Battery connections

[martino]

Hi,
I'm in the process of connecting my leisure battery to multiple things,ie led lights,the heater,USB sockets,etc. I've ran the positive to a blade fuse box,and plugged stuff into there,but I'm amassing a lot of wires at the battery negative terminal.is there a tidy way of doing this that I'm missing?

 

[shortcircuit]

Using the same size of wire that feeds your fuse block connect this to a strip of connecting block, say 30A with say four strips each linked which will get rid of your rats nest.

 

[James]

Or bolt one of these to the body and terminate on that. They come in a few sizes. Ive got three 4-way ones on my van.

8-Way Earth Block | Earthing | Screwfix.com

 

[trevskoda]

you only require one earth and make it with h/duty battery cable then run a heavy pos to a blade fuse box which have small leds so if one fuse blowes the red led lights up.
They can be bought on ebay,all your gear runs from this,the co is called autostar and they do them from 4 fuses up to 10 hope this helps.

 

[martino]

Thanks for all the help.
I've got a blade fuse box,as suggested by trevskoda,and I'm now going to buy an earth block,connect that to the negative side of the battery,and run all the negative leads to that,should do the job!

 

[Alf]

Hi here is an handy fuse box and ground connection unit they are available in 4,6,8 or 10 way units.

if you have the time its better to return each negative connection to the fusebox if you get any faults or need to disconnect anything you dont interfere with another circuit

Alf


DC32V 10 Way Circuit Car Auto ATC ATO Blade Fuse Box Holder Automotive With GND | eBay

 

[listerdiesel]

Look for the Ripca 12-way fusebox, useful bit of kit.

Like this one:

Ripca 24v 12v blade type fuse box holder 12way | eBay

Another one:

12-Way Standard Blade Fuse box with twin positive bus bars + negative bus bar | eBay

Negatives all connected separately.

Peter