Wiring gizmos courtesy of Pick n' Pull

[tortuga]

Founds some cool stuff today for my project. I had been working on a panel that contained a fuse block, some breakers, relays and junction points but then one day at work I popped the hood on one of our service vans and the light bulb came on. A good detroit fuse block/ relay center could get a lot more stuff in a much denser package than anything I could build.

The pic shows some gear from GM products, with the fuse block coming from a 1999 Astro. It houses some serious relays as well as fuses from 5 to 50 amps, all in a very compact package. The wiring harness is pretty long if you take the time to strip it out. All I have to do now is tone or test out the various leads and this thing is going on the fenderwell right behind dual optimas that are separated by a continuous duty relay. There will be one red top hooked up to the starter relay, with a blue top behind the continuous duty relay that is picked when the ignition is on. The fuse block will be powered off the blue top aux batt.

When the engine is running, both batterys are in parallel. When it is off, the aux batt powers all.

The connectors are serious weatherproof and run from 18 to about 12 gauge.

OK maybe too many while working tonight but thought it was worth sharing

[CityHick]

You are basically going to end up with a painless kit (with a little more pain). Painless uses a GM style fuse block and some GM connectors.

Do yourself a favor - invest in a weatherpack connector kit. They are very nice connectors that are easy to assemble.

I have used a ton of them in my rig, IMHO they are the only way to go.

[SonicDonkey]

You are basically going to end up with a painless kit (with a little more pain). Painless uses a GM style fuse block and some GM connectors.

Do yourself a favor - invest in a weatherpack connector kit. They are very nice connectors that are easy to assemble.

I have used a ton of them in my rig, IMHO they are the only way to go.

X2 on the weather pack! Thats all I used on my sandrail. I get mine from http://www.delcity.net/ the parts are relativly cheap but the crimping tool is kind of pricey. You can crimp with a cheaper tool but you dont get the same results.

[CityHick]

I purchased the cheap weatherpack crimper from Summit and I have no complaints. A buddy has the expensive version and it makes it a little easier, but I get the same type of crimp, it just takes a little more manual intervention.

[904Bronco]

Do yourself a favor - invest in a weatherpack connector kit. They are very nice connectors that are easy to assemble.

I have used a ton of them in my rig, IMHO they are the only way to go.

X3 on the Weatherpacks, use the inexpensive crimper and run some solder on the crimp for added protection... er ah conductivity