Switches and Distribution Blocks

[Fender91 10+ year member]

Ok so ive got a bunch of accessories in my truck that are currently not laid out too well. I plan on organizing it all by using a distribution block so i dont have a ton of wires on my battery but how would i be able to run switches for the individual accessories with a distribution block?. i hope to have a toggle switch box so all the switches are together. thanks

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[quins90lac 10+ year member]

so you need some thing like this 6 Circuit Raised Ganged ATO/ATC Fuse Block then just connect the to wire to it then to the switch them to the accessory. I got one i use it for my driving lights, volt meter, remote turn on ,and my head light dual beam relay. if its got power its got a fuse.

 

[Fender91 10+ year member]

so say i have 4 accessories, the power and ground wires of each goes into a switch box thing and the same amount of wires come out, from there they all go into a dist. block, then it goes to one power. ?

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

No you want the fuse before the switch that way if there is a short it pops the fuse because grabbing a hot switch is not fun. As far as grounds just ground them to one location withe the distance being as short as possible.