Ferrino
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 11:42 AM |
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Battery Terminal Connections
What is the best way of connecting multiple cables to a battery terminal (mine is a bike battery with M6 holes on the terminals)?
In addition to the starter/chassis-earth/engine-earth chunky cables, I have several smaller cables which need direct connection to the battery (eg.
permanent power supplies, trickle charger etc....). Can you buy some sort of 'tag' which attaches to the main terminal and then you fasten
all the smaller wires to? I thought something like this would be neater than just stacking all of them on top of each other, and facilitate battery
disconection.
Or could I just make my own out of a suitable metal?
Thanks 
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RazMan
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 11:51 AM |
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If you need to connect several leads together, you can get an M6 solder tag and do it that way. However, bear in mind they will not be fused.
Alternatively you can buy battery distribution connectors - almost like a second fuse box - come to think of it, a 6 way fusebox is probably the way I
would go in your case.
[Edited on 21-3-06 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 12:35 PM |
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You really have to keep it insulated for SVA -- more than two cable running on to the battery looks a mess.
Expanding a bit on what Razman has posted
The way a lot of cars are wired these days is with two cables running to the battery, one for the starter and the other for the rest of the
electrics.
The supply cable for the rest of the electrics goes to a fuse box mounted close to the battery which as high current rated "fuse links"
--- My Rover has 4 rated at 150, 80, 60 and 50 amps -- the 80 and 60 amp fuses interesting are downstream of the 150 amp fuse.
From that point the other fuses boxes in the car are fed.
Maplin and other suppliers have high quality gold plated fuses boxes and other high current gear design for car audio that would be suitable, they
also have some very nice low cost circuit breakers design for car audio rated at 40 or 100 amps with plastic covers available.
Interesting the Jaycar electronics brochure came through my door yesterday with lots more of this type of gear -- neat low cost fuse boxes that have
an LED display showing battery voltage and a distribution block with an LED display of voltage and current :-)
[Edited on 21/3/06 by britishtrident]
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