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Originally Posted by clay68c10
Nice progress, you'll be ready for summer.
How do you like that fuse/relay box? It looks like the same one I bought off Amazon.
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Thanks! The bed is taking longer than I anticipated, but it should be on the road in June.
The fuse box is good, I'm happy with it. I've used 10ga wire on the connectors; it's not easy, but it can be done. I solder all the connections too. Just make sure you get the seals on the right way (the relay gaskets can be put in upside down). You can slide the gasket over the wires and then make up your connectors, but it's also possible to stretch the gasket around the connectors (easiest if you have another person to stretch it while the other pushes the connector through). I couldn't figure out how to pull the connectors out of the fuse slots without breaking a little plastic tab off, so that's why you see a couple slots between fuses. Once that plastic tab in the housing is broken off, the connector won't stay in.
I looked at the Bussman center as well since it's so cool and commercial-looking, but you end up having to buy like 50 or 100 minimum of the connectors and gaskets and there are different sizes for different size wires so you end up spending like $150 on the center, connectors, and gaskets and only using a few so I decided to go with this one since it comes with all those for a lot cheaper.