I have come across this problem on a number of cars that I have built now, and never really solved it nicely!

Has anybody got a neat solution to splitting the main power feed to the fusebox to various fuses and relays without a zillion jumper wires?

The best solution I have found to date was the splitter box from a Pug 205, which has some fuses in as well "pre-busbarred".

Vehicle Wiring Products have a selection of bits and pieces for building fuse boxes. Check out CLICK HERE about half way down there's a fuse box/holder with commoned fuses connected by busbars underneath.

HTH
Nick

DOH - just seen your earlier post, so I guess you've already found the VWP website

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something like this perhaps? from VWP .... damn ... someone beat me to it !



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Originally posted by nick205
Vehicle Wiring Products have a selection of bits and pieces for building fuse boxes. Check out CLICK HERE about half way down there's a fuse box/holder with commoned fuses connected by busbars underneath.

HTH
Nick

DOH - just seen your earlier post, so I guess you've already found the VWP website

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I had exactly the same problem and spoek to Premier Wiring about it and they sent me a fusebox with a busbar that you can basically select how many feeds you want in each bit and then split them accordingly. So basically mine came as 6 joined and I split them into a 4 and a 2 and crimped the 2 wires in accordingly and then slid them into the fusebox.

HTH,
Rich.

£43.00 VWP

I was looking for teh same and didnt find anything, so lots of link loops, perhaps an opening here for someone to produce something?

Why not do it the way the old escort loom, and probably a lot of other car looms are done?

Take your main live feed to the ignition switch, and spur off it to some switches that always need power, like lights, hazards etc. Other switches that need a switched feed take from the ign position on the switch (things like brake lights and indicators). The fuse is then the other side of the switches, between the switch and what ever it is you are switching.

Nice and neat, simple and easy to trace.

BTW in reference to your other post about fuse numbers, I got an 8 fuse box, but am only using 6 of them. Thought it might be handy to have a spare one or two.

David

Mine was well under a tenner IIRR from Premier

Cheers Shortie, that's exactly what I needed to know! I'll give em a call!

Thanks

Nat

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Originally posted by flak monkey
Why not do it the way the old escort loom, and probably a lot of other car looms are done?

Take your main live feed to the ignition switch, and spur off it to some switches that always need power, like lights, hazards etc. Other switches that need a switched feed take from the ign position on the switch (things like brake lights and indicators). The fuse is then the other side of the switches, between the switch and what ever it is you are switching.

Nice and neat, simple and easy to trace.

BTW in reference to your other post about fuse numbers, I got an 8 fuse box, but am only using 6 of them. Thought it might be handy to have a spare one or two.

David

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Fair enough And a good point

On my previous cars, I took a length of battery cable (multistranded) and split the strands into six different bundles and shrink wrapped all these - this gives one feed from the master switch to six different points on the fuse box - it works well but took some time!

Regards

Wyn

Volvo.

Ahhhh, what Volvo would that be from??

This may or may not help...

I used two fuse blocks One is the live feed off the battery. The other feed is energized from a relay, which itself is switch from (you got it!) the ignition switch.

--Chris