AP-1 Detail Page

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Heavy Duty Relay Kit for Fusebox

Notes: The blue wire with the Posi-Tap is the relay switching wire. The relay ground goes back to the battery with the main ground wire.

The switching lead can be connected in a number of ways.

1 - ignition switched lead and ground - attach the Posi-Lock on the blue switching wire to any ignition switched wire. This could be the parking light hot wire, or a switched accessory socket's hot wire, etc.

2 - manually switched using a separate feed for the switch from any power source. Remove the Posi-Tap on the blue wire and attach to one side of a manual switch. Feed power to the other side of the switch with a separate wire. The black ground wire can be attached to any ground with the Posi-Tap, or cut it and attach to the AP-1's ground block. You might want to order the switching wires longer. The standard Kit's switching wires are 24".

3 - use an existing switch - attach the blue wire's Posi-Tap to an existing switch's output wire to control the fusebox. The black ground wire can be attached to any ground with the Posi-Tap, or cut it and attach to the AP-1's ground block.

This Kit is made specially for the AP-1, but can be customized for any fusebox/grounding strip combination. The AP-1 main lead terminals require a special non-insulated terminal crimper as shown at the bottom of this page. If you need other types of terminals, see the Electrical Parts Page.

AP-1 Terminals and Hardware Included

AP-1 Ring Terminal Crimping

The main power input ring terminals are just the right size for the terminal posts. This type of terminal needs a non-insulated crimper which puts a square dent in the top of the terminal sleeve.

Here below is a close-up of the type of crimper used. These terminals really must be soldered after crimping to make sure of a permanent connection. You should also use shrink tubing to give the wire and terminal some strain relief.

Before crimping, make sure you have the shrinktube on the wire! Crimp with the square dent on the top of the terminal as shown. A small amount of wire should protrude from the terminal but not too much.

When soldering keep the shrinktube well back or it will stick to the wire. Don't heat the terminal too much or you will melt the wire insulation. Try and keep solder off the flat surface of contact on the terminal.

Here is the terminal finished. Notice the Sumitube has glued and sealed itself to the terminal completely providing excellent strain relief.

Weatherpack Fuseholder Option

Heavy Duty Fusebox Relay Kit with WP Fuseholder mounted together with Relay