Monday, 29 June 2015

Refused

So I was getting fed up with the auxiliary fuse box I'd fitted earlier. It just wasn't working out for a number of reasons. 

Firstly, if I needed to work on it I had to kneel down half in, half out of the drivers footwell and fiddle around with wiring at arms length. 

Secondly, the 6 circuits available were only permanent live, which meant if I had ancillaries that I wanted to be powered only when the ignition was on (the auxiliary sockets for example), I had to use inline fuse holders which went against the neatness of the fuse board.

I remembered my box of tricks that I removed from the campervan and dug out my trusty "Ripca" 12 way fuse board.

In the van I had all 12 circuits linked, so again they were all live regardless of the ignition, but is time I used a high current relay, triggered by the ignition live feed to switch one bank of fuses, giving me 6 permanent lives and 6 ignition lives. 

Perfect.

It all fits inside an adaptable box, with another van refugee, the isolator switch, and a load of multi connectors. 


The box is mounted inside one of the rear pockets, but I'm wondering if I could mount it direct to the side of the inner wing, and cut a Suitable hole in the side panel. That way may look neater and I might be able to still use the pocket for small items. 

Although I would still want the isolator easily accessible, so that would need to be moved. Something to consider. 

Now I can add circuits in a much easier fashion than before.