[DeTomaso] HELP! ATO fuse panel confusion

[Forest Majors]

Chris,

Pantera color coding varies between years from the original schematic but
the general wiring is still basically the same with little variation.
Secondly, these cars have had their electrical systems modified over the
years by mechanics and owners that do not have a clue. These are the worst
to correct. Jon's ATO panel has imprinted the circuit on both the front and
the back of the panel so one method is to use a schematic for your car and
just move the wires over. If your wiring has been modified then just align
your current load side with the same amperage fuse.

In most installations that I have seen you just move your wires over, one at
a time, from their same position on your old panel to the new panel. If you
remove all the wires at once from the old panel and do not have a schematic,
or cannot follow the labels on the new panel it could be confusing.

The tabs do line up - and there are some extra connectors but don't confuse
the input side of the fuse panel with the output side. On the original fuse
box the input side is opposite from the output side. Look at Jon's
illustration in his instructions - it really is very straight forward if you
follow his example.

Jon did a tech session for PONE and we were installing headlight control
units and fuse panels in mass. I have to say that his electronic components
are the very best - they not only solve a lot of the problems with the old
Pantera system - they improve those systems with new features that are quite
elegant. Like modulating the radiator fans on the output side to keep the
temperature constant for the engine to run consistently at the optimum
temperature. Nice. And no I do not have any vested interest.

Forest Majors

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:39 PM
To: Pantera List Serve
Subject: [DeTomaso] HELP! ATO fuse panel confusion


I'm trying to install the ATO fuse panel, but now halfway into it, about
half the wire colors do not match the colors listed on each terminal on the
new panel.

There are also more terminals on the ATO panel than on the original, so I
can't just move the wires across from the old panel to the new one.

Should I try to follow the color coding, even though that would move the
wires all over the place on the new panel compared to the wire positions on
the old panel, or should I keep transferring the wires along the same rows,
guessing where the wires go when the wire colors don't match and there is
more than one tab on that particular row to choose?

If anyone wants to call me at this late hour, feel free.  253-232-2321

Thanks,

Chris


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