Replacement Relay Socket Panel, Updated: Version 3 - Solid State Relays and Fuse Panel Replacement |
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Replacement Relay Socket Panel, Updated: Version 3 - Solid State Relays and Fuse Panel Replacement |
Evan0 |
Apr 30 2017, 10:12 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 13-February 17 From: Southern California Member No.: 20,837 Region Association: Southern California |
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I've been rewiring my car for the last few weeks and part of that was replacing the factory fuse panel with one that uses modern fuse from JWest Engineering. I was unhappy with the existing relay sockets that I found. As a result of that, I designed and printed a monolithic fuse socket for all the relays, buzzer, and flasher unit. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-20837-1493568735.1.jpg) After mounting it to the fuse panel. The buzzer is a Hella H35394001. The horn, blower, and fog relays are Hella 933332051. The flasher unit is a Hella 009492101. The head light relay is a modern reproduction of the VW one. Still waiting on the flasher unit to ship. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-20837-1493568735.2.jpg) I'll be posting the STL files, Bill of Materials, and instructions after I've worked out a few kinks. I would love any feedback or suggestions on improvements. |
raynekat |
Jul 24 2017, 05:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
This gives you an idea.
On the factory fuse panel, both the incoming and outgoing wires come from approximately the same direction from the main wiring bundle. (A) On the after market panels, the incoming wires must loop around to the backside of the connection block. It seems like this would put a lot of stress on the wire/connector on that side of connection block. These incoming wires are just not long enough coming out of the main wiring bundle to make the journey relatively stress free. (B) One option is to move the main wiring bundle such that it straddles the connection block, but again the direction change that both the incoming and outgoing wires make from the main wiring bundle to the connection block is not idea. In the end, I've decided to stick with my 40 year old factory fuse block design and live with archaic fuse technology. |
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