SharkSkin

Look for glass GBC fuses, e.g. GBC-8 for an 8 amp fuse. Carl sells a small assortment of glass fuses but you might end up with a lot of unnecessary fuses if you go that route. For example, 78-79 doesn't call for any 5 amp fuses, which come in the assortment.

RCinXS

Hmmmm.

Is the point to convert the entire Central Electric panel, or just to update to ATC fuses?

I'm going to upgrade an 84 panel that has the old Euro fuses to use the later ATC fuses in the spring.

I'm not doing this for the same reasons as everybody else. I want to have 45 fuses instead of 34 so that I can get rid of all the spliced in fuses and associated jumble of wires for all the aftermarket devices that are installed in the car.

Pumps, extra fans, amplifiers, HID lighting, etc. need a lot of extra wiring and fuses.

Just don't like the mess.

I will post pictures of just how I do this in the spring.

I will tell you this right now. I will do it Old School and I assure you that it will be simple, safe and look great.

Estimated time to do the work: 3 hours. I'll keep track of the time and post pix in stages.

Ducman82

yes please do. i just HATE the euro fuses. i want my spade fuses!

danglerb

Never underestimate the sanity of Porsche owners.

hacker-pschorr

Ok, I give up - where are these?

RCinXS

I forgot to mention that the total project budget is $75.00 including the fuses.

There will be nothing complicated about this. Doing it Old School. No electrical engineering degree required.

RCinXS

Late model Central Electric panel has been aquired on the Ebay for $60.00

So far, 20% under budget.

UncleMaz

You're hitting all of my favorite notes.

RCinXS

Step 1: Strip all the wires, relay blocks etc.

Total time to strip 15 minutes.

SharkSkin

linky - Then click "Shopping" at the top of the page, then scroll down looking for Aubuchon HW (for example). Here is a mixed set. I can't find them on Carl's site anymore.

SharkSkin

The point where it really gets to be fun is where you try to figure out the connectors at the bottom. Not intending to diminish the big fun you'll have when you discover just how easy it is to push the sockets through the panel when installing relays in the late model panels.


Good luck, we'll send out a search party if we don't hear from you by 2011.

RCinXS

Step 2: Place ALL original wiring and parts that were stripped from the late model panel in a plastic bag.

Step 2a: Every time someone assumes what the plan is, take the bag outside, swing the bag overhead and shout "Why is the world full of people with negative attitudes with no inkling whatsoever of what the plan is?".

Look up "Old School" under Hot Rod building to more fully understand what the term implies.

SharkSkin

Could mean anything, really. Cloth-insulated wires? Knife switches instead of relays?

jpitman2

Snakeskin, can you advise a code or number for glass fuses with pointed ends please? I have never seen such...
thnaks
jp 83 Euro S AT 53k.

SharkSkin

JP, as mentioned above, search for GBC-8, GBC-16, GBC-25 glass fuses. You'll have to sift through the results because the search will also return ceramic and plastic fuses. It would be really cool if we could get one or more of our vendors to stock these. They really work great.