Hello guys,
I changed out the battery terminals on my truck and I realized that my wiring is a mess. Stock wiring is pristine, but the additional circuits I added are cluttering the battery terminals and engine bay.
So I bought a Blue Sea fuse block to clean out my wiring and a couple of questions rose:
1) Can these things be safely installed in the engine compartment? The lid does not seal the fuses.
2) I bought a unit with a dedicated negative bus without knowing. is it better to use separate grounds or am I forced (or perhaps better) to route grounds back to the fuse block?
3) What gauge wire do you run between the battery and the fuse block? I plan to run five separate circuits including a pair of 130w halogens.
4) I want to clean up the way I passed the wiring through the main firewall grommet. Any ideas on the best way of doing this?? I was thinking about poking a hole into it, stick a half-inch piece of rubber tubing and after I get the wiring through and wrap it in electrical tape.
I think my VHF radio is the only additional electronic equipment that will remain connected directly to the battery. My two front aux light circuits, back-up light circuit, power inverter and additional 12v socket will be run through the fuse block.
Anybody care to help??
Thank you in advance,
Luis
I changed out the battery terminals on my truck and I realized that my wiring is a mess. Stock wiring is pristine, but the additional circuits I added are cluttering the battery terminals and engine bay.
So I bought a Blue Sea fuse block to clean out my wiring and a couple of questions rose:
1) Can these things be safely installed in the engine compartment? The lid does not seal the fuses.
2) I bought a unit with a dedicated negative bus without knowing. is it better to use separate grounds or am I forced (or perhaps better) to route grounds back to the fuse block?
3) What gauge wire do you run between the battery and the fuse block? I plan to run five separate circuits including a pair of 130w halogens.
4) I want to clean up the way I passed the wiring through the main firewall grommet. Any ideas on the best way of doing this?? I was thinking about poking a hole into it, stick a half-inch piece of rubber tubing and after I get the wiring through and wrap it in electrical tape.
I think my VHF radio is the only additional electronic equipment that will remain connected directly to the battery. My two front aux light circuits, back-up light circuit, power inverter and additional 12v socket will be run through the fuse block.
Anybody care to help??
Thank you in advance,
Luis