Bladed fuse block?

[greggl]

Argh... chasing down electrical gremlins is FUN!

Has anyone moved over to a standard, blade-type fuse block on their cars?
I've reseated SO many of those euro fuses over the years, I think I'm close
to dealing with the issue once and for all

[So Cal Mark]

yes, I've done it but one problem is I haven't found an aftermarket fuse box that has more than one circuit per fuse. The oem box has several fuses with more than one circuit and thus has two connectors for that fuse

[racydave]

I ran a 6 gauge wire and am powering my headlamps, wipers, stuff, and ign system from that. It has a breaker at the batt, and the legs are fused. Also used relays.And I still use the fuse box for everything else.

[greggl]

yes, I've done it but one problem is I haven't found an aftermarket fuse box that has more than one circuit per fuse. The oem box has several fuses with more than one circuit and thus has two connectors for that fuse

So would the options to deal with this be either:

-Split those circuits to separate fuses... which actually seems like a good idea in some areas
-Gang them together at the connection point... is there a standard 'Y' connector for those blade
connections that could be used?

I looked at my fuse block last night and man that thing needs to be cleaned up or ideally replaced.

[racydave]

you need to be carefull not to overload your circuts. A specific gauge wire is recomended to carry only so many amps... Ive got a chart at work that will be very helpfull, Ill see about postin it next week..,.

[Danno]

ya mean like this chart: http://www.cablesandconnectors.com/wiregauge.html