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| r3dplanet |
 May 26 2012, 08:58 PM
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Quite a while back I bought an Engman fuse panel. It's lovely and I'm happy that I bought it. I finally installed it today and, after a little smoke, made an unpleasant discovery.
It turns out that the metal bracket on the back of the fuse panel touches right up to a positive wire connector that has live voltage. Hence the smoke. My question is why is this battery connector sitting right here so close to the panel? With the new fuse panel bolted up it makes direct contact between the rear metal bracket and the live connector making a really solid short circuit. Has anyone else noticed this? I have no idea if my connector is even in the stock location. There doesn't seem to be another convenient spot to relocate it to. Thanks, Marcus   |
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| boogie_man |
Dec 5 2013, 02:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: 22-April 11 From: So Cal Member No.: 12,969 Region Association: Southern California |
We put a engman fuse panel in and YES, when we put the battery jumper to test it
a large gray ghost came flying out of the dash, scared the hell out of us but it was the heat shrink tubing that melted that we put over the bracket. Like J Kelly did, we simply moved the red fuse link to the outside as well as relocated the ground wires too. We also noticed the jumpers were also incorrect as we opened the case as re-located the jumpers to get the headlamps working properly. I like it though over the stock unit. |
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spankmeister7 unpleasant surprise May 26 2012, 08:58 PM
kg6dxn You have an early car. You could remove the connec... May 26 2012, 09:12 PM
spankmeister7 Entirely true. Mostly. The car is a 1971. The engi... May 26 2012, 09:18 PM kg6dxn Later cars ~'72ish had two wires from the batt... May 26 2012, 09:23 PM 914Bryan On my 74, that is where the ground wires bolt to. May 27 2012, 09:17 AM 914itis I had my share last year on my 70, check this thre... May 27 2012, 09:43 AM 914itis In my case, the bolt touched that the block where ... May 27 2012, 10:43 AM Tom This is the reason I put together a fuse block kit... May 27 2012, 12:31 PM jimkelly I just had the same problem as OP - but manageable... Oct 16 2013, 02:05 PM Tom A word of experienced advise for those who do thei... Oct 16 2013, 06:17 PM r3dplanet I'm surprised no one stomped on the "disc... Oct 16 2013, 07:44 PM jimkelly I actually installed the fuise box months ago with... Oct 16 2013, 08:05 PM 914itis I will post a picture of my distribution box that ... Oct 16 2013, 08:14 PM 914itis I used something like this and a fuse between the ... Oct 16 2013, 08:17 PM mikesmith
I used something like this and a fuse between the... Oct 16 2013, 09:40 PM chads74
I used something like this and a fuse between the... Oct 17 2013, 07:35 AM 914itis
I used something like this and a fuse between th... Oct 17 2013, 09:58 AM mikesmith
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This thread was brought to my atttention suggesti... Dec 5 2013, 01:47 PM Jeff Bowlsby With due respect to the 'inventors' of the... Oct 17 2013, 09:32 AM Bartlett 914
With due respect to the 'inventors' of th... Oct 17 2013, 09:49 AM JWest
The buss bar connections you referred to could be... Oct 17 2013, 10:37 AM JWest
1. Sure they use new improved fuses - so what, t... Oct 17 2013, 10:22 AM DBCooper Couldn't agree more.
1. In a variable weath... Nov 5 2013, 09:19 AM Tedman5 The exact same thing happened in my 70. Melted a f... Oct 17 2013, 10:49 AM Jeff Bowlsby I wonder what the ampacity of solder wick is? Wha... Oct 18 2013, 02:55 PM larryM I installed a JWEST panel in my 1970 sixer 2 yrs a... Nov 9 2013, 10:44 PM |
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