[DeTomaso] Best place to hook up a new circuit

Roger coatesr8 at aol.com
Mon Jul 23 01:41:10 EDT 2012


Surely if you understand electrics Thomas, you can perhaps explain what the difference is between a fused link direct from the battery, and a fused link from the fuse box ( which incidentally connects to the battery)

Roger

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On 22 Jul 2012, at 23:43, thomas <thomas at hax.se> wrote:

> Anyone recommending hooking up a power drain directly to the battery of a Pantera, or any car with an ammeter, has no clue about automotive electrics.
> 
> Unless it is a starter, or a drain only used while stationary, it is just plain wrong.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 22 jul 2012 kl. 17:25 skrev "CharlesMcCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The now-famous Loire Valley Tour participants were kind enough to chip in
>> and buy us a set of Xenon lights for my Pantera.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I saw these installed on Roger Coates' GT5-S 2 years ago, and was struck by
>> the difference in light output - every time we went through a tunnel, I
>> could tell which car was his without glancing twice - it put out a lot of
>> light. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> (as a side-note, it is interesting to note the hand-made nature of this
>> car... taking off the headlight trim pieces, they are held in place by a
>> simple drilled-and-tapped hole. The splash shield in FRONT of the front
>> tires - some of the nuts are installed nut-side out, and others bolt-side
>> out. Maybe this was done by someone else along the way, but I can't think of
>> any reason why a mechanic would have done that under my care. The passenger
>> side and drivers side are different, so I assume it was whim when assembling
>> the car in the factory. Kind of hard to see, but here's the front of the car
>> with the splash shield removed:
>> 
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36721
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On the back of the splash shield is the air-horn, stock on this car, as seen
>> here:
>> 
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36718
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Anyway, I digress. I need to hook up the xenon lights to a 12v source, and
>> according to the directions I should hook it right up to the battery. It has
>> its own 25amp fuse, but there seems something a little primitive about
>> running a wire directly to the battery for each new circuit I want to add. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Electrical people out there - what's your recommendation? The cable is
>> rather short and I don't have a lot of room... hook it directly to the
>> battery, or ??
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Charles McCall
>> Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
>> <http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323>
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
>> 
>> 
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