battery terminals??

[95Prober 10+ year member]

hey guys. i was wondering, i already have a battery terminal on the neg./pos. of my battery, but i need more outputs from the battery to run more power wire and for my big 3, could i simply attach one of these to the existing terminal?

http://knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=PB-K1448

that way it would give me more options and for my big 3. i got more than 2 amps to connect with power wire, so i need the extra outputs on the battery.

or is there another option? thx

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[BeanII 10+ year member]

this isn't a battery terminal..... don't understand what you're trying to do.

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

i know it isnt a battery terminal, its a dis. block. i ALREADY got battery terminals on my battery posts, but not enough outputs to run power wire. so, i though i could run one of these with a short piece of 0/1 guage from the batt. terminal to this block, THEN run all the power wires back to my amps and for the big 3 etc.. right now, i can run either (2) 0/1 guage wires and (1) 4 guage power wires from my terminals. BUT i need to run my cars electrical on there too! plus i got to do the big 3. so 1 termial will not do. but if i attach this with power wire from my terminal, it will give my 4 outputs. which leads me to my next question,

even if this is okay to do, is there such thing as a dis. block that has 0/1 guage IN and multiple 0/1 guages OUT ?? i dont want 1 guage IN and (4) 4 guage OUT , coz i want to run that OUT wires to the amps and big 3.

hope u guys understand and arent confused. thx!

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

put the block in the back. Run one large line from the battery to the block...

and get a fused distro.

 

[WheresTheButta 10+ year member]

that thing has 8 ga. outputs, not 4 ga.

so either way, I'd say no.

maybe i'm misunderstanding, but that's what I read.

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

well let me ask this. is it okay to run 1 line of 0/1 guage back to the trunk , then split it off into (4) 8 guage pieces from a fused dis. block or 4 guage (if there is a fused dis. block that can do (1) 0/1 into (4) guages ???? see i have 4 amps.

OR run 2 lines of 0/1 guage back to the trunk and then buy 2 fused dis. blocks for 4 guage wires to my amps?? 1 line of 0/1 guage into (2) 4 guage pieces of wire for 2 of my amps and then a second fused dis. block of the same for the other 2??

hope its not sounding confusing??

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Think of it in terms of plumbing, the wire is the pipes and the current is the water.

The fuses are safety shutoff valve if a pipe bursts.

Now ask your self if this or that arrangment will allow for proper water flow and does it have the proper safety valves in case of a pipe breaking?

Thinking of it this way ends alot of confusion.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

I have several distros that take one 1/0 line and split it into 4 4awg lines. all fuseable.