Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
I installed a Blue sea ACR system in my boat this week, everything went well until I attempted to fit my new house battery in the spot where Trophy planned to have it. Unfortunate when they installed the steering cable they installed it diagonally across this area and now I can’t fit the battery. (Now I understand why the previous owner had a small motorcycle battery as a house battery).
I found a new spot for the battery mid ship behind the oil tank but I have few concerns about wiring it up front.
For those of you familiar with the Blue Sea ACR you know than each battery has three connections. One negative, one positive that goes to the load and one positive that comes from the fuse after the ACR. In the new location the battery is going to need a 20ft cable to make the correct connections. This means I have to run 3 AWG 4 wires from the ACR installation up to battery which makes a total of 60ft of very expensive wire.
To reduce cost I would like your opinion on if I can combine the two positive cables near the ACR on a bus bar then run one positive up to the battery?
Instead of running the negative all the way to the back of the boat could I simply connect the negative side of the battery to the negative bus bar under the dash?
I am no electrical engineer so I am hoping some of you wire wizards can provide your input
Capt
I found a new spot for the battery mid ship behind the oil tank but I have few concerns about wiring it up front.
For those of you familiar with the Blue Sea ACR you know than each battery has three connections. One negative, one positive that goes to the load and one positive that comes from the fuse after the ACR. In the new location the battery is going to need a 20ft cable to make the correct connections. This means I have to run 3 AWG 4 wires from the ACR installation up to battery which makes a total of 60ft of very expensive wire.
To reduce cost I would like your opinion on if I can combine the two positive cables near the ACR on a bus bar then run one positive up to the battery?
Instead of running the negative all the way to the back of the boat could I simply connect the negative side of the battery to the negative bus bar under the dash?
I am no electrical engineer so I am hoping some of you wire wizards can provide your input
Capt