jehines3
Well-Known Member
Double Eagle said:Jimmy, what do you think about the Blue Seas fuse box deal. I don't boat in the salt water nor do I ever think that I will. My other question is I know I will pull my positive from my battery selector switch but where do I catch a common ground. Do I run a ground wire from each of my batteries of pick it up some where else. How do I do a search of your post? I am also looking at running wires for a windlass and for motors on a planner board mast. Might as well do it right from the start.
Blue Seas are marine products using tinned plated bus, etc, perfect for salt or FW environment. That battery post deal looks just like the auto version sold at Wally World. It does not say tinned or even marine in the description, stay away.
As for your negative connections. Your batteries should have a big old wire that connects both negative posts together...
In my case I have a big #2 Tinned black cable between each battery negative post. Off my house battery I have a 200A tinned negative bus bar from Blue Seas. I connect each of my blue seas 24 hour panels negatives to the bus bar with a tinned #8awg ring lugged of course. Each of the blue seas fuse panels has a negative bus. I like BOTH leads of a 12V device to land in the same place.
Maybe Jimmy was harsh on the guy, but man that was about some of the worst advice I have seen in awhile. I've never figured out why people can't say "I don't know", instead of making a very poor and dangerous recomendation.