A College Student's Financially Irresponsible Build

Morning

 

Yeah it’s storming good over here

Good afternoon y’all

 

Howdy Matthew

 

Morning Matthew

 

Good morning y’all happy Easter

 

Finally put together all the parts I need for my fuse relay panel build. I refuse to pay $500 for an Spod when I can build something like it for around $100.

So far I have:

6 way fuse block
100A circuit breaker
8 gauge wire (red/black)
12 position double row distribution block
6 12V waterproof relays
5 position ground bus bar for my other accessories that need to be grounded outside of the fuse block (raptor lights, amps, etc.)
Various wire connectors


I bought some sheet metal for a mounting bracket for all this but I have no idea how to make the bracket because I don’t have a vice or anything to bend the metal with. Might end up forking out $85 for the blank Powertray but it’s unbelievably overpriced.

@Bigdaddy4760 could you help me build a fuse panel if I give you the $$?

Currently my plan is to be able to run a single wire to each switch for each accessory. That means a total of 6 neatly wound wires going through my firewall instead of the bundle of 20 something wires I currently have. I only have enough lights to support 3 switches, but I will have the ability to add 3 more. I’d love to do the full 12 way fuse block but there is almost no space even for the 6 way fuse block and all the relays.

I hate the rats nest I currently have in my engine bay and while it’s “safe”, it’s not really safe. I wanna clean it up and make it the most efficient way possible and I had no idea building something like this was so easy. Even @ALI3N_123 could do it.

I’ll keep updating as I go along and get everything. Let me know if I missed anything I may need.

This is essentially my end goal. Except with a circuit breaker and 6 relays.

 

I’m looking forward to seeing the end result. I may have to copy it

 

Hopefully I don’t fuck it up like everything I do to my truck but it’s pretty simple and hard to mess up

 

I think you’ll be fine. Don’t be so hard on yourself

 

Morning JR and for end results.

 

Good morning Matthew

 

What the fuck is that supposed to mean

 

It’ll be a bit, Amazon is delivering all the pieces throughout Wednesday to May 4.

Good morning y’all

 

Couple 16ft posts, 360lbs of concrete, and a bunch of 2x4’s all loaded up. Definitely sketchy but nothing even budged lol

 

Yes sir I will. But that $85 not bad time you buy metal, pay me and buy gas back and forth out here