I am really trying to come up with something elegant here, but just struggling to find hardware.  I saw @plonkster's nice earth bars that he used for his battery bus bars, but I've been unable to find anything like that up until now.

Is there anything particularly wrong with just screwing the terminals together on an M8 bolt?  You are obviously limited in how many connections you can make, but it is quite simple?

I bought a strip of 8x20mm copper and made some up.

7 hours ago, admiral said:

I am really trying to come up with something elegant here, but just struggling to find hardware.  I saw @plonkster's nice earth bars that he used for his battery bus bars, but I've been unable to find anything like that up until now.

Is there anything particularly wrong with just screwing the terminals together on an M8 bolt?  You are obviously limited in how many connections you can make, but it is quite simple?

Morning Admiral,

I bought my busbars from ACDC and they where not that expensive, follow the link; they got some already threaded ones that is easy to use and they also got the insulator feed that will insulate your bars. These looks better and you will have some peace of mind that nothing will spark or melt soon.😃

https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/all-products#eyJjYXRlZ29yeSI6W10sImJyYW5kIjpbXSwic3BlY2lhbCI6W10sImNsZWFyYW5jZSI6W10sInNlYXJjaFNLVSI6ImZhbHNlIiwic2VhcmNoRGlzY3JpcHRpb24iOiJmYWxzZSIsInNlYXJjaENhdFBBR0UiOiJmYWxzZSIsImNvbnRhaW5zIjoidHJ1ZSIsInN0YXJ0c1dpdGgiOiJmYWxzZSIsIm9yZGVyQnkiOiIiLCJzZWFyY2giOiJidXNiYXIiLCJwcmljZSI6W119

https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/all-products#eyJjYXRlZ29yeSI6W10sImJyYW5kIjpbXSwic3BlY2lhbCI6W10sImNsZWFyYW5jZSI6W10sInNlYXJjaFNLVSI6ImZhbHNlIiwic2VhcmNoRGlzY3JpcHRpb24iOiJmYWxzZSIsInNlYXJjaENhdFBBR0UiOiJmYWxzZSIsImNvbnRhaW5zIjoidHJ1ZSIsInN0YXJ0c1dpdGgiOiJmYWxzZSIsIm9yZGVyQnkiOiIiLCJzZWFyY2giOiJpbnN1bGF0b3IiLCJwcmljZSI6W119

Hope it helps

1 hour ago, DeepBass9 said:

I bought a strip of 8x20mm copper and made some up.

Where did you buy it?

11 minutes ago, Samsed said:

Morning Admiral,

I bought my busbars from ACDC and they where not that expensive, follow the link; they got some already threaded ones that is easy to use and they also got the insulator feed that will insulate your bars. These looks better and you will have some peace of mind that nothing will spark or melt soon.😃

https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/all-products#eyJjYXRlZ29yeSI6W10sImJyYW5kIjpbXSwic3BlY2lhbCI6W10sImNsZWFyYW5jZSI6W10sInNlYXJjaFNLVSI6ImZhbHNlIiwic2VhcmNoRGlzY3JpcHRpb24iOiJmYWxzZSIsInNlYXJjaENhdFBBR0UiOiJmYWxzZSIsImNvbnRhaW5zIjoidHJ1ZSIsInN0YXJ0c1dpdGgiOiJmYWxzZSIsIm9yZGVyQnkiOiIiLCJzZWFyY2giOiJidXNiYXIiLCJwcmljZSI6W119

https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/all-products#eyJjYXRlZ29yeSI6W10sImJyYW5kIjpbXSwic3BlY2lhbCI6W10sImNsZWFyYW5jZSI6W10sInNlYXJjaFNLVSI6ImZhbHNlIiwic2VhcmNoRGlzY3JpcHRpb24iOiJmYWxzZSIsInNlYXJjaENhdFBBR0UiOiJmYWxzZSIsImNvbnRhaW5zIjoidHJ1ZSIsInN0YXJ0c1dpdGgiOiJmYWxzZSIsIm9yZGVyQnkiOiIiLCJzZWFyY2giOiJpbnN1bGF0b3IiLCJwcmljZSI6W119

Hope it helps

Thank you kindly 🙂  I did not even think they'd have it.

35 minutes ago, admiral said:

did not even think they'd have it.

My local ACDC never has the stuff I want. They have to order and it takes around 2 days. They did have SOME busbars in stock... really nice ones... three bars on a nice staggered support. 2k Price tag... 🙂

But their catalog does show well-priced alternatives.

I bought mine at http://www.em.co.za/ 

2 hours ago, admiral said:

Where did you buy it?

A metal supplier, they cut a strip off a massive roll of copper. Just google in your area. Although that was for connecting between my batteries. The powerforum store used to sell bus bars at a stage. 

Edited May 28, 20197 yr by DeepBass9

I also go mine from ACDC. https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/product-individual?BFC3010

Cut it in half and made this in a Gewiss box with a polycarbonate mounting plate. Those insulated standoffs are quite tall and might not work that well.