Fuse Box Tap

[Halmyre]

I need a feed from my fuse box; I've seen fuse taps for sale on Amazon and eBay, but where can I buy them on the high street? Halfords and Maplin don't seem to stock them, odd for such a useful item. I've got some empty holders in the fuse box, so I don't actually need to piggy-back off an existing fuse.

Alternately, can I get away with a spade connector inserted into the fuse holder? Or would that be considered a horrible bodge?

[Halmyre]

Sportidge said:

Halfords do sell breakout fuses (i.e. a lead coming out of a fuse), just not the piggy-back type.

If you're just taking power from an empty fuse socket, these should be OK:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

How did I miss that?! Thanks, just what I was looking for.

[Halmyre]

vx220 said:

Think they're with the car audio stuff in halfords, not with the other packs of spades/fuses etc

After hunting around our local branch, including the car audio, I asked at the counter.

"Oh, we don't sell them. It's something we just don't do".

Exit me, baffled.