At 12:04 PM 4/6/2010, Alistair Bell wrote:
>... a handy auxillary fuse panel ...

I've been procrastinating for months on installing a fuse block in my
Westy.  I have all the parts.  Just need to get to it.

I got the fuse block from B&C Specialty Products, who sell various
hard-to-find parts to the aircraft home-builders.  They have spade
fuse blocks from six to 20 positions:

http://www.bandc.biz/circuit-protective-devices.aspx

And I have one of their ground blocks, too.  No more "bad ground" problems!

http://www.bandc.biz/groundblock24-tab.aspx

Finally, I bought an aircraft volt/ammeter and a shunt for each
battery, so I can see the charge/load current more precisely:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/westduals10.php

To protect the wires from the shunts to the ammeter, I'll use B&C's
low-current fusible links, a handy alternative to the four (!) fuses
that would otherwise be required:

http://www.bandc.biz/fusiblelinkkit24-20awg.aspx