DIY copper bus bar
Alright after my last post about messy battery cables http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28283107.cfm and seeing Westend's pic for his DIY wire box I figure I will do the same. Li...
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Ampacity of copper bus bars. Your 3/4" pipe should be fine as the load from your batteries is probably never going to be above 100-150 Amps. I used a bolt on fuse at the bus and that is probably a good idea for your project. Midi fuses
Tip: Drill slow when drilling copper.
For those wishing to make there own buses with copper bar stock, I bought my bars at Discount Steel. They have a yard close to me but they will also ship.
When I was a kid, we made our own lead soldiers. We heated lead on the kitchen stove and poured it into molds. I think I still have the molds. We also played with mercury out of thermometers, poured gas into water buckets and lit it, and I even had a Chemistry Set. It's amazing that I'm still here, lol.
Tip: Drill slow when drilling copper.
For those wishing to make there own buses with copper bar stock, I bought my bars at Discount Steel. They have a yard close to me but they will also ship.
When I was a kid, we made our own lead soldiers. We heated lead on the kitchen stove and poured it into molds. I think I still have the molds. We also played with mercury out of thermometers, poured gas into water buckets and lit it, and I even had a Chemistry Set. It's amazing that I'm still here, lol.
