Electrical Hardware in Mpls/St. Paul, MN

[sraun]

Not being certain who's local to me and who isn't...

I'm looking for a source for 30Amp-rated electrical fittings. My father wants to wire a 30Amp fuse in his car to a switch, and needs 30Amp spades and matching switch. (He pulls his car behind his motor-home, and needs to pull the fuse before towing - and it's apparently hard to get to.)

Any suggestions? He tells me that Radio Shack won't carry supplies that are 30Amp rated.

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[gomeza.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of juice for a 12V system. I hope his alternator is up to the job. I'm a little unclear on exactly what is going on in this case, but... try places that carry gear for high end car stereos.

For an online source for that kind of thing, try Parts Express.

Also: J.C. Whitney - if they don't have it, you probably don't need it, although it may take you a while to find it in their catalog.

[sraun]

It's apparently some kind of main system fuse? Or maybe related to the transmission? Whatever - it has to pulled if he's towing the car, to disable something. And it's a pain to get to, so he wants to put a switch in that he can get to easily. He's got on-line sources available, and he's got an in-person vendor available near home (somewhere in the Joplin, MO, area) - he wants somewhere local to Minnesota - either Duluth or Mpls/St. Paul.

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

Okay, it becomes slightly clearer - no new loads are being added to the car, just the fuse being put in line with an existing circuit to... something.

So if he's going to pull the fuse for towing, why does he also need a switch?

Try calling the local Grainger outlet. See pp.348-350 of the current catalog (2005-2006, #396).

[sraun]

Let's see how my ASCII art is:

Current Configuration

Rest of Electrical System
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-- inacessible fuse --

Desired Configuration

Rest of Electrical System
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-- switch ---- fuse --

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

Try Grangers( SP?) I think the willcall desk is in DT Mpls.