Ok, i made a research and asked a few friends but not gotten a solid reply... I got this crazy idea in my financial analisis class (dont ask me how it happened) I plan on getting a lot of gauges on my car, not for ricey purposes but to keep it in great shape and cuz im UBER paranoid about my enginge, and forgetful when it comes to checking some things... so, since im gonna have some, is it possible to hook up a second makeshift or junkyarded fuse box inside the clipse and hook up all the gauges and their respective fuses there? it would be best if its possible, specially since you would only run 1 cable from the battery..... its just a possibility... and i THINK it MIGHT be a good idea....... any thoughts?

 

You can use a single large power wire from the batter, use an audio type distribution block. The problem with this is that the gauges will remain on unless you unplug the power wire. Since most gauges don't have a remote wire like an amp would, they would stay on even with the key off. That's if you choose to use fuses before the gauges, like what you're thinking.
How many gauges are you planning on adding? You can add a fuse to each of the gauges if you feel like you need it. There are cars that have up to 5 gauges in cabin...why I don't know, without adding a fusebox just for the gauges.

 

I can go by the simple rule of ohm and sum up the voltage and get them all a single big fuse... i think thats option #1, about the idea you gave me, i dont think its a problem at all if i can put an on/off switch mounted on the power cable from the batter, UNLESS the remote cable gives them enough power to do their shutdown sequence thingy, cuz in that case the switch would screw them up... i think, i guess.... may happen that way?

 

..or you could leave them fuseless as they come. They don't really need a fuse. The ones that do, have it's own inline fuse. That's another idea, you can buy inline fuses and fuse them seperately like that. A single distribution block can be gaudy.
IMO, great idea, but it does nothing bro.

 

Yeah i guess youre right, its just that like i said im tidy and all that stuff... and since im studying electrical right now, they taught us the importance of fuses (plus you go paranoic when you see lots of spark in class every 2 days... its fun.... roast cables smell nice) Ill bring in a single power wire through the firewall and think of a distribution system to feed the gag's with their own inlines... lol came to mind the ricey idea of having an acrylic fuse box with leds LOL, i have to get away from this city.... haha