I have a question about weather/water resistance for the relay board. I am getting items collected to MS my 85 Mustang with a TBI setup. This car gets driven A LOT...sometimes it's my daily driver. I am wondering if I need to find a weather resistant case to mount the relay board in to protect it from water.
I'd hate to be driving during a torrential downpour in rush hour and have it short and go dead.
Any advice or tips will be appreciated.
Relay board mount and protection
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Re: Relay board mount and protection
If it can't be mounted where it won't get wet it will need protecting. Look at where the car maker mounts such things (maybe on a later model) and use the same place if possible. Perhaps close to the ECU.droopie wrote:I have a question about weather/water resistance for the relay board. I am getting items collected to MS my 85 Mustang with a TBI setup. This car gets driven A LOT...sometimes it's my daily driver. I am wondering if I need to find a weather resistant case to mount the relay board in to protect it from water.
I'd hate to be driving during a torrential downpour in rush hour and have it short and go dead.
Any advice or tips will be appreciated.
Dave P, London UK.
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Re: Relay board mount and protection
So to be safe, I should mount the relay board in the car and make a harness to connect to it. Or find a factory relay box that is pretty much sealed up. I think it would need to have a hole or two in the bottom to let water drain out if it somehow gets in. But I guess it would be a cleaner look if the wire harness ran inside the car to the relay board.