Bus Bar For Accessories

Figured I'd post this here. Currently have two light bars and will be installing some reverse pods and possibly under the hood lighting. Looking to clean up the wiring in the engine bay. I have the negative bus bar sorted but looking for guidance on the positive bus bar.

Do I simply run a wire from the positive battery terminal and connect it to the positive bus bar then add all the positives from the accessories?

What gauge wire from the battery top the bus bar?

Where would be a good place for the positive bus bar? On top of fuse box? other?

 

Dawg, don't do it like this it. This is going to make keeping track of which wires are which and where the fuses are for each accessory a giant pain, and might also create a fire hazard if you're overloading the bus bar with more amps than it's designed to handle. Don't screw it into the top of your factory fuse box and make it so water and dirt can get in there and short other things.

Get a fuse block,

$32 Blue Sea Systems 5026 ST Blade Fuse Block 12 Circuit with Ground and Cover

like this one. It's rated for 100 amps, which might be enough for what you're doing, but it depends on the accessories you're using. Mount it to a bracket like this so that it's secure. There are lots of companies that make similar accessories and kits to make it easy. They're more expensive than your bus bars, but much more well designed for what you're doing. That way you have quick access to the fuses rather than digging through the engine bay for inline fuses for your light bars, the wiring for future accessories can be attached to the same place, and most importantly it's a safer setup.

Next, if you're going to do your own wiring from the lightbars or other accessories, do some research into how much the amp draw is (most manufacturers have that in the product details) and how long you are going to run the wires. Here's a chart that you can use to help you know what size wires to use. More amps and longer distance = thicker wire:

 

Thank you, I forgot about this thread. Already done with more to come.

 

Hell yeah, that's some clean work there OP! Nicely done