What went wrong, fire Options

[914itis]

I decided to install my hangman fuse panel. after installing i started the car, turn on
the head lights - works
flashers- works
turn signals- works
decided to turn on the wipers works, then the engine cuts off followed by a spark on the fuse area. within seconds the wires was on fire. I safely put out the fire.

I then removed the fuse box, to notice that the big red wire was burning, that wire was attached to a brown piece that looks like a breaker. it cracks ast it burns out.

My question is what is that brown peice is used for that has the brown wires attached on one side and the big red one on the other end.. I know that the brown wires are ground.

now that peice is gone what do I do..?
A good portion of the red wire is melted. and I will be inspecting the rest of the wires for burnt.


help!

[Tom]

I didn't see anyone mention this, so I thought I would. You said you just installed the fuse panel upgrade? Maybe one of the wires got caught between ground and the fuse panel during reinstallation? Check the red wires for marks to see if one has a dent in it where the insulation has been crushed. This would have taken your + to ground and that is unfused at that point. Hope everything turns out OK. I put the J-West one in my 76 and the fog light flasher at the same time. It seemed to be too tight when I pushed the fuse panel back up, so I made a couple of spacers to lower the fuse panel a 1/4 inch so I didn't have too much pressure on the wires. Just needed slightly longer screws after that to hold the panel up. It has been fine for 3-4 years.
Tom