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I do agree it sounds like a solid system (as long as the relay holds out with the cycle count), I prefer having lots of margin in my designs, as there are less failures/quirks later. HOW you do the installation is just as important as the WHAT you install question though. If you don't seal...

Remember that I'm sizing wire to good Electrical Engineering practice, GM sized theirs to "good enough to last the warranty period, and be cheap enough to get the contract" :beer:

Sounds like you have a pretty good recipe here. Just for giggles, I'd use 4-Gauge for each of the banks, and then the fusible links for the plugs. The two gauge power feed has 66,369circular mils of copper - going to 8Gauge (16,509circular mils) is about 1/4" the amount of copper in the...

Site was a bit slow, sorry for the late reply... I would say most assuredly, YES. Comments in-line in Yellow: There are many threads on the correct part number relay to use for the GP relay underhood (GPR109 or ST85 rings a bell) - as you can see 100Amps may be fine, but I really prefer a...

40Amps is way too low for the glow plugs. Each plug will draw between 10-20 amps depending on the plug model (80-160Amps total). Yes, I will always advocate for putting the glow system back to stock - you can do the resistor bypass, but the rest of the glow system should be up to snuff IMHO...

What is the glow plug fuse for? I was reading into your information to assume that the "glow plug fuse" you put in was the positive feed for the glow plug relay to supply the plugs themselves. Is that correct?

The "model" I presented is simplified, as dynamic systems are significantly more difficult to explain without first understanding the simpler model. For your peace of mind, the battery's ESR, chemical reaction rate (due to battery design and chemistry), and temperatures all come into play...

Take a moment to read this page - the main website and all of its sub-pages are probably one of the better car electronics pages on the internet IMHO. There are some basic rules one should follow when dealing with Automotive DC power: Size the circuit wiring by the length and load. Wire...

A few questions: Where is the "ground-tree" grounded to? How far away from the battery is the new power distribution block fused? (looks like the other side of the engine bay - too far IMHO, should be within 18" of the battery, the point is to protect that entire wire from the battery to the...

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