fuse box trick?

Hi there,

I'm looking for a gadget that I'm not sure even exists. I want to build an
ignition immobilizer for my 1988 Nissan pickup by using a relay and unused
switch on my dash to turn the ignition on and off.

I figure the easiest way to open and close the ignition circuit is to plug
the switch circuit into the fusebox in place of the ignition system fuse
(with a fuse inline in the new circuit to maintain the protection). This has
the advantage that if the switch or relay ever fails I can just plug unplug
the gadget and plug a fuse into the fusebox and be back on the road.

Does anyone know of a supplier (preferably online) that sells a bridge that
I could plug into the fuse socket? Lots of people sell power taps, but this
isn't what I'm looking for - I'm looking for something that has the
fuse-type connector on one end, but a pair of wires on the other end. The
fuses are standard ATO spade fuses, like these:

http://www.selectproducts.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page30.html

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
geoff A T glave D O T org

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:02:21 GMT, "Geoff Glave"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I'm looking for a gadget that I'm not sure even exists. I want to build an
>ignition immobilizer for my 1988 Nissan pickup by using a relay and unused
>switch on my dash to turn the ignition on and off.
>
>I figure the easiest way to open and close the ignition circuit is to plug
>the switch circuit into the fusebox in place of the ignition system fuse
>(with a fuse inline in the new circuit to maintain the protection). This has
>the advantage that if the switch or relay ever fails I can just plug unplug
>the gadget and plug a fuse into the fusebox and be back on the road.
>
>Does anyone know of a supplier (preferably online) that sells a bridge that
>I could plug into the fuse socket? Lots of people sell power taps, but this
>isn't what I'm looking for - I'm looking for something that has the
>fuse-type connector on one end, but a pair of wires on the other end. The
>fuses are standard ATO spade fuses, like these:
>
>http://www.selectproducts.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page30.html
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Cheers,
>Geoff Glave
>Vancouver, Canada
>geoff A T glave D O T org
>
>


Just buy small spade crimp connectors that fit and crimp wires on them
and stick them in place.

The plastic fuse legs have metal that pokes right through the case so
they can be tested with a meter for being blown or not without removing
them.

You could break the fuse link in between the two legs or use a low amp
one and just blow it and just solder wires onto the leg pieces that poke
through the top of the fuse case.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Geoff Glave wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm looking for a gadget that I'm not sure even exists. I want to build an
> ignition immobilizer for my 1988 Nissan pickup by using a relay and unused
> switch on my dash to turn the ignition on and off.
>
> I figure the easiest way to open and close the ignition circuit is to plug
> the switch circuit into the fusebox in place of the ignition system fuse
> (with a fuse inline in the new circuit to maintain the protection). This has
> the advantage that if the switch or relay ever fails I can just plug unplug
> the gadget and plug a fuse into the fusebox and be back on the road.
>
> Does anyone know of a supplier (preferably online) that sells a bridge that
> I could plug into the fuse socket? Lots of people sell power taps, but this
> isn't what I'm looking for - I'm looking for something that has the
> fuse-type connector on one end, but a pair of wires on the other end. The
> fuses are standard ATO spade fuses, like these:
>
> http://www.selectproducts.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page30.html
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff Glave
> Vancouver, Canada
> geoff A T glave D O T org

I can't speak for your vehicle in particular, but I've yet to see a
vehicle with a fuse for the ignition circuit. If your vehicle is FI, you
might be able to do that for the fuel pump, but the only thing you can do
for carbed vehicles is to open the ignition circuit with a switch. Not a
light duty switch, mind you. A relay is just more stuff that could fail,
and if you don't know the wiring on your vehicle, you need that simplicity.
Go get a Haynes manual and using the wiring diagram, figure out where
that circuit is.

"Geoff Glave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| Hi there,
|
| I'm looking for a gadget that I'm not sure even exists. I want to build
an
| ignition immobilizer for my 1988 Nissan pickup by using a relay and unused
| switch on my dash to turn the ignition on and off.
|
| I figure the easiest way to open and close the ignition circuit is to plug
| the switch circuit into the fusebox in place of the ignition system fuse
| (with a fuse inline in the new circuit to maintain the protection). This
has
| the advantage that if the switch or relay ever fails I can just plug
unplug
| the gadget and plug a fuse into the fusebox and be back on the road.
|
| Does anyone know of a supplier (preferably online) that sells a bridge
that
| I could plug into the fuse socket? Lots of people sell power taps, but
this
| isn't what I'm looking for - I'm looking for something that has the
| fuse-type connector on one end, but a pair of wires on the other end. The
| fuses are standard ATO spade fuses, like these:
|
| http://www.selectproducts.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page30.html
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| Cheers,
| Geoff Glave
| Vancouver, Canada
| geoff A T glave D O T org
|
|
|