simonrh
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 02:12 PM |
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Battery busbar +ve side
Does anyone have any good or bad experiences of using the 4 or 6 terminal busbar things from the +ve side of a battery.
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/product/1085/category/201
On the battery currently it has the main cable for the starter which is fine. Over time someone has added seperate feeds to the battery to drive horns
and engine fan.
The horn supply doesn't even look to be fused as far as i can see
I now want to add permanent wiring for a smart charger as I am fitting a smaller battery.
My plan is to leave the starter wiring alone but remove all the ancilliary stuff and pull a tidy, single fused feed down from the battery on to the
busbar and then connect everything in to that including the charger.
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Irony
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 03:52 PM |
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I have used two busbars behind the dash on my car. One for +ve and one for earth(-ve). I am not sure its a good idea as I am not a great electrician
but it seemed a pretty obvious way of connecting all the earths and perm +ve in one place. I have a premade loom with my car but I have adapted it so
much I might as well have built a new one myself. If I was to start again the I would probably have three, -VE Perm +ve and Switched +ve. It makes
little sense to me have 6-8 switched +ve cables going into the fuse box into one fuse which is what my professional made loom has.
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coozer
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 04:11 PM |
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Nissan Note has a nice little thing on the positive side with starter post and 4 fused outlets.
That would sort you out without any major rewiring and give you added protection on all circuit's.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Dick
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 04:17 PM |
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I have 2 busbars one is permanent live and the other one is on the + side of the batter isolator switch works very well
[Edited on 29/10/14 by Dick]
[Edited on 29/10/14 by Dick]
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coozer
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 06:08 PM |
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Main starter post is fused at 250A which is separate from the 4 fused outlets on the side.
4 fused outlets at 80A, 60A, 80A, 80A,
4 spade connectors on the bottom, if you get it out of a scrapper get the two multi plugs as well.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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CosKev3
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Main starter post is fused at 250A which is separate from the 4 fused outlets
4 fused outlets at 80A, 60A,
4 spade connectors on the bottom, if you get it out of a scrapper get the two multi plugs ]
Neat that is 
Are the fuses easily sourced for replacement?
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dave r
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 09:24 PM |
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rover metro had a nice mega fuse block that gave 4 ? outputs
I'd love to give my imaginary friend a great big hug,
but this jacket makes it impossible.
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coozer
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| posted on 29/10/14 at 10:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Main starter post is fused at 250A which is separate from the 4 fused outlets
4 fused outlets at 80A, 60A,
4 spade connectors on the bottom, if you get it out of a scrapper get the two multi plugs ]
Neat that is
Are the fuses easily sourced for replacement?
Not sure, the plastic cover clips off but we used to just replace the whole thing under warranty.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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