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LSRengineering
Alright well I have a shit load of aftermarket electronics in my car. From gauges to relays to toggle switches and I was wondering what the PROPER way to install them is.

My relay has 4 wires, ground, 12v constant, 12v switched and the wire going to the fuel pump. Do I just tap any ACC/IGN wire for the switched source? I already have a gauge wired into the fuse box itself so I cant just tap into the switched source there. I guess I just feel like its hack work just tapping into another wire like that.

I was thinking of getting a secondary fuse block like this..

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.a...mp;autoview=sku

Or I was thinking of getting something simple like this one

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.a...mp;autoview=sku

Any input would be helpful!
BOTTLEDZ28
The fuse panel should already have a devoted circuit for the fuel pump. Just use that one with the new wiring, no?
LSRengineering
Negative, my car is a carbed car from factory. Used a mechanical pump.
PSquare75
On my Cougar I got a stand alone fuse box that accepts a few circuits, from Vato Zone. If I were doing it again, I'd have used one of these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-Postion-A...essoriesQ5fGear
LSRengineering
Yeah see thats basically what the second link I posted is.
PSquare75
The second one you posted is a gang block, not a fuse box.
sciff5
Theres more than one way to skin a cat, I would get a fuse block and wire it to the Ignition switch. That will allow you to grow later on and add shit.

I would also add a safety shutoff switch (I think thats what they are called) inline on the signal wire. They came on pretty much every ford ever made and when the car is in an accident it cuts the signal to activate the relay.
PSquare75
I've got one of those safety switches.. Come get mine, or get one from a mid 80s Ford Ranger... they are easy to pull on those, right under the glove box.
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