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Eaton/Bussman Auxiliary Fuse Panel

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Thought I'd create a thread since I had mentioned these in another thread.

This is the one I ended up with. There are a few variants made, mainly how the circuits are powered (ganged vs not) but a few other variations possible as well. This is setup for 5 relays, 10 fuses. Relays are ganged, fuses are not.

https://www.waytekwire.com/item/46346/EATON-s-Bussmann-Series-15303-6-2-4-RTMR-Mini-Fuse/

I am really excited about how small these are! I was imagining a substantially larger piece, but as you can see, it's quite small! I didn't spend a lot of time studying, but I'm guessing the 280 is a pretty standard size on the relays, 35A in that small a relay seems pretty good to me.

Only downsides I can see are that the power feed stud(s) extend out the back, so it can't be flush mounted. Would be nice if you could gang up whatever circuits you choose. The panel isn't waterproof even though the cover appears to be...there is no way to lock the seals into the cavities, so if any don't have wires in them, it's open to the interior of the panel. There are plugs made for these cavities, but with no way to lock in them in place, they probably wouldn't stay put. Then again, much of the OEM stuff isn't waterproof so I'm kind of picking here. :)

I was kind of surprised, but Waytek was cheapest I found for all the terminals/seals too. All said parts to run this for ~$50, minus the wire.

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That is nice. I'll have to keep that in mind.
 
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