Hot Lead from battery to Fusebox

[Mike Angeles]

Ewww.
This is just going to look Ugly, Anyone have any thoughts on connecting hot lead to fuse box?? or let the solder fly? 8 ga wire. Looked for comparable pictures, no luck.



Mike

[Miriam C.]

Morning Mike

You don't want a striped wire going across like that for sure. Here is a link with lots of good pictures in it.

http://www.brokenoffcarantenna.com/tear ... P_3058.htm

enjoy

Adding these

Mike S set up


from here
http://tnttt.com/viewto ... lock#11309

[Mike Angeles]

My Thinking was that since it will be enclosed in a box.,..........More or less the same thing? Bus Bar kind thingy. using the 8 ga. wire to all my Fuses enables me to take advantage of Higher gauge. wires to other circuits as needed. In the Photo you show your limited to what the wire that feeds the previous circuit, Only as strong as the weakest link?

Just a thought,

Mike

[SkipperSue]

Mike,
I don't see anything wrong with your idea.
Only thing is you would have to watch the heat while soldering
or you might melt something, and it's gonna take some heat
to solder that 8 gage wire.

[IndyCubby]

Here is how I did mine...


I prefer the automotive plug style fuses rather than the old glass kind because they look a bit cleaner and there are fewer conductive parts exposed.

To make things a bit easier to wire, you might find another type of fuse block where all of the circuits get power from a common bus (like the one in my picture). What you are trying to do would work o.k., I would just be concerned that your main wire may come unsoldered or something.

[Dale M.]

IF fuse assembly is in enclosure, I see no reason to not solder it. An exposed buss bar inside a enclosure is not a problem...

Using multiple loops from connector to connector just makes for more places for mechanical connectors (push on) to fail .... But there are also times when it is only solution.

I'll go along with IndyCubby on the ATO/ATC fuse panel style. The built in buss bar is a plus and the blade type fuses (ATO/ATC) are a lot easier to work with. Some of the blade type fuse blocks also have additional GROUND buss bar included. There is also a type of blade fuse available that has a LED included in its construction and it lights up (indicates) when fuse blows...

http://www.waytekwire.com

Part numbers #46280 (3 Amp) through #46289 (40 Amp)..

Also order paper catalogue while at their site.. Below is another site to order catalog from....

https://www.delcity.net/

Some of these sites have minimum Internet order of $25 but if you plan on getting fuse blocks and spare fuses and wire and grommets and what-nots the minimum should not be a problem...

Dale

[Mike Angeles]

Excellent, Unfortuneatly , Im already committed to the one I have ($). So ill give it a shot, very clean install you have there, Impressive.

Thanks,
Mike

[Maniac H3]

Indy


Is that a 12 volt power supply????

The black box plugged in the the 110 out let.

Is that why you have the 3-way switch On batt---Off---On 12volt from 110 source.....???????


Maniac

[Nitetimes]

Might be easier to use a piece of solid 10 or 12ga soldered across the terminals then attach the wire to it.

[Mike Angeles]

Im thinkning you might be right, thats one Large piece O' wire

Mike

[Mike Angeles]

And heres the result, Solder joints all look ok, I used a cheapo pen torch. didnt do too much damage. If this fails ill invest in something a bit more modern. As in most things in life, it looks alot better at 3' then it does at 1' 8 ga. was a bit much in hindsight.






Mike

[Chuck Craven]

Sorry Mike, But what you have is a firetrap! You would be better to use a terminal strip like the black wire is wired. Then run #10 gage wire from the terminal strip to the fuse blocks with a push-on connector. Solder is not an electrical connection device, it’s a mechanical method to hold wires. Yes it is used in the electronic industry but after the fused supply, not before it. Solder melts at 550 dig.F Plastic box starts on fire at 300 dig.F. I would suggest you redo the supply wiring. Use solder wick to get off as much of the solder as possible and rewire with push-on connectors.
Take a look at my album there is a picture of my fuse panel.
Chuck

[Mike Angeles]

Chuck thanks for your concerns, I feel confident in the connections made so far.


Mike