make your own fuseblock

[viper]

Just picked one of these up on ebay to improve my homemade fuseblock, they do a smaller one that carries 6 fuses

you need a feed direct from your battery via a switched relay which goes onto the common "feed in" on this gadget and then you can have individual feeds going out to your devices. each fuse holder has a led which illuminates should the fuse Blow.

I bring all the earths together into a solid metal block that attaches to a suitable point on the chassis rail somewhere

[davetherave]

Great idea !

How much is that compared to the Nippy Norman's product ?

dtr

[viper]

anything between £8 and £14 depending on how many ways you need, ive got another one that is a straight 8 rather than this square design , it will need an enclosure

[Ant]

Exactly how does the relay 'switch' .....thought you would be best going form a switched live feed.....just in case you forget to switch the relay off and flatten your battery.    Perhaps I'm missing something...

[viper]

I said  fed by a " switched relay" , ie a relay that has a supply from a the battery but triggered by a lesser wire from something that is only on when the ignition is

[Ant]

I said  fed by a " switched relay" , ie a relay that has a supply from a the battery but triggered by a lesser wire from something that is only on when the ignition is

Ah, thought I was missing something ! 

[PCPeteUK]

Great idea - Do you have the ebay link please?

[viper]

Great idea - Do you have the ebay link please?

search fuse block or fuse panel, as there are 100s. most are from china or hong kong and a few are uk based

this style might be better and just get the fuses with the LED built in

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fuse-Holder-Box-8-Way-Car-Vehicle-Circuit-Automotive-Blade-Fuse-Box-Block-New-/131183284785?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e8b221231