Bob Center Panel Question...

[MNAirHead]

Bob..

You posted this very cool pix..

You noted that the joy stick controls your horn, blinkers and high beams..

Are the rest indicators and circuit breakers?

Any notes on how you built this?

[2088 bob]

those black things are actually toggle switches with waterproof rubber caps over them and like you you mentioned the rest are indicators

this setup does not use an ignition key

this is what the back side of this panel looks like

i use a progressive toggle switch for my ign/start and also for my running/headlights ccts

[2088 bob]

first switch under the joy stick is the progressive toggle for off,ign,start next is the progressive toggle for off,running lights ,headlights.next is fuel pumps. then a 2 position toggle to select between my oil and water temp senders and last a manual fan override switch

as far as the lights go..... starting at the top alt light , systems alarm light ,hi/beam indicator , shift light , turn signal flasher

[MNAirHead]

Where would the fuse panel be? Any hints...

Man that's a clean setup.

[2088 bob]

the fuse and control part of this system is located in the front fire wall so to speak

[MNAirHead]

I only see a few fuses directly above the master cyll ..

Are thre more hidden somewhere else?

VERY nice work.. someday my spaghetti will look as nice.

[MNAirHead]

Add on question..

Is there a rule for restraining the spiral wrapped loom?.. meaning should it receive some type of anti shock restraint or strain relif?

[DesertGuy]

Bob:

Yet another follow-up question. I see the use of terminal blocks at the bottom of the pic, is your way of setting up a car to use this area as the "brain" and then terminal block out to the various sub-harnesses that run the components on the car?

If the answer is "yes", then I will have a follow-up to the follow-up

[2088 bob]

tim although the fuses are not all installed in that pic thats it, thats all of them actually when finished i had one spare fuse for use later ..on a rail you really should not need more than 5or 6 fuses as far as restraining the spiral wrap i usually just put down a sticky back an use a tyrap I do on occasion secure the end of a spiral wrap bundle with a device called a strain relief

if you look very carefully to the left of that fuse block you will see the maxi fuse holder for the master fuse that protects the entire system

when scratch building a system the pictured little fuse block is my weapon of choice what I sometimes do is put one in for hot all the time circuits and one for circuits that come on with the key

those little fuse blocks come in 4,6,8,10 and 12 fuse configurations

[2088 bob]

DG its pretty much the way you describe it that terminal strip is the cross connect point between the out lying components and the internal switching devices

What you have to understand is that we build these control boards or systems on bench and then drop them in the car we usually do not use another terminal strip before we get to the actual device not to say it could'nt be done like that

the terminal strip could be cut down in size by going lets says directly to the component eg relay but we prefer to do it this way that also lets me bench test the whole board on the bench before i install it

check your private email DG

[MNAirHead]

When to fuse --- when not to fuse?

New thread started.

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... 742#787742

[2088 bob]

every branch circuit should be fused

[MNAirHead]

The thingybop over the center panel is the universal guage isn't it?

[2088 bob]

Thats the Intellidash from Remark Industries out of Michigan

[Kubelmann]

Holy perfect bus bar BOB-O Wiring perfection. Nice ncie nice job, You need to go to the STS 181 foruma dn link Cliff to your work. HE is a charter memeber of RoMTOC and a retired electrician. HE has a Buggy and Thing is from Michigan but has some of the most sanitary wiring I have ever seen n a VW. BUT your set up is beyond anitary. Yours is complex and ZEN. Good job .....