2002 3500 Painless relay wire (pink) taping off of ?

[rweis]

Have not quite hooked up the painless wiring block yet. Thinking of taking the run-acc off of the cigar lighter. Just strip the insulation, spread the wire, put the pink from painless through, solder it, liquid electrical tape it, and then last night... .....



I did not want to piggy back a fuse. I did not want to use the fuse J jumper that came with the Painless because I did not want to spread the fingers of a fuse in a junction block position into a distorted shape with the J jumper wrapped around a fuse leg and not be able to get them (the little fingers down in the junction box slot) back to "normal".



One member found a mini fuse piggyback that I have not been able to find in any of the local "auto parts" stores.



I was reading through the section 8W of the manual (junction block) and ran across an idea that I wanted to pass by y'all.



On page 8W-12-16 showing fuse #14, #15, #16 in the run-acc a31. Notice how fuse #16 spare has one leg on the run-acc and the other leg to nothing? If I take a fuse apart so I get the correct material and width and length of the spade and solder my "pink" relay wire from the Painless block and insert it so it looks like a regular fuse leg in material, width, length and I don't have to cut any wires or unnaturally spread any of the other junction block fuse leg fingers that I may later be sorry I spread too far.



Looks like an optimum solution, but I would like to throw it out to the membership and get other perspectives on it.



Thanks



Bob Weis

 

[stg2500]

I don't know if this helps but...



I located the mini fuse taps at Pep Boys when I installed my Painless kit in my 2001. I have also seen them at Advance Auto Parts as well. I would assume that any larger parts store should be able to order them if they don't have them. How about NAPA.

 

[Big White Beast]

Is there any way.........

To get a female spade connector on the other side of 16??



I didn't look on these trucks but on another car I used the spare that way. Then I was able to insert a fuse like normal in that position.



Garrett

 

[rweis]

Actually I was going to use a single male spade into the hot female side of #16 with the pink wire soldered to the single male spade.



STG2500; First I'll try again to find the mini taps again, thanks



Bob Weis