What are bus bars used for?

[crfrider 10+ year member]

what is the purpose for them, is it to save on wire

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[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

well, nevermind!

Let the flamming begin

 

[crfrider 10+ year member]

what i was just wondering

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Easier than wire, and a better connection for multiple batteries

 

[crfrider 10+ year member]

do people use them with just 2 batteries, i plan on running 2 in back also what would be best to run a full negative wire from the front negative battery to the back battery neg or can i just ground the batteries to a metal in the back, also same with amps, can i just run the neg from the amps to the neg on the back batteries or should i just ground them seperate to metal

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

They work especially well when you need multiple cables hooked up to a battery.

For instance:

You would never be able to connect all those wires without a bus bar...

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

holy **** thats a lot of wire

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

do people use them with just 2 batteries, i plan on running 2 in back also what would be best to run a full negative wire from the front negative battery to the back battery neg or can i just ground the batteries to a metal in the back, also same with amps, can i just run the neg from the amps to the neg on the back batteries or should i just ground them seperate to metal

You definitely need a ground wire (1/0) from the front battery to back battery back. Don't listen to any who says you don't and that they don't and it works fine for them... I'll be telling you to run a neg cable when you're trying to trouble shy your back batteries aren't doing as good as they should.

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

if you decide to go with buss bars let me know i might be able to help

 

[crfrider 10+ year member]

also if I decide to run 2 runs of 1/0 power wire to the back would i need to run 2 neg runs also or could i just run 1

 

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

if your going to go the route of running pso and neg to the back run the same of each electricity runs in a circle the same ammount is going to go through the neg cables and the pos