[jsveb]

Hi
I have chosen to post this here instead of the Tech section, since I know a lot of you have done this before. What I am doing is not new in any way. I have seen many great installations which I shamelessly copy.

Jwasbury and Cole930 comes to mind.

I have got the LMA-3 and the LC-1 kit.
I have made made a base board (what is the correct term for this?) out of a sheet of ALU I bought at Lowes. I bent the edges to give it some rigidity.
I made some rubber blocks out of some Floor/furniture protectors. to elevate the board and to dampen vibrations. The blocks and board are secured to the floor under the pax. seat with HD velcro.

I have ordered a two hole gauge mount that'll reside at the ashtray position.

It has been somewhat harder for me to source the parts than expected. I have been at Lowes, Autozone (i.e.) and radio shack. So far I only have my DIY board and a six position terminal block. I need some more term. block which I'll get at radio shack later.
Now I need fuse blocks. These I am considering ordering from Summitracing, since I have not been able to source these locally. Not the type Cole930 used anyway.

My initial question are actually quite simple: It is about what wire to buy. Thius whole 10, 12, 14 gage etc is new to me.

What wires do I need?

1. for unswitched power?
2. for switched power.
3. for ground from BAT term. (have read cole930 post on this...)?
4. for the rest of the wiring.

I should say that I am trying to build this upgradeable. Who knows what I wanna do later on... So I am trying to make room and connections for later add-ons.

I have tought about using Deutsch connectors to hook up the three wiring bundles (copy-paste from cole930 -again) one from trunk, one from dash, one from engine.
What do you think about this? the reason I am hesitating on this, is the fact that this adds another connection that can corrode, but it will make it easy to unhook and modify.

Feel free to comment on my initial (borrowed) ideas. Anything I am totally missing?

Thank you

Jesper