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06-13-2021, 03:04 PM #1Member
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Cleanest way for battery hookup
Hello all,
I am looking for tips or any specifics on wiring up my moomba to the batteries.
I have removed the batteries and replaced them. The hook up that was done before was all of the wires were on the battery terminals. I ran into a had connection and a couple of the terminals actually liquified on the battery and ot was smoking hot.
I purchased a couple terminal blocks and was thinking that I could run all the wiring to the terminal block and run one tower cable to that terminal block to power all those connections. My only question is I have dual batteries so how should I separate these?
2 amps
Cluster power cable
Alternator wires
Battery relay wires
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06-13-2021, 07:35 PM #2
What is a "tower cable"?
If the boat has dual banks, then nothing but the automatic bilge pump should be wired direct to a battery. Everything else should be wired to the common output of the switch.
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06-14-2021, 02:10 AM #3Member
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Sorry. That should have said
"And run one power cable to that terminal block to power it up"
I also have a circuit breaker
So the hook up consists of
2amps for audio
Instrument panel power cord
Battery relay
Alternator (has battery terminals on them)Last edited by Dom08; 06-14-2021 at 02:15 AM.
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06-14-2021, 07:04 PM #4
Remote battery posts or BUS bars are great for eliminating excess B- cables of the battery(s) and B+ cables off the back of the switch.
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06-14-2021, 07:12 PM #5Member
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Thats what i have purchased was BUS bars
Just wondering how i can wire it up properly for the battery relay and circuit breaker hook up to the BUS bar
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06-16-2021, 01:50 PM #6Senior Member
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Is there a good resource for this? One of my batteries is dead and I’m about to buy a new one. I’d love improve the function of my boat snd this sounds like an easy project.
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