Alas, another Perko question...

[slipperyrockTKE300]

How do you guys connect all positive loads to the common of the Perko?

I don't have enough room on that post.

A lot of things like amps are connected directly to the house battery.

You create (or use) some kind of bus or distribution block to feed the Common terminal?

[jmvotto]

I am no expert here, but only one positive per battery to the switch.

[MLA]

Thats one of the downsides of the actual Perko brand battery switch.....its very shallow with short studs. A couple of solutions are to either use a heavy duty buss bar or a remote stud. This leaves the main starter cable and a short jumper to the buss or remote std, the only B+ cables on the "C" post.

[slipperyrockTKE300]

That's what I'm thinking - some type of junction stud that can be covered. Not sure how a heavy buss would be insulated.


Anyone have any photos of how they handled this?

[MLA]

Both BEP Marine and Blue Sea make BUS Bar with available covers.

[slipperyrockTKE300]

Thank you!

One more question....any idea of what rating to get? Would this be a case where more is definitely better?