Aux. Fuse Box

[RottenDog]

I find myself in need of adding an auxillary fuse box. Between adding air and electric fans, broken/missing fuse parts connectors in the stock fuse box, I am short connections for anymore electrical accessories.

My questions are:

What should be my source of power to the aux. fuse box? Direct from the battery?

If someone tells me to connect it to the ignition, where exactly?

Is it wise to install the aux. fuse box in the engine compartment?

[Woody Mammoth]

Originally posted by RottenDog:
What should be my source of power to the aux. fuse box? Direct from the battery?

If someone tells me to connect it to the ignition, where exactly?

Is it wise to install the aux. fuse box in the engine compartment?On first question: I would go directly to Battery, and reason is what ever new toys you put in, would not be overload your existing wires.

On second question: On late model Grand Wagoneers, ignition relay is on passenger side inner fender. Again, you may potentially overload the OE relay. I'll suggest get a seperate relay if you need your aux. fuse box to energize with ignition.

On third question: most new cars have their fuse box inside the engine compartment, so I don't see any problem, as long as you have some sort of weather proof housing and away from heat source. It also depends on what you are going to hook up to the fuse box. If your accessories such as radio, and lights are inside, then it would make sense to have it inside for ease of installation.

[sloop]

You may have better luck looking at your local marine store. They have pretty good electrical fuse/switch boxes. Run a wire from your battery, or if you have a fender-mounted starter solenoid, run it from the battery post on there. If you feel like being safe, you can run the feeder wire through a 50 amp fuse. You can get a 50-amp fuse holder to mount on your passenger side fender next to the starter solenoid.

Run good grounds too.

Mark

[Tad]

What fuse box?
All I got is a bunch of wires that seemingly go everyplace.