, 2016 at 14:25
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A while ago I stumbled on some comments regarding some kind of auto electrical hub box that all the cool kids are using to hook up their stereos and 12v accessories - there was some criticism of the cost but I got the impression it was the ducks guts for complex aftermarket electrical installations.
Any ideas what it might have been?!
Reply By: The Bantam - Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 19:44
Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 19:44
A few years ago if you wanted a decent fuse box you had to build it from parts or buy something that came out of an existing vehicle.
But in the last few years there have been a lot of choices available.
All the marine stores have a selection .... yes the Bluesea ones are nice. same as the Bainbridge item.
Both Jaycar and Altronics have a nice variety and different from each other.
The trade auto electrical suppliers Hella Narva and Ashdown have selections.
Some of the less
well known autoelectrical wholesalers like Onesource have some very nice stuff.
One thing to remember is that you can get mounting blocks for square automotive realys that lock together in a strip and you can buy relays that plug into them that have on board blade fuses.
These are great for making headlight upgrade relay sets.
Getting a realy good comoning block remains a bit of a fiddle.
some of the lightweight fuseboxes have both hot and cold common strips.
For the heavier stuff I buy brass bar from George Westons and get busy drilling and tapping.
For a headlight upgrade relay set I will build a common by coming 6mm2 into a non insulated 6mm2 crimp barrel and twist together 4 x 1.5mm2 into the other side and crimp it, cover in adhesive lined heatshrink.
the 1.5mm2 lines go into the fused feeds of the relays.
there are some great choices out there.
cheers
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