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Steve Huneck

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Hi - I recently shorted out one of my instrument lights and melted several feet of wire. Yes, it is back to soldering school for Steve. Anyway, I would like replace the wire with the proper coded wire, red/white, but I am having a problem finding a source. Any ideas? I am in Canada, but I am suprised this is hard to find.
Also, this incident got me thinking that maybe a modern fuse box might be a good idea. I am not sure that my stove requires a 50 amp fuse. I am sure I am not the first one to think about this while looking through a cloud of smoke. Any thoughts and/or comments are very appreciated.

Steve
 
I'd start by "Googling" for "color coded wire". I did and got 5M hits.

I looked at a few and some didn't sell wire, but some did. You ought to be able to find something there.

Failing that, look in your phone book under "Electronic Assembly". There is probably a small PCB or cable/harness shop near you. They will probably share their vendor list with you.

For your fuse box, I just switched from the glass cartridge fuse strips that I put in 10 years ago. I am now using 2 - 6 modern blade fuse panels. 1 (relay powered) for switched load, 1 for always hot load. (https://www.google.com/products/catalog?r...IwAg#ps-sellers)
Put it under the dash and no one will ever know it's not stock.

The fuse block at that link has a post and fastons (on the left end) for always hot and a post and 10 slots for blade fuses. I wish that I had seen that one first.

There are also many sources for blade fuses that have an LED that lights up when the fuse blows.
https://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-converters/led-automotive-fuses.htm

Tim
 
I got a cheap fuse block from JC Whitney. A little crude, but effective:


Somebody has engineered a real professional alternative. Check out the vendors on the forum.


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