tlc Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Has anyone used this -- Link rather than a Centech, or similar, product? Looks like an easy installation, and I only need to connect two or three farkles (GPS, radar detector, and a power socket). Link to comment
ltljohn Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Try Eastern Beaver they have lost of different solutions. Link to comment
Mike Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Powerlet makes good stuff, but I haven't used this. It looks to me like it's simply a fused lead that runs from your battery's positive terminal. If that's the case, you lose the automatic on/off function that you get with a relay-controlled fuse block. If I'm wrong about what it is, please 'splain it to me. Link to comment
tlc Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Yep, I believe that's what it is, but that's what I want. Something simple and easy to install. Link to comment
FLrider Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 http://fuzeblocks.com/ Comes with it's own relay. Very Simple to hook up. Link to comment
Ken H. Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Has anyone used this -- Link rather than a Centech, or similar, product? Looks like an easy installation, and I only need to connect two or three farkles (GPS, radar detector, and a power socket). Personal opinion, no way. Those things just lead to a spaghetti mess of wires. Stick with a true fuse block. Link to comment
Art.. Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Try Eastern Beaver they have lost of different solutions. This Eastern Beaver fuseblock looks sweet! I just ordered one. Link to comment
BeemerLover Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The Termi-8 is an interesting product but for $52 including a ground wire, is expensive. You can make the same thing for under $10 with a heavy duty fused pigtail and a bolt. Put the bolt on one end of the pigtail and hook the other to the + side of the battery. Then hook all your farkles to te bolt. For the ground just take a wire, put a bolt on one end and hook the other to the - side of the battery. With this type of arrangement if one of your farkles short circuits everything goes down and you will not be able to tell which farkle was to blame. Also, you will need to know how many amps you are drawing to be able to put the correct fuse in. I've also had great success with Eastern Beaver products. Their stuff is relatively inexpensive, of excellent quality and they understand how to correctly protect the canbus by putting a diode in the trigger wire. Link to comment
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