TD5 Fuse box wiring

[muttleyd]

I am currently tidying up the wiring on V8 90 before squirting it. However I am a bit stumped by the fuse box. The truck wiring is mainly td5 with changes to match up to the v8. Wasn't converted by me so I am trying to find my way round it

On the photo to the right of the fuses are two connection plates. The lower one had a feed direct from the battery. The upper had nothing connected. Should there be? What does it normally got to?

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/muttleyd/7e324560.jpg

Thought it was an additional battery feed point as the wire seemed a little small for the fuses being driven, a check with the meter shows its only linked to the feed with a fuse in. So unsure what it's for.

Advice appreciated

Mark

[Dave W]

There are three connections there. The feed from the battery that supplies the fuse box connects to 1 of them.

Of the 2 spares you have, one is used for the TD5 heater circuit, the other is used for the heated windscreen.

[muttleyd]

Thanks Dave.

As I don,t have either I could use them for running something else

Mark

[Dave W]

Yes, make sure you connect the battery supply to the correct one - the one on it's own. The correct circuits are then fed through the 100A link fuse. If you connect it to the wrong one you may blow the 100A link fuse at some inconvenient point of time such as when you turn the lights on.

The two additional connections are fused through the 100A link but that's all so make sure anything you connect has it's own fuse.