prebuilt relay box

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My boat has a similar fuse/relay box on it. Not sure of the Mfg. Only issue has been a thin plastic case that I leaned on a little and broke one fine day.
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Seems like it has decent reviews but I see your point. Looks like it has copper in the relay portion. Could easily swap for a higher quality relay and have the tidy box to organize things with. For the price, I might give it a chance.
 
I just bought the same thing from another vendor on Amazon (I think that there is somewhere a full bunch of chinese parts manufacturers that build the same parts on Amazon...). This is the link :relay box
I had a close look to the thing when it came home: looks not so bad. Relays are standard 40A NO/NC, cable size looks OK as long as you don't have more than 30Amps of current.
My project is to work on the lights of my 70 duster, and I am planning to have at least 3 relays wired:
one for low beam headlamps (2 x 55w=110w, so approx 9.1 Amps) fuse will be 16A, cables will be 2.5 mm²
one for hi beam headlamps (2 x 60w=120w, so 10 Amps) fuse will be 16A, cables will be 2.5 mm²
one for horn (might go as well to a air horn?), tbd.
The three remaining relays will be spare ones, maybe some day I will be adding extra headlamps/fog lamps?

Using a relay will ensure that the requested amount of current will feed the lamps with no restriction due to old headlamp switch/poor connections.
The same with the horn (if I use an air compressor): I don't like the idea of having high current inside the dashboard...
 
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Used same setup for my 72 dart to do headlights. Nice set up , wire was copper and enclosure nicely waterproofed. I was happy with outcome.
 
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