Bed Fuse Panel - Water Resistant

I searched around for a bit to find a fuse panel for the bed of the truck, but couldn't really find what I was looking for. After noticing how dirty and wet behind the AC outlet panel gotten after being in some snow, I was looking for something enclosed.

The solution I came up with will prevent mud and debris from getting on the terminals of the fuse block. It sits completely behind the AC outlet in the bed and out of the way. But makes it easy if you want to add something. I wasn't exactly sure how it would all come together, so I put together something quick.



I first started out running two 10 AWG wires from the battery (+ and -) to the back corner of the bed in some split loom. Zip tied it to the frame and some harnessing along the way.
Next, made a mount from sheet metal, cut and made some mounting holes. The bottom square holes will be for the metal tray thats behind the AC outlet



Box installs on the mounting bracket with 4 screws. I just used 3M sticky tape you mount the fuse block so I wouldn't have to drill more holes. And then the mount installs on the metal tray. Need to drill 2 holes in the tray.





From a previous project, I had these cable glands (as they call it). If used correctly, they are water tight. Mine won't be.



That's it. I plan on adding lights, and so all I need to do is feed wires through the glands, tight them up and install terminal connectors on the wires. Now I don't have to worry about any potential damage to the fuse block.



The view from underneath. I still have some room between the box and the body. I was originally going to move the box in closer to the AC outlet so the box doesn't stick out, but wanted to leave more room for the cable gland and wires. If I was to remake the mount, I would extend the sheet metal to cover the clear plastic bit that is sticking out. After I took the pics, I ended up making a little shield to cover up the plastic lid, just in case.





I got my cable glands from Newark. There's a bunch of different sizes, but here is one example:
https://www.newark.com/hammond/1427ncgm12g/cable-gland-rohs-compliant-yes/dp/99AC2051?st=1427NCG

Got my box from digikey. I don't recommend a box bigger than this. I don't think a bigger one would fit.
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/hammond-manufacturing/RZ0223C/164-RZ0223C-ND/10187677


Let me know what you think and if you have an questions.