[Pazuzu]

What does this all mean now?

I now have a car with modern fuses. The ignition switch load is now only a relay trigger (1-3 amps tops?). There isn't 40+ amp loads travel back and forth through the car like before. The various systems are better balanced with regard to fusing. More relays with "modern" Tyco cube relays, which I can replace nearly anywhere if needed. I can kill, diagnose, test and bring back individual circuits or groups of circuits as needed. I can completely remove everything at once if needed (repairs, access to the gas tank, etc). Better connections to the battery (big fat modern wires, with big fact connectors, not ganged 10AWG wire trying to carry a massive load along 10 feet of wire).

I also built the system with spares. I have an extra fuse for each scenario (always hot, hot on start/run and hot on acc/run), and an extra relay which is already wired for power and ground, so I'd only need a simple trigger and load.


All in all, I like it!