Battery Connections

Bout to have to buy a new battery for my old Jeep. Just kinda wondering…i have several hot wires and a couple ground wires going to my battery (headlights, KC lights, air compressor etc.). I hate the mess of ring terminals all stacked up and attached to the battery. Seems like there ought to be a bus bar of positive and negative terminals that could be placed separate of the battery and maybe mounted to the fire wall or something somewhere. Maybe bus bar isn’t the right word…i don’t know. Any of you fellas have something like that you might could share pictures of?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q3F87C1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

 

Since the items you mentioned should have fuse protection, maybe something like this would be a better option rather than a simple bus bar.

Amazon.com: Blade Fuse Block Box Holder 12 Way with LED Indicator for Blown Fuse Suitable for Automotive Marine Boats Weiruixin (12way) : Automotive

 

I used an insulated terminal block. Mad electric sells them. I bought most of my electrical gadgets from them. The power to the terminal block has a fuseable link wire.

http://www.madelectrical.com/catalog/cn-1.shtml

 

That's the hot ticket....I put one in similar that had hook ups on back side,cut a hole in fire wall ,mounted, fuses in the engine compartment, nice to stand up to check fuses....not a clue the brand name, but if you google it will come up

 

I used a Bluesea brand fuse panel. They come in all different sizes depending on how many circuits you need.

Blue Sea Systems ST Blade ATO/ATC Fuse Blocks https://a.co/d/fvCouhx

 

When I built my 64 Tux I used a 66 V6 donor it had never been molested, all stock everything. the wiring harness was factory, so I just put it in, I wish I had made my own now, because it has inline fusses from the factory, and anything I added I used marine inline fuses. There is no problem except now 15 years older I have to remember what I done 15 years ago, and that is not easy. It would have been better to put a circuit board in and everything in one place. Time goes on.

 

There are places for both battery terminal buss bars and fused distribution blocks. You obviously do not want high amp loads routed through typical distribution blocks where 30 amp circuits are the usual maximum. Quadrtec has buss bars https://www.quadratec.com/categorie...sories/battery-terminals?ka=battery terminals but you can make your own. On JKs and other canbus systems, you typically can not tap into the regular wire harness so everything ends up on a separate system directly from the battery. I made the buss bar(s) for my 3B out of 1x1/4" copper bar stock. 00 leads from that go directly to the starter, winch, and welder (also the alternator), and a 6 gauge to an accessory distribution block.


For distribution blocks, I've become pretty fond of Bussmann's 15300 series. These are completely waterproof if assembled correctly and have several options for internal bussing or no bussing, and relays/fuses/breakers. They use 280 terminals/boots. Bussman also has a lot of other, similar products. I ended up with 3 of those blocks in my 3B.

 

the blue sea systems makes some great fuse panels for this purpose.
This is the size I use on mine: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Sys...efix=blue+sea+fuse+block,industrial,98&sr=1-3

Also if you just need taps from the battery (without fuses), I recently installed these on my jeep and have been very pleased (they also work as a quick battery disconnect for storage)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHSQ7C7N?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details