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Fuse Box Upgrade

Scotty

Scotty

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I am in the process of working through upgrading my fusebox from it's two glass tubed fuse glory to something with 6 fuses, maybe more depending on opinions here. I have seen several and am leaning on ones that don't use glass tube fuses with LEDs that informs you which fuse has blown.

I'm trying to understand how to wire it up. I know one side of it will be hot all the time and the other side will be controlled by the ign switch or something like that.

Can someone please walk me through how to get it setup for power and in general so I do the job right the first time? The only real mod I have done on my SIV that may affect (noting this just in case it does) this is that I no longer have the control box, etc. after converting to a Hitachi 14231.

Any advice, suggestions or instructions will be taken with great appreciation. Thank you!
 
Adding fuses to a factory original Series Alpine wiring system is a classic example of putting lipstick on a pig. If you are going to mess with the wiring, do it the right way and go with with something like one of the aftermarket 10-fuse wiring harnesses. JMO, YMMV.
 
Barry said:
Adding fuses to a factory original Series Alpine wiring system is a classic example of putting lipstick on a pig. If you are going to mess with the wiring, do it the right way and go with with something like one of the aftermarket 10-fuse wiring harnesses. JMO, YMMV.
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No lipstick but funny non the less ..
 
I sell the Rebel harness that I designed ( with Rebel) to fit Alpines and Tigers. It's a complete rewire
but worth it in the long run. PM me if you'd like to learn more.
 
Barry said:
Adding fuses to a factory original Series Alpine wiring system is a classic example of putting lipstick on a pig. If you are going to mess with the wiring, do it the right way and go with with something like one of the aftermarket 10-fuse wiring harnesses. JMO, YMMV.
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While you're at it, add a dedicated ground for every electrical load. A lot of Series Alpine electrical problems are caused by intermittent / non-existent grounding.
 
Many years ago I worked with Rebel to create a modern 12 fuse wiring kit. Over the years I sold hundreds of the kits to Alpine owners in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. They are a significant improvement over the original Lucas 2 fuse system. Visit with Sunalp. He sells an upgraded version now.
 
I know Scotty uses his Alpine as a daily driver. If he isn't ready to take his car offline for many days to install a new wiring harness, then the lipstick on the pig could still be a small upgrade from the factory setup. It wouldn't be bad to introduce some fuses into the "brown" always hot unfused circuits. The ignition 'run' green circuit is already fused through the glass fuse, so there may not be much benefit to adding new fuses there. Adding fuses to the ignition 'white' unfused circuit could provide some value.
 
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hartmandm said:
The ignition 'run' circuit is already fused through the glass fuse, so there may not be much benefit to adding new fuses there.
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The other thing to keep in mind is if trying to fuse an always "HOT" circuit near the grounded switch, then that would be a bit of mostly futile effort. Fuses need to be near the start of the circuit run to have a chance of being effective - not near the end of a run.

Just a thought about "Lucas smoke."
 
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