A/B switch install

Re: A/B switch install

Are you looking for switches:

Blue Sea Battery Switch 1-2-OFF 350 Amp $28.05
Blue Sea 9001e 350 Amp Battery Switch Make-before-break contact design allows switching between battery banks without power interruption Ignition protected - Safe for ... mounting Meets American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) requirements for battery switches 3/8"-16 tin-plated copper studs for maximum

Or Lugs and a manual hammer crimper for the terminal ends:

Hammer Crimp Tool for Large Terminal Lugs $27.50
This simple, inexpensive crimping tool can be used to crimp connectors on #8 through #4/0 AWG wire. Spring loaded pin locks in ... the pin holds the connector securely during crimping. Use with a hammer or vice. Though not quite as easy as the professional production ...

#1/0 AWG x 3/8" stud ring connector tinned copper
Regular Price: $1.50
Our Sale Price: $1.00

Or something else????

-Bill

Re: A/B switch install

I have posted links to lug ends and a hammer crimper (much better than soldering lugs onto cables).

Are you looking for wire sizing? Or for suggestions like placing one fuse per battery string to protect the wiring against short circuits.

Or help in finding appropriate fuses for your installation.

One warning, those heavy cables are not very flexible--and using high-flex cables (like welding cables) have their own issues. The very fine wire cables which make them them Hi-Flex, also make it very difficult to find and terminate the proper ends on the cables (small wire has "lots of air gaps" and will not fit standard lugs for crimping).

-Bill

Re: A/B switch install

Poster "2manytoyz" has some nice pictures of how he setup his smaller solar power system... Perhaps it will give you some ideas. Here is one set:

http://2manytoyz.com/battbank.html

-Bill