I rarely comment on CZcams videos, but man oh man. This is such a great video, and does a great job explaining and showing how to wire in a switched fuse block. I just finished wiring my own fuse block, and I couldn't have done it without watching this video a handful of times. Thanks so much for putting in the effort to make such a high quality "How to" video.
I think I love you for this. Working on rewiring a lot of my Ranger for an HO Alternator, offroad lights, winch, inverter, stereo amps, a big new relay/fuse box on an ignition circuit, HID upgrades, etc....as well as a simple Big 3 upgrade. Simple, straightforward, well presented. THANK YOU!! I WILL be using breakers over fuses, but my wiring I think will end up similarly sans using fancy car stereo-style battery terminals with multiple large gauge set screw ports. A bus block and a grounding strap is so simple and so amazing...no idea why I didn't think of it. Generally speaking...you just made my life easier. Couldn't ask for more.
Once again, excellent tutorial. Straightforward and it's easy to follow along. I'm still installing my Vintage Air with the help of your video on that project... which led me to this video! 👍
@klowny1969 Yessir! I've been a subscriber for a while now. I'm putting everything back together, and my Vintage Air will be done! Man, I can't thank you enough for that video. Watching it made me jump in and get it done! A+
Thanks for dropping the link to this video from you Valve cover leak fix you posted today. I have the same made fuse block from Amazon, very well made. Upgraded to a 110 amp single wire on the 67 Mustang and need to get the old glass fuse block converted for add on's also. Elect fans, fog lights, elect fuel pump, and who knows what else I will add later. I did not buy a 100a relay though, have the Ford solenoid, can I use that or use a separate relay. Thank you my brother! Appreciate you and all the help and teachings you have given me. Cheers from Canadian fire/smoke filled Motown.
So I know this video is 4 years old, maybe you've updated one since then, but would you wire a car this way now? I ask because everything I've learned about how to wire a car (maybe I learned a bunch of wrong stuff lol) is that you don't want to run 0-1 gauge massive cables with power from the trunk (where my battery is) to the front of the car, or under the dash. You have a massive cable going from battery to starter for cranking amps, a ford style solenoid so that massive cable only carries power when cranking (for safety or an accident), it's dead otherwise, and you get all your accessory power from the alternator (and a power distribution block maybe on the core support or firewall that connects to the alternator with 8-10 gauge wire). Use relays where it makes sense, for electric fans, headlights, etc. and get power to those relays from that alternator wire. NOT from a massive cable connected to the battery directly. Lot's of ways to wire a car obviously, I'm curious if you think this is the best and safest way.
We needed a fuse block in this car due to alot of electrical add ons..this is a safe way of doing it because you do have a megafuse in place in case the wire gets grounded..also if you have just a power distribution block, you still need fuses to those individual wires. For the battery cable, that's a different story..if its only needed when cranking then yes you can have it dead on other times. Always size the cable to the fuse block amperage and what you are planning on drawing amperage wise and you sill be fine. Dont forget to subscribe
I gotta tell you man you explain things very well. I need to rewire my entire truck the fuses are rusty and horrible looking. Lord I wanna see a video starting from the battery to the fuse block, ignition, etc.
I done something very similar but put the junction under dash but for some reason I can't get all three 2 gauge wires hooked up and get the lid to close. I even trimmed all that I can
Great video. If I was to wire mine just like this and I decide to run two extra small 30 amp relays for dual fans could I connect the switch 86 for the fans on the key fuse box like you installed or would that interfere with something? Sorry if it’s a dumb question.
I have a Bluesea 5032 with 6 circuits constant on and the other 6 circuits are switched. This is my problem,is there a way to get switched power to those 6. I had no problem with constant on. Can I use a contractor or relay to get this done? This is a great video by the way. If you can give me a little detail on how to create a cable for the switched side. Keep in mind I am using #4 wire. Someone mentioned to go to the starter and look for the accessory side on that, but I do not feel comfortable doing this.
If you look very closely, you can see that your spade connector at 16:34 is not connected correctly: the tab is sitting only between the insulation and the spade connector ...
@@klowny1969 yessir, I plan to. The only thing I was going to change was the junction box itself. JEGS was charging $50 through Amazon. I found a pretty good power distributor with a cover for about $12. I plan to keep everything else the same. Use fuses and relays. Thanks for the reply. Just subscribed.
At 14:02 why are there 3 wires coming from the junction box. I'm a little lost on that part. 1 coming from the positive battery terminal and 2 going inside the car?
Klowny. After watching a dozen videos, why do I keep coming back to yours? I will tell you why. No offense, but you are not a clown. You know what you are talking about. Excellent videos and easy to understand. I do not know if you are aware, but Blue Sea makes a ST Blade Split Bus Fuse Block with 2 isolated circuits, one for constant power and one for switched power part number 5032. I purchased mine from Amazon. I do have one question though. If all of my switched circuits coming from my switched Blue Sea Block section total less than 100 amps and I am going through a 120 amp relay should I still fuse the switched wire coming from the factory Chevy fuse panel to the number 86 pin on the relay? If so, what size fuse would you recommend?
Thank you sir for watching! ive wired the 86 both ways, with and without a fuse..i just put it on a 5 amp, the draw i believe is around half an amp or so..you can also just circle it back to the battery feed side of the relay, if you have a battery feed connected to it..thanks for watching!!
At 14:20 what is the power distribution box for? Why did you need to run two cables out of that box? Couldn’t you run the positive direct from the battery? Edit never mind I worked it out
If i am adding 6 fuse junction with relay for ignition turned on accessories But i am only going to add 2 accesories of 10 amp each for now on So what sized relay i need ?
Exc video. Nice job. Sort of unclear at about 17:00 mark. If you already wired up a fuse box that is switchable via the relay, then why didn't you just connect that old wire that came from the old fuse box to a connection on the new fuse box? Also what gauge did you use for all the red batt wires that went to megafuse, j-box, relay, and the fuse boxes?
larry gk thanks..the original fuse block was full , i didnt want to overload it..the thickness of the wire depends on how many amps i are pulling through it
Thanks. If I may, one more question. I built a similar setup that you show on this great video. Have not installed the relay yet. An experienced electrician friend of mine mentioned that he has done them without the relay. That is, he simply uses the ignition switch to power up the switched fuse block and that "it should handle that". The amps at my switched fuse block are about 55 if you add up all the devices connected to it. If that is feasible, would you not need a hefty (e.g. 4 gauge) cable from the ignition switch to the + at the fuse block? And typically you do not connect a thick wire like that to an ignition switch! Comments? Also what amperage relay did you use in the video? thanks.
larry gk i would not use a power wire that is coming from the ignition switch to power a whole fuse block unless u are going to power really low amperage stuff..thats how fires happen
www.amazon.com/Heavy-Split-Charge-Relay-RL180/dp/B073H4RBFN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526736183&sr=8-1&keywords=100a+ignition+relay About 99.9% sure that is what you want
It was me Thanks Man! I have two of them 100amp relays RL180 i think they are called ,But yes i want to wire dual fans and a few other things its nice to have the boxes like you did where you can just add to either key on or full time so to speak , Thanks for the video!
you call for trouble when you plug a multiwire to the battery the best to do is to go to a big away from the battery terminal then start all secondary wiring from this terminal
klowny1969 okay yes I will do that. I'm not sure why the battery was moved to the trunk. It was there when I bought the car.. Is it going to be okay to mount that mega fuse in the engine bay?
klowny1969 also, if I use a circuit breaker, do I still put it by the battery, or do I put it in between the starter and the fuse block? Thank you for the help
Why oh why I did not find this channel before! Now I need to do the wires of my Camaro all again.... properly this time! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching :)
I rarely comment on CZcams videos, but man oh man. This is such a great video, and does a great job explaining and showing how to wire in a switched fuse block. I just finished wiring my own fuse block, and I couldn't have done it without watching this video a handful of times. Thanks so much for putting in the effort to make such a high quality "How to" video.
Corey VerHage awesome..glad i was able to help..and thanks for watching and commenting
I think I love you for this. Working on rewiring a lot of my Ranger for an HO Alternator, offroad lights, winch, inverter, stereo amps, a big new relay/fuse box on an ignition circuit, HID upgrades, etc....as well as a simple Big 3 upgrade. Simple, straightforward, well presented. THANK YOU!! I WILL be using breakers over fuses, but my wiring I think will end up similarly sans using fancy car stereo-style battery terminals with multiple large gauge set screw ports. A bus block and a grounding strap is so simple and so amazing...no idea why I didn't think of it.
Generally speaking...you just made my life easier. Couldn't ask for more.
MrAcuta73 awesome..thanks for watching and commenting
Once again, excellent tutorial. Straightforward and it's easy to follow along. I'm still installing my Vintage Air with the help of your video on that project... which led me to this video! 👍
Awesome! Glad I was able to help! Don't forget to subscribe 😉
@klowny1969 Yessir! I've been a subscriber for a while now. I'm putting everything back together, and my Vintage Air will be done! Man, I can't thank you enough for that video. Watching it made me jump in and get it done! A+
I'm working on a 75 Corvette and I have used quite a few of your videos for general direction. This is one of the best!
Thank you sir! Glad I was able to help.
Thanks for dropping the link to this video from you Valve cover leak fix you posted today. I have the same made fuse block from Amazon, very well made. Upgraded to a 110 amp single wire on the 67 Mustang and need to get the old glass fuse block converted for add on's also. Elect fans, fog lights, elect fuel pump, and who knows what else I will add later. I did not buy a 100a relay though, have the Ford solenoid, can I use that or use a separate relay. Thank you my brother! Appreciate you and all the help and teachings you have given me. Cheers from Canadian fire/smoke filled Motown.
Awesome! I would use a separate dedicated relay just to have its own circuit. Cheers 🍻
Excellent Video! I was looking for a way to add a fuse block for my accessories that was tied to the ignition power. This was spot on!
Glad i was able to help
Probably one of the most helpful and best explained videos on here. thank you.
bob67firebird thanks for watching and commenting
I have successfully done this on my 62 Falcon. Made a busbar ground and am using a continuous relay as well .
So I know this video is 4 years old, maybe you've updated one since then, but would you wire a car this way now? I ask because everything I've learned about how to wire a car (maybe I learned a bunch of wrong stuff lol) is that you don't want to run 0-1 gauge massive cables with power from the trunk (where my battery is) to the front of the car, or under the dash. You have a massive cable going from battery to starter for cranking amps, a ford style solenoid so that massive cable only carries power when cranking (for safety or an accident), it's dead otherwise, and you get all your accessory power from the alternator (and a power distribution block maybe on the core support or firewall that connects to the alternator with 8-10 gauge wire). Use relays where it makes sense, for electric fans, headlights, etc. and get power to those relays from that alternator wire. NOT from a massive cable connected to the battery directly. Lot's of ways to wire a car obviously, I'm curious if you think this is the best and safest way.
We needed a fuse block in this car due to alot of electrical add ons..this is a safe way of doing it because you do have a megafuse in place in case the wire gets grounded..also if you have just a power distribution block, you still need fuses to those individual wires. For the battery cable, that's a different story..if its only needed when cranking then yes you can have it dead on other times. Always size the cable to the fuse block amperage and what you are planning on drawing amperage wise and you sill be fine. Dont forget to subscribe
I gotta tell you man you explain things very well. I need to rewire my entire truck the fuses are rusty and horrible looking. Lord I wanna see a video starting from the battery to the fuse block, ignition, etc.
Awesome! Glad i was able to help
Thank you! Excellent video, informative with steps laid out plainly. Much appreciated.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Yeah I wasn't talking about your work. I was talking about all the other wires lol you did a damn good job!!!
Patty Ferguson yup i got what u were saying lol
I done something very similar but put the junction under dash but for some reason I can't get all three 2 gauge wires hooked up and get the lid to close. I even trimmed all that I can
Sorry to hear..don't forget to subscribe
Great video! Any chance you can add a diagram? Trying to see what you did with the relay wiring for switched fuse box..
Wow that was heavy duty connections . Nice work and quality parts . Cheers buddy.
lol yeah..heavy duty is the way to go..Thanks again for stopping by Steve
klowny1969 xw .he b r
Dude, seriously, this is pretty awesome.
Lou Radon thank u
Great video. If I was to wire mine just like this and I decide to run two extra small 30 amp relays for dual fans could I connect the switch 86 for the fans on the key fuse box like you installed or would that interfere with something? Sorry if it’s a dumb question.
I'm going to use your exact setup!
Awesome good luck..and don't forget to subscribe
@@klowny1969 did you get the lugs off Amazon too?
Love the sound of ratchet action. lol
I have a Bluesea 5032 with 6 circuits constant on and the other 6 circuits are switched. This is my problem,is there a way to get switched power to those 6. I had no problem with constant on. Can I use a contractor or relay to get this done? This is a great video by the way.
If you can give me a little detail on how to create a cable for the switched side. Keep in mind I am using #4 wire. Someone mentioned to go to the starter and look for the accessory side on that, but I do not feel comfortable doing this.
I showed in the video how to create a switched 12 volt panel
so what did you end up connecting as far as components to this system? Ie Fan, Fuel pump, Etc.
Steve Rob Sent Me! nice! man I miss working on cars! man you have great footage! Thanks I really enjoyed that! -Bobby
Steve rob is awesome lol thanks for checking out my channel and commenting
yeah he is! you got buddy! Cheers from Brooklyn!
+su pyrow cheers!
If you look very closely, you can see that your spade connector at 16:34 is not connected correctly: the tab is sitting only between the insulation and the spade connector ...
Can I use a power distribution block instead of the junction box? Is it the same thing or do they have different functions?
You can do whatever you want, as long as you use fuses and relays where appropriate..don't forget to subscribe
@@klowny1969 yessir, I plan to. The only thing I was going to change was the junction box itself. JEGS was charging $50 through Amazon. I found a pretty good power distributor with a cover for about $12. I plan to keep everything else the same. Use fuses and relays. Thanks for the reply. Just subscribed.
Hey man great videos keep it up been watching ur vids for a few years now I have a 1988 3rd gen
Michael Monkoski Awesome thanks for watching
At 14:02 why are there 3 wires coming from the junction box. I'm a little lost on that part. 1 coming from the positive battery terminal and 2 going inside the car?
did you ever figure out where the third wire came from?
Very nice wiring job!
Fireship1 thanks :)
Klowny. After watching a dozen videos, why do I keep coming back to yours? I will tell you why. No offense, but you are not a clown. You know what you are talking about. Excellent videos and easy to understand. I do not know if you are aware, but Blue Sea makes a ST Blade Split Bus Fuse Block with 2 isolated circuits, one for constant power and one for switched power part number 5032. I purchased mine from Amazon. I do have one question though. If all of my switched circuits coming from my switched Blue Sea Block section total less than 100 amps and I am going through a 120 amp relay should I still fuse the switched wire coming from the factory Chevy fuse panel to the number 86 pin on the relay? If so, what size fuse would you recommend?
Thank you sir for watching! ive wired the 86 both ways, with and without a fuse..i just put it on a 5 amp, the draw i believe is around half an amp or so..you can also just circle it back to the battery feed side of the relay, if you have a battery feed connected to it..thanks for watching!!
@@klowny1969 Thank you!
Great Video, Thanks! While looking at relays I see some have Diodes built in to absorb voltage spikes, Is this something to be concerned about?
Wow
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At 14:20 what is the power distribution box for? Why did you need to run two cables out of that box? Couldn’t you run the positive direct from the battery?
Edit never mind I worked it out
If i am adding 6 fuse junction with relay for ignition turned on accessories
But i am only going to add 2 accesories of 10 amp each for now on
So what sized relay i need ?
What size wire did you use on 86?
Good video
you the best man
thank you
What are the part numbers for both battery lug packs
Question, could you have run the battery positive cable to the constant hot and just run a short line from the constant hot to the keyed hot relay?
Exc video. Nice job. Sort of unclear at about 17:00 mark. If you already wired up a fuse box that is switchable via the relay, then why didn't you just connect that old wire that came from the old fuse box to a connection on the new fuse box? Also what gauge did you use for all the red batt wires that went to megafuse, j-box, relay, and the fuse boxes?
larry gk thanks..the original fuse block was full , i didnt want to overload it..the thickness of the wire depends on how many amps i are pulling through it
Thanks. If I may, one more question. I built a similar setup that you show on this great video. Have not installed the relay yet. An experienced electrician friend of mine mentioned that he has done them without the relay. That is, he simply uses the ignition switch to power up the switched fuse block and that "it should handle that". The amps at my switched fuse block are about 55 if you add up all the devices connected to it. If that is feasible, would you not need a hefty (e.g. 4 gauge) cable from the ignition switch to the + at the fuse block? And typically you do not connect a thick wire like that to an ignition switch! Comments? Also what amperage relay did you use in the video? thanks.
larry gk i would not use a power wire that is coming from the ignition switch to power a whole fuse block unless u are going to power really low amperage stuff..thats how fires happen
How do I wire up my fuse box on a 89 GMC Sierra
I followed the steps and it looks like I'm getting a voltage drop at the accessory fuse block. Any thoughts on why??
Check for loose connections..dont forget to susbscribe
Looks like an electricians nightmare to me lol
Patty Ferguson its not that bad lol thanks for watching and commenting
OK I just found them thanks
np
Those look quality spade connectors.Where did you purchase them? Like the crimper.
amazon for the spade connectors..thanks for watching and commenting
I have to do this to my 78 trans am
Awesome good luck! Don't forget to subscribe
Hi clown my 94 needs a bcm for power windows but can I use any other way of doing it.
Where did you find the relay on amazon ? Part number doesn't come up
www.amazon.com/Heavy-Split-Charge-Relay-RL180/dp/B073H4RBFN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526736183&sr=8-1&keywords=100a+ignition+relay
About 99.9% sure that is what you want
Great video brother👌🏻
thamks man..were u the one that asked me about this a while back?
+klowny1969 no not me brother but still it's a great video 👌🏻
+1Wild CamaroSS lol oh ok..thought it was you..thanks for watching and commenting again
It was me Thanks Man! I have two of them 100amp relays RL180 i think they are called ,But yes i want to wire dual fans and a few other things its nice to have the boxes like you did where you can just add to either key on or full time so to speak , Thanks for the video!
+juiced71 ahh yes lol Cool man..yeah this setup is awesome..can add anything u want..
thanks
Thanks for watching
Nice!
thanks for watching
A good viedeo
Thank u
you call for trouble when you plug a multiwire to the battery
the best to do is to go to a big away from the battery terminal then start all secondary wiring from this terminal
This is the reason why i wired these fuse blocks..to move all those wires from there..check out my other videos on my channel..you will love them
My battery is in the trunk. Instead of running a wire from the battery, can I just come off of the starter?
milkhouse that should work..but double check the amperage and thickness of wire to the starter and battery
klowny1969 okay yes I will do that. I'm not sure why the battery was moved to the trunk. It was there when I bought the car.. Is it going to be okay to mount that mega fuse in the engine bay?
klowny1969 also, if I use a circuit breaker, do I still put it by the battery, or do I put it in between the starter and the fuse block? Thank you for the help
U can put circuit breaker or megafuse after the junction
klowny1969
Great! Thank you very much. If I'm doing something on my nova I search for you on CZcams. It's how I installed my electric fan
can you please make more third gen camaro videos 350
i will..i also have a ton of them on my channel
16:34min ;) that connector isnt sitting on properly :p
True it's between the spade and insulation