Need some advice with fuel pump wiring....long read sorry
Car is a baja bug, (Rear engine, front fuel tank) with a Carter electric fuel pump in the front underneath a spun aluminum tank mounted under the bug's hood. This fuel pump draws less than 10A. I have remote battery terminals with heavy welding cable both at the engine in the rear and under the hood.
Complete rewire of the whole bug with a universal, street rod style kit from Kwik Wire in WI.
Issue: The Kwik Wire fuse block I'm using includes a fuel pump relay built in. The output for this wire is ignition hot. In order to use an oil pressure safety switch for the pump, I ran the fuel pump relay output wire (10ga) from the relay/fuse block back to the oil pressure safety switch on the engine. In order to complete the fuel pump wiring, I need to run a wire from the safety switch to the pump under the hood.
Since I've now doubled or tripled the length of the fuel pump wiring, should I add a second relay between the safety switch and the pump (at the under hood remote battery terminal)?
or just run heavier 10 or 8ga from the safety switch to the pump? Can two relays be run in series? I assume the first relay will just have nothing for a load on it
Car is a baja bug, (Rear engine, front fuel tank) with a Carter electric fuel pump in the front underneath a spun aluminum tank mounted under the bug's hood. This fuel pump draws less than 10A. I have remote battery terminals with heavy welding cable both at the engine in the rear and under the hood.
Complete rewire of the whole bug with a universal, street rod style kit from Kwik Wire in WI.
Issue: The Kwik Wire fuse block I'm using includes a fuel pump relay built in. The output for this wire is ignition hot. In order to use an oil pressure safety switch for the pump, I ran the fuel pump relay output wire (10ga) from the relay/fuse block back to the oil pressure safety switch on the engine. In order to complete the fuel pump wiring, I need to run a wire from the safety switch to the pump under the hood.
Since I've now doubled or tripled the length of the fuel pump wiring, should I add a second relay between the safety switch and the pump (at the under hood remote battery terminal)?
or just run heavier 10 or 8ga from the safety switch to the pump? Can two relays be run in series? I assume the first relay will just have nothing for a load on it