Wiring help needed
Thanks TrailBeast! I put a lot of time into this car, so I want to do this right. I'm after a concise plan - kinda K.I.S.S. I am open to suggestions, so don't hold back. I need all the help I can get.
A good buddy recommended running a ruse right at the + battery cable, saying it will prevent catastrophe. It's not the "look" I'm after under the hood (think '68 Barracuda Formula-S 383) but I still may go that route.
Most importantly, I'm gonna decide quick because I want to get this motor FIRED UP real soon!
I don’t like it when a person asks a question and one of the first people answers it, only to have 30 more people chime in with opinions.
Anyway, I use a 30 amp self resetting breaker instead of fusible link for main cabin power feed right off the positive battery side terminal on the starter relay with fuses between that and my devices that need constant power.
(Stereo, amplified antenna, head and parking lights, overhead light, horn, and so on)
My headlights are powered with relays on the radiator support, so the headlight switch and dimmer only have the load of the relays switching and not all the load of the headlights.
Things that need key switched power come off the ignition switch main feed out of the ign switch.
(Ignition, relay for the sense wire of the voltage regulator, fuel pump, gauges power, electric choke and whatever else.)
Maybe you could use a main fuse inside under the dash if you want to use something more functional but don’t want it seen.
Some use those large cartridge style fuses like you see in some of the newer cars.
