bus bar?

[lars04]

Just wondering what bus bars a used for ive seen that people put all there negative wires into it for ground. But ive seen the narva fuse blocks where you can put your negative and positive cables in would having this narva fuse block mean i wont need the bus bar?

[Hodge]

This kind of fuse block, will act as a bus bar for Neg/Ground as well.... Is this what you mean ? Very neat unit and the positives are individually fused.
I believe Baintech AND Narva make a similar model of this variety.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61910&stc=1

[lars04]

Yea thats like what i seen here is a link of what im looking at.

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/NARVA-12-WAY-FUSE-BLOCK-BOX-HOLDER-CARAVAN-BOAT-ATS-BLADE-DUAL-BATTERY-12V-54450-/251258124947

[Hodge]

Yep that is the one. I have the 6 way one under the bonnet, as feed all the smaller 12V stuff from it. Very neat and sturdy.

[lars04]

Would you put a fuse between the battery and fuse block?

[Hodge]

I would and have done it on mine to protect the cable running to the fuse block.

[lars04]

What size fuse did you put in and what gauge cable did you run?

[Hodge]

I have a 20 fuse sitting there right now, and the cable i've used is 8B&S. Sufficient for my needs right now. Will have to up the fuse later on as I add utilities at the back.

[lars04]

Sweet great info hodge cheers mate.