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: tapping power from fuse block


haneym
02-28-2005, 09:29 AM
i have several accessories i am adding and need to get power. i dont want to start "rigging" things and just tapping into random wires, i want to do it right and connect at the fuse block. i know the under hood one (cant remember about the in dash drivers side one) has plenty of empty fuse slots, but the problem is there is no terminal there. what do i need to buy and where can i get the appropriate parts to connect power here with the normal small fuses that everything else in the truck uses? since you have to take that bracket running from the fender to the firewall off to get the fuse block off and look under it, i havent had a chance to investigate yet, thought i would ask here first.

thanks!

jholly
02-28-2005, 01:55 PM
Little fuse makes a thingy (add-a-circuit) that plugs into an existing fuse, has a place for the orignal fuse, and a place for a new fuse with a pig tail for the added fuse. I got mine at Autozone. I think PeP Boys carries them also.

Jim

haneym
03-02-2005, 06:08 PM
anybody know if i can get the parts to plug a fuse into an empty slot?? if not, i can go the piggyback route jholly mentioned. how is everyone wiring stuff up, just jerry-rigging by tapping into other wires??

MaxRock
03-02-2005, 06:20 PM
I used the "add-a-fuse" that jholly spoke about to power the EGT module and gauge lights. Works great.

MaxRock