Fuse box?

Guys,

I'm at the stage of installing a custom wiring harness . The electrical system will be a negative ground. My question is; Is a fuse box a good idea?

I have all modern electrics, no zener diodes, rectum-fryers, etc.

12 volt, marine grade wire and connectors. All new turn signals, horn, batt, light, ignition, etc.


Opinions?

* new voltage reg:

I got one of these. I have hooked everything up on the bench, it's great. So good I might get 1 or 2 more in the future. They can be had shipped for $310.00

It's all digital, features activated by a ground signal, so smaller wires etc...

http://motogadget.com/elektrik/elektron ... erung.html

Hi Skyguyz,

This is the perfect time to install a fuse block into your harness. I installed a 4-fuse block when I converted my Mk3 to negative ground this past year. Summit Racing, among others, have a cheap, small, sealed (o-ring) 4-fuse block using modern blade fuses that is easy to place near the battery. The idea is to isolate the ignition circuit from the horn and lights circuits, allowing for a graceful exit from the road if these circuits fail. I used the extra fuse for the charging circuit.

Saw a guy who went negative ground on his norton and used one from fuzeblocks.com. About $90 and can hold a relay, nice setup

I have a spare eastern beaver setup for sale that i'm not going to use.

Sky,
I like the idea of using a relay to power the ignition, especially if you have a kill switch. Even if you eliminate most of the connections with a custom harness you can have phantom voltage problems from the ignition and basically exposed kill switch contacts. +1 on separate fusing the circuits. Make sure you get the fuses rated correctly.

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bwolfie said:

I got one of these. ....

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Here's the link in english, it's pretty hidden. Under downloads you should find the english manual but it's not there at the moment. I got mine with a printed english manual however.

The interesting bit is also that it has internal fuses. However there is some kind of blow-off capacitor or something like this to indicate abuse like overvoltage (IIRC 18V) or reversed connectors etc - if that lets go the warranty is void.



Tim