battery terminals
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Topic: battery terminals
Posted By: ty
Subject: battery terminals
Date Posted: February 23, 2005 at 2:33 PM
anyone know where I can get some battery terminals? I need my positive terminal with 2 0ga openings, one for alternator and one for amp. I already checked ebay and they don't have one with 2 openings, and I have checked a lot of stores, I would appreciate any input.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 23, 2005 at 3:25 PM
Posted By: ty
Date Posted: February 23, 2005 at 8:16 PM
thanks DYohn, I have a question though, can I run my 1/0 ga from the alternator to a fuse block, then run one 1/0ga to battery, and another to my amp? This would help my problem of finding a battery terminal with two 1/0 openings. I read somewhere these guys talking about a busbar, just basically a distribution block with no fuse right? Should I use one of those or normal block if I can use a distribution block for this set up? Also right now in my 2000 civic the alternator is ran to my accessory fuse box, then to the battery, I will leave the wire going to battery from accessory obviously so I can power my accessories, but should I take the alternator wire out of the fuse box? It won't be doing anything but should I keep it there just in case? Also should I redo my tranny ground? I have done some research already on the big three, but if you think it is better I can post a new topic, I just wanted to keep it simple thanks DYohn.
Posted By: deocder
Date Posted: February 23, 2005 at 10:48 PM
I would keep it running through the fuse box since that's where the main battery fuse is. It's an 80 Amp fuse. It's a direct connect to the alternator from the battery. If you were to run a wire straight to the alternator, I would highly recommend fusing that wire to protect it. It could cause a lot of damage if you were in an accident.
I have a Honda as well. I am up grading my cables from the battery to the fuse box to 2 gauge. That way I can utilize the factory fuse.
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Posted By: ty
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 2:07 AM
sorry for the confusion I know the wire needs to be fused, but can I fuse it through a distribution block and then send one wire to the battery and one to the amp? Anyone know this or do I need to post a new thread? Also I do not want to use factory fuse box because I am going to be passing a little more than 80 amps through my 1/0ga wire, hence why I am using 1/0 in the first place.
Posted By: MBZ oe
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 5:11 AM
Here's what I did - 0ga from alt to a 0ga T-block where I split to amp fuse and to battery with 0ga . Then I ran a 4ga to my factory power block. 0ga for grounds and to the back. 200amp circuit breaker between alt and T-Dist block. 
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Posted By: MBZ oe
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 5:13 AM
I also recommend my friends site for terminals, connectors, wire, etc: www.darvex.com ------------- BOOM, BOOM, BOOM BOOM....
Posted By: ty
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 1:08 PM
thanks for the pic, how much did that circuit breaker cost you?
Posted By: MBZ oe
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 5:48 PM
Posted By: MBZ oe
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 6:15 PM
ty]tha wrote:
ks for the pic, how much did that circuit breaker cost you?
You know thats the fuse in the pic, right? Breaker is not visible in pic as it is close to alt. ------------- BOOM, BOOM, BOOM BOOM....
Posted By: ty
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 6:28 PM
oh of course I know what a breaker looks like. I am going to just run a stinger dblock, finally found one for 36 bucks through your friends store thanks by the way. Yeah should run pretty good with two 300 amp fuses, its got a voltmeter on top too so I don't have to get out my dmm to check. Thanks again.
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