0 guage wire to two 4 guage wire

[tahoe45]

Hey everyone. I am in the process of installing another battery in my car. I want to hook up my amp wires to the new battery, but since it is further away the wires are too short. So I was gonna run a fused zero guage to the two 4 guage. I was going to get a fused distribution block but since both the zero and the 4 guage have fuses on them already can I just grab a bolt and connect the three ring terminals with it and then just shrink wrap. Not trying to go the cheap route just not a fan of how wires connect to distribution block especially since this will be in the engine bay. Does anyone see this as a problem.

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[supra1987]

When it comes to electrical I'm of the opinion you should definitely not take short cuts or go the cheap route.buy longer wire.or a fire extinguisher

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

If you plan to connect wires without a distro block, it would be best to get a torch and solder them all together then shrink wrap/tape. IMO bolting together ring terminals will be no better than a distro block (possibly slightly worse) and not look nearly as clean.

 

[Polar]

When it comes to electrical I'm of the opinion you should definitely not take short cuts or go the cheap route.buy longer wire.or a fire extinguisher

not car related but we came across this last week

 

[seedlings]

not car related but we came across this last week

Wow, can you believe he didn't even use a washer?

CHAD

 

[tahoe45]

Im not looking to cheap out or gehtto rig it. I looking to make a clean connection that will pretect the wires from the the elemnts of the engine bay. The 0 guage as well as the 4 guage have the ring terminal properly crimpled soldered and shrink wrapped. So the wire is protected from all the elements. the length from battery to the 4 gugae wire is about 5 feet. Originally i was just going to get longer 4 guage and extend it to the battery but then that leaves me with the issuse of the fuse being to far away from battery. So i read someone taking a zero guage wire and hooking it up to a fused distrobustion block and then added the four guage to that. Which I have no problem doing but since this is going to be installed in the engine bay alot of the distrobution blocks dont have the greatest seal. Example of block i was going to use.

NVX XFDBU2 Fused Distribution Block 0/1 Ga Input + 4/8 Ga Outputs .

So the other option i saw was

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00784HYI2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=AB3RH2VK84JRX

which is basically the same thing as a bolt.

 

[rfluvinmf 10+ year member]

Search the electrical classifieds for a continuous run of 1/0 that fits your needs. How long is the run you need from battery to amp?

 

[tahoe45]

Zero guage to my amp would be overkill. The audio system is only taking about 500 watts so the 4 guage is more then enough. The reason i am adding the dual battery is for camping where i can run the radio and stuff off the aux wire (second 4 gauge wire) that is connected to the second battery. So I have left over zero gauge from the dual batt install and I am trying to aviod running new 4 gauge to the amp since it is only like five feet short. Thats why i was thinking of taking 5 feet of the left over zero gauge and run that to the 2 - 4 gauge wire. Which should be fine because the zero guage and the 2 - 4 gauge wires will be fused. I am just trying to find the cleanest and safest way to combine the zero and the 2 4 gauge wires. Hence the bolt idea cause that will alloe me the shring wrap it cleanely. I dont car for how it looks cause this is for more function then show.

 

[tahoe45]

okay gonna go the distribution block route and someone suggested marine grade batter coat and spray the terminal to prevent corossion. thanks everyone for all your help.