Blue Sea makes bus bars which have large studs for battery and starter cable connections. In addition these bus bars have smaller #10 screw terminalas on each end specifically for attaching small diameter wires such as feed for bilge pumps alarm circuits etc. In addition the use of these bus bars eliminates the conglomeration of multiple wires directly on the battery terminal.
I know some people do not like ABYC standards but in some cases their rules do make good sense. ABYC spell out the safe and corrrect way to place multiple connectors onto connection points. Limit is four wires per stud. They also make the point to NEVER place any washers in between cable lugs being connected to same stud. A washer is only used between the last lug and the nut being tightened. And never ever use a Nyloc nut. If the connection gets hot the nylon melts and loses its ability to hold the connection tight. Always use a flat washer, a lock washer and a regular nut to fasten electrical connections. These should preferably be brass and tinned. Arild ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Haefele" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] (T&T: & TWL2:) Re: TWL2 digest/"don'thavestainless washers in theelectrical system " > Another trouble point is lightweight wire eye ends in the circuit with > larger conductors, on the same stud. Especially when, say an eye with a > 3/8 > hole is used on a smaller stud, there is not much metal in use. Best > arrangement might be a 2nd nut for the lighter conductors. > Lee Haefele > ----- Original Message ----- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
