Relocating Defender fuse panel

[dmdigital]

Looking at my fuse panel in the Defender and I noticed it has suffered badly from water damage this wet season (Note to self: Close windscreen vents)

I was wondering if anyone has relocated the fuse panel and if so where?

Pictures would also be good.

[roverrescue]

Same rain ingress problems with our 130... have been contemplating "water proofing" the current housing... interested in others ideas.
Steve

[VladTepes]

I reckon onto the rear bulkhead would be the easiest place to keep it dry (ish) but that would involve runing a LOT of cable back and forth I'd think.

Surely if you were going to go to all that effort / expense then you'd change it to a circuit breaker set up while you're at it ?

[dmdigital]

Same rain ingress problems with our 130... have been contemplating "water proofing" the current housing... interested in others ideas.
Steve

That's my other thought. I've got to drop the A/C out one day to replace the blower fan, so I might leave it until then. I do think it would be achievable - bit of tupperware maybe:D


I reckon onto the rear bulkhead would be the easiest place to keep it dry (ish) but that would involve runing a LOT of cable back and forth I'd think.

Surely if you were going to go to all that effort / expense then you'd change it to a circuit breaker set up while you're at it ?

Moving it anywhere would be a heap of pain, but so would loosing the lot. Hadn't thought of the circuit breaker path...hmmm, that and "water proofing"...

[roverrescue]

"tupperware" was my thought too, the wife has cupboards full of it, surely she wouldnt miss one :)

im still yet to replace the flasher can which stopped flashing this wet season... you pretty much remove the fuse box to get to it so ill have a shot at "defferware fuse box" and post a pic.

S

[dmdigital]

... so ill have a shot at "defferware fuse box" and post a pic

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:



Pic's would be good!

[Aaron]

" surely she wouldnt miss one :)





:eek:

[solmanic]

"tupperware" was my thought too, the wife has cupboards full of it, surely she wouldnt miss one :)

Yeah - and you have a couple of balls, she probably thinks you mightn't miss one either.

[VladTepes]

LOL - never a truer word....

[rick130]

Yeah - and you have a couple of balls, she probably thinks you mightn't miss one either.

:lol2:

[sclarke]

even with plenty of water ingress to the Fuse panel, they never seem to fail.
My 1st Fender went for a BIG swim and months later it was still fine...
CRC or RP47 is great stuff....

[taff]

i'm in the process of moving mine into the 2nd/3rd battery box that i've built where the rear seats used to be.
i've removed every single cable :o and am starting a fresh.
currently finished designing the new looms and hopefully with a little luck will get the time this weekend to build new looms and start laying them in. will post up some pics when i'm there.
jason

[VladTepes]

Umm, why move it there ? What advantage ?

[taff]

Umm, why move it there ? What advantage ?



i put the loom for the 3.9 in last week and started going through the main loom and it was a mess so i cut it all out, looked through the wiring diagrams and thought **** it,
with the help of my misses who is an electrical engineer we redisgned the whole electrical system wiring and decided that it was the best place for it as theres a heap of room there, it's easily accesible and if if get's wet in there then it's probably all over anyway.

jason

[VladTepes]

Fair point. Must be handy having a cluey missus. Not that mine's not cluey - but Tax ? Boring !