As I understand it from the detailed shop manual schematics, the stock '54 3100 only had that simple firewall mounted in-line fuse box for the Tail and Stop lights. the truck I recently bought is far from stock with a 350 chevy/auto trans/1 wire alternator, etc. Everything works well.
The previous owner installed a 12 position ATO type fuse panel under the dash which is great but did not label any functions.
I already made up a replacement fuse panel (not installed yet) and a relay (horn, led flasher, spare) panel. The fuse panel I built has both a Switched and an Unswitched section.
Questions/comments:
1) I want to get rid of that firewall mounted in line stock fuse box and fuse the Tails and Stops to my own panel.
2) Here's my real question and just having a hard time understanding it. If the 12 position fuse panel that the previous owner installed (or the one I built for that matter) has battery power going to every terminal then why would I need power going to the headlight switch? I understand that in its' stock version with no real fuse panel the factory ran power to the headlight switch.
As an example one of the terminals of the headlight switch is for the parking lights. Well if you are providing 12v to the lights at a fuse panel then you should not have to at the switch I would think.
Admittedly I am having a brain block on fusing a device in-line, vs fusing it at a fuse panel as well. Thanks
