Fuse Block Q?

For the wiring in my '31 Chevy, I'm using the diagram in AV8's book "How to Build a Traditional Ford Hot Rod". Do I want a fuse block with a common buss bar or individual power lines?


Thanks,
Ed

 

A common buss bar woulda been cool for me...but I used a cheap-o fuse box and had to run several wires from the 12v input sources. Either way, I wired mine so most of the fuses are hot all the time.

 

Thanks Hack.

 

I'm going latemodelhightech here, and moving right up to a '41 Zephyr circuit breaker setup. The Ford basic setup in any of its variants (fuse, one or two circuit brakers, etc) is fine IF you do a good job making sure your wires are protected with proper grommets and mounts.

 

Bruce,

I hope I don't sound like a neophyte here, but what would I use the circuit breakers for?


Thanks,
Ed

 

Circuit breakers were used by Ford roughly 1939 up in the light circuit. Many later model cars use one built into the HL switch. The idea is that a short in your lights causes lights to cycle on and off rather than just blowing out. I was very glad my '48 had circuit breakers when I was 16 and busily learning how not to wire a car--doing everything possible wrong and then figuring out how to cure darkness, smoke, and sparks is a really good, though dangerous and expensive, way to learn.
Incidentally, I first wired the '48 with a primitive kit marketed by Tom McMullen of Street Rodder fame in the mid sixties--probably the first ever street rod wiring kit! It came with a real disaster of an instruction sheet, which I followed to near doom...

 

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Circuit breakers were used by Ford roughly 1939 up in the light circuit. Many later model cars use one built into the HL switch. The idea is that a short in your lights causes lights to cycle on and off rather than just blowing out. I was very glad my '48 had circuit breakers when I was 16 and busily learning how not to wire a car--doing everything possible wrong and then figuring out how to cure darkness, smoke, and sparks is a really good, though dangerous and expensive, way to learn.
Incidentally, I first wired the '48 with a primitive kit marketed by Tom McMullen of Street Rodder fame in the mid sixties--probably the first ever street rod wiring kit! It came with a real disaster of an instruction sheet, which I followed to near doom...

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