Attaching wires to fuse panel bus bar

[Sumner]

Ok, Thank you. I have an old fuse panel replacement, so would it benefit me to upgrade it or just move forward with it? I was planning on setting up / installing shore power at some point this summer. I also plan on in the immediate period installing a charger and from my take away a combiner since I plan on having 2 batteries. Also any suggestions on dual purpose batteries / places to buy them (Walmart, online ... etc)

I'm not familiar with the X's layout so hopefully someone else will jump in.

I'm a big fan of running two 6 volt golf cart batteries in series and have 6v Trojan T105's in both boats. I needed two 12 volt batteries in series also for the Mac for a trolling motor and went with Deka 12 volts after doing some research. You don't need dual purpose, even the 6 volt batteries in series will start your outboard. The Trojan's are 'true' deep cycle. Most 12 volt batteries that say they are 'deep cycle' aren't 'true' deep cycle.....

http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/deep_cycle_battery

.... but that is what you will have to settle for if you go with two 12v batteries,

Sumner

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[macowneril2015]

I have an update. I was able to reconnect all the wires to a replacement panel so I could verify all the lights worked, but now I will upgrade the panel per recommendations. I appreciate everyone's help here.

[macowneril2015]

This is what I have done so far.
On the right there's a Negative bus bar from Blue Sea because I added a lot more wires. The Black wires are the originals.

On the left is a Blue Sea terminal bus instead of having all the positive wires from the boat going to switch panel they terminate there then they go to the switch panel and now you can have a cleaner installation and its easier when removing the switch panel for any changes etc...



A Blue Sea boat: Switch Panel, Battery Monitor, Charger/Combiner remote status indicator and the Start battery Amp Meter.

Where did you install the bus bars / terminals? I really like this and I am thinking of doing this as a nice upgrade.

[sailboatmike]

I am installing a double burner stove so need to move my switch panel.

The question is can someone show the wiring route to get the wires from the battery box up to that area just inside the companionway (as per the photo above). On a X, a M may be very similar though

PLEASE

[macowneril2015]

I am installing a double burner stove so need to move my switch panel.

The question is can someone show the wiring route to get the wires from the battery box up to that area just inside the companionway (as per the photo above). On a X, a M may be very similar though

PLEASE

Depends where your batteries are. But mine are under the small seat next to galley area and they run internally and up the wall to the area where the fuse panel is located.

[sailboatmike]

Depends where your batteries are. But mine are under the small seat next to galley area and they run internally and up the wall to the area where the fuse panel is located.

Mine are the same but can't seem to mouse anything between the liner and the hull, I presume you run the wires between the liner and the hull.

Any advice??

[jimmy alonso]

Where did you install the bus bars / terminals? I really like this and I am thinking of doing this as a nice upgrade.

The Negative Bus Bar and Terminal Bus are located right behind the switch panel screwed into a pieces of wood glued there.
More tips:

For the equipment that have there own on/off switch; VHF, fridge, water pump etc.. I have two Blue Sea Fuse Blocks a 12 fuse one for the House battery and a 6 fuse on the Start battery. Also a battery charger/combiner. These are under a cabin seat mounted as high up as I could. The fuses are the kind that lite up when blown so its easy to spot.



The House and Start batteries both have Blue Sea Dual Terminal Block Fuses 40 amp for the battery charger a 30 amp feeding the switch panel and a 175 amp for the engine. Don't use wing nuts and cover all the Positives terminals on your batteries. Use the right color/gauge cable and use Marine cable.
All cables run in the liner to the aft of the boat to under the rear berth.
BOAT made a nice mod eliminating that long run of cables thus getting some dead weight off.
Not in these pic are 3 BEP master switches for turning everything Off.
Also on the battery is the Shunt for the SOC meter.
And a ST Blade Terminal Fuse Block where the Solar Power comes in with a 30 amp fuse, this use to be on the Start battery but I did not like it that way so its on the House battery now. Now it charges the House Battery at sun rise. The Start battery is charged always anyway and its voltage is displayed on the SOC meter so no surprises there.



PS: Have a 300 watt Pure Sine Wave Inverter to install but the admiral confiscated it due to those pesky hurricane that bug us every so often so I'm stuck with that little noisy red one.