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    Electrical Distribution Box

    Anyone got any guidance on this which sits on top of the battery in my 18 V6 Highline? ARB fed the spotlights from one of the terminals... is each cable separately fused, if so where? I would imagine I’d run cabling off one of these lugs down to the tray to power the dcdc charger.

    I also note the earth appears to run straight to the chassis, leading me to believe I should only need to run the + that far and just use chassis as ground in the tub?

    TIA,

    Josh




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    Yes, it’s the right place to connect your BCDC charger and you can use chassis as the negative terminal.

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    Cheers @transporter

    Are each of them fused individually? Or will I still need to install a fuse as close as I can to the terminal?


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    These are individual fuses. But there is not a free spot there, you can run your new fuse for the circuit you going to add.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Transporter View Post
    These are individual fuses. But there is not a free spot there, you can run your new fuse for the circuit you going to add.
    Hi @Transporter

    Just back on this, the spare 8mm (or 10?) on the very bottom of my photo, any idea what amps I can pull from that?

    I’ve run 2B&S from the tub to the front and have a 100A in-line fuse 300mm from the starter battery, can I bolt down to that connection?

    I want to be able to link the batteries during winching. At max load the winch pulls up to 450 amps!!! Although it will be shared between the alternators supply, the starter battery and the linked in aux battery in the tub.

    Cheers,
    Josh


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    Quote Originally Posted by doinitsideways View Post
    Hi @Transporter

    Just back on this, the spare 8mm (or 10?) on the very bottom of my photo, any idea what amps I can pull from that?

    I’ve run 2B&S from the tub to the front and have a 100A in-line fuse 300mm from the starter battery, can I bolt down to that connection?

    I want to be able to link the batteries during winching. At max load the winch pulls up to 450 amps!!! Although it will be shared between the alternators supply, the starter battery and the linked in aux battery in the tub.

    Cheers,
    Josh


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    What’s 2B&s ?
    For 450A you need the cable as thick as is used for the starter motor and if your batteries are in the tub, the longer the cable is the greater voltage drop under the load and you need really heavy duty fuses.

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