Leisure battery busbar

[dobby]

Hi

The battery terminals on the LB are getting a bit crowded. I've used wing nut terminal connectors which have a long bolt for multiple connections but have now fitted a solar panel, an inverter and a separate feed to fuse box to feed the bypass for the interior circuits. I'm looking a simple bus bar solution. Has anyone done similar?

Cheers

[g8dhe]

Why not just fit a larger fusebox for all the feeds? All the cables need fusing close to the battery, so a single feed to the fusebox and then all loads abd sources can connect via a suitable fuse ?

[nth]

I just used an original one from a starter battery, with a slight bit of modification it fits onto the LB wingnut connection & there are already fuses there.

[dobby]

I did think about a larger fuse box, post mounted but I was hoping for a neater marine type arrangement. Also, with the larger fuse box idea I suspect I'd be fusing fuses? I was thinking that a drilled brass strip would suffice?

May just go for these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291065995274

[g8dhe]

No need to fuse fuses, you just common all the fuses on oneside and then fit it close to the battery, you can get the boxes in all sorts of sizes and combinations and several types are 'stackable' end to end. See here http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... lders1.php

[dobby]

Thanks, there are some good products to use on that site, I'll have a rethink

[Dodgey]

YOu can get this kind of fuse box with a common bus, though they always seems to be from China. No problem if you can wait

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-Way-Circui ... 1c3e470d43

Or UK standard ones:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-8-Way-Cir ... 35d79d312e

and then solder a thick wire across all the terminals on one side to make a common power rail.

[dobby]

Thanks

I was toying with this for the heavier feeds.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360551022853

Going to draw the circuits up and put some logic to it. I've ended up with spaghetti junction at the LB.

[g8dhe]

If you have any load or supply exceeding 30Amps I'd be very surprised on a L/B about the only thing would be an Inverter, by bringing all the feeds to the same fuse box with a common bus then most of the currents will balance out with only the difference coming from the battery itself.

[dobby]

Yes, the inverter is a small one and the solar power feed is 5 to 6 amps.