Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:47:42 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Junction box?
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Thanks Jake!
That "Victory" box looks about perfect. There is no information about
how it's wired up, but it appears to be an eight-in eight-out box. I can
live with 8 circuits.
Now I gotta figure out how to source that thing from someone closer to
Oregon so I can get it by next weekend.
Me likee.
-- RJS
On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 08:04 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Hey Mike,
>
> Let your local marine supply help you out here. A quick Google for
> "marine terminal block" brought up pages full of things like this:
> http://www.pridemarine.com/index.cfm?category=10002|
> 10205&product=8555220&code=773692050867
>
> Looks like a neat solution! ;)
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have installed an exciting new gauge cluster atop the
> instrument pod
> on Mellow Yellow, my '84 Westy. Some of the gauges are waiting
> to be
> connected (oil pressure, oil temp, ATF temp, aux battery) and
> the wires
> for them are presently hanging out the fuse box opening,
> neatly curled
> and taped to the pillar.
>
> Next weekend I will be building up a wiring harness to bring
> up the
> sender signals (as well as several other "spare" wires for
> future
> connection) from the rear.
>
> I could just solder the gauge wires to the sender wires and
> leave the
> spares unconnected. But I'd like to use some kind of terminal
> block or
> junction box, for neatness sake.
>
> I wish there was sufficient room behind the fuse box to mount
> such a
> thing, but it's kind of a tightly-packed mess of spaghetti in
> there. But
> there's room on the pillar to bolt something, if that
> something isn't
> too big.
>
> Does anyone know of a terminal block or box that could be
> mounted there
> to accept 10 wires, possibly something with a cover so my toe
> tip
> doesn't snag anything?
>
> If not, then another place to mount a terminal block would be
> in the aux
> battery compartment under the driver's seat. My aux battery is
> under the
> rear bench so I have room in there once I shove some spare
> parts out of
> the way.
>
> Again, a neat terminal box with cover would be good there. My
> familiarity with terminal blocks ends with old-school barrier
> strips and
> eurostyle terminal strips, and those usually don't have
> covers.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
> Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
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