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Ideas for housing fuse bar and switch panel?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 496347" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p><strong><em>Late to the party, but ... </em></strong></p><p></p><p>For devices switched at the unit (like GPS, fishfinder or radio) or those permanently ‘hot’ whenever the battery switches is ON (like powered am/fm antenna & cig lighter accessory socket) I mount a fuse block into a deep, square Tupperware-type box that has an O-Ring seal.</p><p></p><p>Add rubber grommets through the sides and it looks professional and is so far totally waterproof. Works slick!</p><p></p><p><strong>TIPs </strong>- Any holes thorugh the sides of a box should be positioned LOWER than the attachment point for those wires. That assures that any water dripping down an exposed wire that enters the box, cannot drip 'down' into the box by gravity. Also always form a 'drip loop', where the wire into the box from the outside, drops down a tad to forum a shallow 'U' prior to its entry point or to the attachment point (even done on large indoor wiring panels, inside a cabin (condenstation you know ...).</p><p></p><p>Theses are all requirements in USCG-approved marine wiring regs, but are good to know for the home hobbyist like us too!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]114016[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 496347, member: 15636"] [B][I]Late to the party, but ... [/I][/B] For devices switched at the unit (like GPS, fishfinder or radio) or those permanently ‘hot’ whenever the battery switches is ON (like powered am/fm antenna & cig lighter accessory socket) I mount a fuse block into a deep, square Tupperware-type box that has an O-Ring seal. Add rubber grommets through the sides and it looks professional and is so far totally waterproof. Works slick! [B]TIPs [/B]- Any holes thorugh the sides of a box should be positioned LOWER than the attachment point for those wires. That assures that any water dripping down an exposed wire that enters the box, cannot drip 'down' into the box by gravity. Also always form a 'drip loop', where the wire into the box from the outside, drops down a tad to forum a shallow 'U' prior to its entry point or to the attachment point (even done on large indoor wiring panels, inside a cabin (condenstation you know ...). Theses are all requirements in USCG-approved marine wiring regs, but are good to know for the home hobbyist like us too! [ATTACH type="full"]114016[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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