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chevychic · 01-01-2003, 07:32 PM

I'm trying to remove my fuse box so I can run a wire for new lighting. What's the trick to doing this?

**swervin ervin** · 01-01-2003, 07:49 PM

Heather,

I wouldn't remove the fuse box. Do you not have places left on the front for wires? There should be some ign, and bat spaces. Are you wanting these new lights to come on with the dash lights? If so, find the gray wire that feeds the instrument cluster and install a power strip to connect the new wires to.

How many wires are you needing to run anyway?

chevychic · 01-01-2003, 07:56 PM

I do have spaces left, I didn't even think of using those. Sorry, I can have a one track mind and sometimes miss the obvious alternative. I was hoping to run 3 lights into one lead and then to the fuse box. They're operated by a toggle switch in my dash so they'll be independant of all my other lights.

What size connection do I need to plug into the front of the box?

**swervin ervin** · 01-01-2003, 09:12 PM

I would splice the three wires to one, solder the joints, and tape them. Or for a quick connection, use a wire nut. Fasten it to the toggle switch, then go from the toggle to fuse panel. I use male spade terminals to plug into the fuse panel. The ones I use are around 1/4" wide. Works like a charm.

**swervin ervin** · 01-01-2003, 09:31 PM

Oh, don't forget to use an inline fuse. The front of the fuse panel isn't fused. A 10 amp fuse should work.

01-01-2003, 07:32 PM	#1
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Fuse Box I'm trying to remove my fuse box so I can run a wire for new lighting. What's the trick to doing this? __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

01-01-2003, 07:49 PM	#2
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Heather, I wouldn't remove the fuse box. Do you not have places left on the front for wires? There should be some ign, and bat spaces. Are you wanting these new lights to come on with the dash lights? If so, find the gray wire that feeds the instrument cluster and install a power strip to connect the new wires to. How many wires are you needing to run anyway? __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

01-01-2003, 07:56 PM	#3
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I do have spaces left, I didn't even think of using those. Sorry, I can have a one track mind and sometimes miss the obvious alternative. I was hoping to run 3 lights into one lead and then to the fuse box. They're operated by a toggle switch in my dash so they'll be independant of all my other lights. What size connection do I need to plug into the front of the box? __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

01-01-2003, 09:12 PM	#4
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I would splice the three wires to one, solder the joints, and tape them. Or for a quick connection, use a wire nut. Fasten it to the toggle switch, then go from the toggle to fuse panel. I use male spade terminals to plug into the fuse panel. The ones I use are around 1/4" wide. Works like a charm.

01-01-2003, 09:31 PM	#5
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Oh, don't forget to use an inline fuse. The front of the fuse panel isn't fused. A 10 amp fuse should work.



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