65 Barracuda daily driver
Still working on the wiring, which is taking forever, but I'm fixing a lot of things I mickey-moused over the last almost 14 years. I needed a switched power source for the tach and it took me a while to figure out how to best do it.
Before the Barracuda I had a '71 Beetle and when I bought it the previous owner was leaving the country, so he left a bunch of tools and stuff in the car - including this fuse block. I never knew what to do with it, so it's been sitting in a box for all this time. I'm currently only using one slot for the tach (with a 1A fuse), but if I ever want to add another accessory it will be super simple.
I read a lot about the fuse block here on FABO and a member explained (simplified) that the left three are battery power and always on and the two on the right are switched (heater & radio). The top row is protected by the fuses and bottom row is not. You should not connect anything to the bottom row - unless it is fused. Since I wanted to connect my secondary fuse block, it's very convenient that you can just use one of these tabs (red wire is the one going to the other fuse block).
Later today I will hook up the engine harness and then the battery and see if everything works. No photos, but I also installed the radio that I converted to bluetooth. Can't wait to see how that'll sound in the car.
Still working on the wiring, which is taking forever, but I'm fixing a lot of things I mickey-moused over the last almost 14 years. I needed a switched power source for the tach and it took me a while to figure out how to best do it.
Before the Barracuda I had a '71 Beetle and when I bought it the previous owner was leaving the country, so he left a bunch of tools and stuff in the car - including this fuse block. I never knew what to do with it, so it's been sitting in a box for all this time. I'm currently only using one slot for the tach (with a 1A fuse), but if I ever want to add another accessory it will be super simple.
I read a lot about the fuse block here on FABO and a member explained (simplified) that the left three are battery power and always on and the two on the right are switched (heater & radio). The top row is protected by the fuses and bottom row is not. You should not connect anything to the bottom row - unless it is fused. Since I wanted to connect my secondary fuse block, it's very convenient that you can just use one of these tabs (red wire is the one going to the other fuse block).
Later today I will hook up the engine harness and then the battery and see if everything works. No photos, but I also installed the radio that I converted to bluetooth. Can't wait to see how that'll sound in the car.