fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

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fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

April 26, 2012, 12:40:48 AM

I'm wondering something here. I've had a project in the back of my head for a while now but I ran into a snag when I tried to do it a while back.

The fuseboxes that are under the hood of modern vehicles are all fed from one common positive and then distributed through the individual fused circuits from there, as opposed to being inline fuse circuits. Now what about the under-dash fuse panels? AFAIK those are all inline fused circuits fed from wherever upstream from the battery, correct? My point being that every fused circuit on the panel has its own 12v+ in and a 12v+ out right?

And while I'm on the subject, I searched high and low to find an aftermarket inline fuse block, but I cannot find one that is not a common 12v+ variety, which is not what I'm looking for. Does anyone know of one that even exists?

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #1 – April 26, 2012, 02:56:37 AM

I have read your post 3 times, still not quite sure what you mean.

Do you mean you want a distro block, or a fuse block that uses a single 12v source with multipul outs?

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #2 – April 26, 2012, 09:16:41 AM

are you talking about adding a secondary fuse panel for addons to the car. If so I'm working on that right now for my gauges. I'll post a couple of pics if you want

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Reply #3 – April 26, 2012, 11:30:21 AM

The problem I'm having is that every fuse panel I can find is some variety of this design:

This does what you said and uses a single 12v source with multiple outs, which is what I said I don't need. I already have one like this installed for my aftermarket stuff but this kind won't work for what I need now.

What I need is one that uses a separate 12v input for every circuit.

I thought I could go to the JY and get one from under the hood of some car, but those are just a bigger more complicated version of the kind above. What I'm wondering is if the fuse panels that go inside the car under the dash work the way I need or if they are the same kind as the other ones.

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #4 – April 26, 2012, 01:11:40 PM

mine looks simliar to that.. Still have to find a spot for it, I was going to put it around the glove box somewhere

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #5 – April 26, 2012, 09:43:53 PM

I found this off of google. Pro Tool Auxillary Automotive fuse block. This fuse block has individual fused in and out circuits. Is this what your looking for?

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #6 – April 26, 2012, 10:40:20 PM

yeah something pretty much just like that. Thanks!

How did you find it? I couldn't find anything on google. I mean I searched what you had there and I found it, but what keywords did you use to find it in the first place?

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #7 – April 27, 2012, 08:45:48 AM

I googled automotive auxillary fuse block and it popped up on the main page, but other times I will scroll through until I find what I'm looking. Your welcome.

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Reply #8 – April 27, 2012, 10:46:10 AM

Well I searched through pages and pages but that's cool.

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Reply #9 – April 27, 2012, 02:24:57 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;388087

yeah something pretty much just like that. Thanks!

How did you find it? I couldn't find anything on google. I mean I searched what you had there and I found it, but what keywords did you use to find it in the first place?

Guess he's a better Googler.

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Reply #10 – April 27, 2012, 04:11:21 PM

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #11 – April 27, 2012, 04:20:54 PM

Quote from: Chrome;388153

Guess he's a better Googler.

I have done alot of research on fuse blocks, I completely removed all the factory harness and only installed what I need for the car,(race only) I bought the ARC 8000 series fuse/relay control box and also a power distribution box. I kept and rewired the lighting system and the EFI and Ignition systems. I have been taking pics as I go along will be posting some pics soon and the completion when I'm done.

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Reply #12 – April 28, 2012, 12:18:51 AM

Quote from: 87 T-BIRD;388164

I have done alot of research on fuse blocks, I completely removed all the factory harness and only installed what I need for the car,(race only) I bought the ARC 8000 series fuse/relay control box and also a power distribution box. I kept and rewired the lighting system and the EFI and Ignition systems. I have been taking pics as I go along will be posting some pics soon and the completion when I'm done.

You just took all the "wow" out of it. Now we know you knew how to find them!

fuse panels..... not vehicle specific

Reply #13 – April 28, 2012, 06:28:44 AM

Quote from: Chrome;388210

You just took all the "wow" out of it. Now we know you knew how to find them!

Yeah, I guess google can be a nice thing.