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Help cleaning up wiring debacle caused by beer ( )D
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<blockquote data-quote="theK2" data-source="post: 7780454" data-attributes="member: 642502"><p>Let me get the embarrassing part of my first post on this forum out the way so that you can judge me and call me an idiot (and I would agree with you if you did). I used to have a small fused distribution block mounted on top of my fuse box in the engine bay (Toyota Tacoma) which I ran my HIDs, Compressor (for air horns), Amp and stuff into. Well, it broke. Worked great for 4+ years but it was done. A friend of mine had one a Scosche terminal and gave it to me.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]26533633[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>It literally sat around for MONTHS because I couldn't figure out a clean way to get it mounted with the existing OEM terminal. One night after work I had a *FEW* beers and was sitting on the front porch looking at the truck thinking that I would really like to get all my electronics working again. I went and grabbed the terminal shown above, pulled the positive battery terminal off and cut that summabitch off. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif</p><p></p><p>But...</p><p></p><p>The cable coming from the starter?alternator? is just a BIT too short. Let's face it - its a ghetto rig. It works but just barely. There is no way to go back since I cut the OEM terminal so I need some wiring advice on how to clean this up best?</p><p></p><p>I need to be able to connect multiple electronics with different fuses if possible but the most urgent thing I would like to address is the slightly too short large gauge wire. Should I just get a 1-in/1-out fuse block and put a big fuse in there? Attaching the existing wire to a new piece to extend it or should I try to replace the entire wire somehow? Second, what's the better way to wire up add-ons? Is a distribution block still a good way to go or should I go into the fuse box with an add-a-fuse or something of that nature?</p><p></p><p><strong>Thanks in advance for the help fixing this beer-blunder.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theK2, post: 7780454, member: 642502"] Let me get the embarrassing part of my first post on this forum out the way so that you can judge me and call me an idiot (and I would agree with you if you did). I used to have a small fused distribution block mounted on top of my fuse box in the engine bay (Toyota Tacoma) which I ran my HIDs, Compressor (for air horns), Amp and stuff into. Well, it broke. Worked great for 4+ years but it was done. A friend of mine had one a Scosche terminal and gave it to me. [ATTACH=CONFIG]26533633[/ATTACH] It literally sat around for MONTHS because I couldn't figure out a clean way to get it mounted with the existing OEM terminal. One night after work I had a *FEW* beers and was sitting on the front porch looking at the truck thinking that I would really like to get all my electronics working again. I went and grabbed the terminal shown above, pulled the positive battery terminal off and cut that summabitch off. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif[/IMG] But... The cable coming from the starter?alternator? is just a BIT too short. Let's face it - its a ghetto rig. It works but just barely. There is no way to go back since I cut the OEM terminal so I need some wiring advice on how to clean this up best? I need to be able to connect multiple electronics with different fuses if possible but the most urgent thing I would like to address is the slightly too short large gauge wire. Should I just get a 1-in/1-out fuse block and put a big fuse in there? Attaching the existing wire to a new piece to extend it or should I try to replace the entire wire somehow? Second, what's the better way to wire up add-ons? Is a distribution block still a good way to go or should I go into the fuse box with an add-a-fuse or something of that nature? [B]Thanks in advance for the help fixing this beer-blunder.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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