RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 01:13 PM |
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Common feed fusebox
I'm looking for a fuse box which has a common feed - one 6mm2 wire to feed about 5 or 6 outlets.
All I can find so far are the '1 in, 1 out' variety.
Any ideas?
[Edited on 23-10-06 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
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JAG
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 01:30 PM |
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Check out Vehicle Wiring Products or Premiere Wiring Systems.
Premi
ere Wiring Systems
Vehicle Wiring Products
OR
Justin
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Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 01:37 PM |
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Those were the first places I tried - nothing with a common feed but Premier offered an alternative which might do the trick.
I know I have seen the exact one I need but I just can't remember where 
Cheers,
Raz
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iank
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 01:50 PM |
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Was it this Volvo one?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=40022&page=2
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ned
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:02 PM |
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You can get fuse boxes that have a power bar/strip that connect the fuses on one side like a common live, I bought one from VRP iirc. Is this what you
mean?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ned
You can get fuse boxes that have a power bar/strip that connect the fuses on one side like a common live, I bought one from VRP iirc. Is this what you
mean?
Ned.
Exactly what I am after  but VWP say that they don't do anything suitable
Cheers,
Raz
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Was it this Volvo one?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=40022&page=2
Something like that but with fuses
[img]http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=40022&pid=333271[/img]
bum - the pics are playing up
[Edited on 23-10-06 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
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ned
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:15 PM |
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It was definately VRP or Premier that I got mine from. Have you tried giving Alan at premier a call?
The one I have looks much the same this:
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/fuse-1/photo/fbb8u.jpg
but has small plastic clips that once removed allow you to remove one side of the blade holder clips that are all connected as one bar on the
underside, you then just cut the bar with snips to break it up as you wish giving you common live etc.
Ned.
ps not a very helpful pic but you can see the yellow plastic clips that retain the fuse holders:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/IMG_2041b.jpg
[Edited on 23/10/06 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:26 PM |
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I know exactly what you mean Ned - and I asked them about that very one ............. but they said it just has standard connections and no busbar
My brain hurts now
Cheers,
Raz
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Aboardman
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:52 PM |
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i have seen one somewhere as well and cannot remember where.
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:52 PM |
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Found this one at Autosparks - bit pricey at £13 though
Cheers,
Raz
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TimC
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 02:56 PM |
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Also want one - don't really fancy the loop,loop,loop,loop technique of wiring the fuse box (not that it actually hurt on my old car.)
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TimC
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 03:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
failing that daisy chain a wire from one connector to the next creating a bus bar out of wire.
Would the daisy chain need to be 6mm? That's a big wire to fit in a small space (looped.)
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 04:08 PM |
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Yes indeed - I did make a daisychain from 6mm wire and it is doesn't fit into the moulding very well.
I then tried forming the connectors still on the roll. This was a bit more successful but I have to wonder if the whole thing will handle enough power
as the amount of connection metal is quite small in places
 
Rescued attachment fusebox.jpg
Cheers,
Raz
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 04:12 PM |
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Rescued attachment crimp connectors.jpg
Cheers,
Raz
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 04:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
Yes indeed - I did make a daisychain from 6mm wire and it is doesn't fit into the moulding very well.
I then tried forming the connectors still on the roll. This was a bit more successful but I have to wonder if the whole thing will handle enough power
as the amount of connection metal is quite small in places
Why not just solder the 6mm to the strip, to beef up the current carrying capacity?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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RazMan
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 04:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
For a wire daisy chain I would remove ALL the sheathing and solder the bare wire and bend the wire neatly into a bus bar
I think that is what I will do as the way the connectors are pressed from the strip, the metal narrows down considerably in places. The wire will
obviously handle it better.
Cheers,
Raz
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 06:40 PM |
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Don't foget that over a short length a smaller wire will take the same current, its only over a longer length that the voltage drop comes into
effect and the cable size need to be increased.
In real terms i'd say over such a short length the wire needs to be little bigger than the fuse itself... although obviousley the bigger the
better!
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