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Subject:Re: Clean up Fuse Block under dash?...maybe add dielectric grease?
From:vw_van_fan_Mark
Date:Mon, 1 Jul 2019 09:38:07 -0700

That kind of fuse panel won't work to replace the stock one. You need a
panel that has separate in and out connections for each fuse. That one
has only a single power in shared by all the fuses.

Mark

Steve Williams wrote:
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>
> Now I'm thinking it wouldn't be that much more trouble to install a
> modern fuse block like this one:
>
> https://bandc.com/product/fuse-holder-8-20-slot/
>
> That's available with 12, 16, and 20 slots, so it could provide some
> spare fuse positions or allow a few circuits now on one fuse to be split
> across multiple fuses.
>
> It looks like it wouldn't be hard to cut the relay panel off of the OEM
> panel and somehow mount both of them.  Of course, it's pretty tight down
> there, and none of the wires have any extra slack, so I might have to
> rearrange things.
>
> Thoughts?
>