whats a clean way of tapping onto the batteries?

im looking for a better way to tap onto the battery for things, the mess of wires on the end of the bolts looks like crap. is there a better way or some sort of adapter to do it nice and neat out there? thanks guys

I'm not sure where your running the wires but I ran one 6 or 8 gauge wire off my battery through a relay that is triggered by a key on hot, then to a distribution block. That way all my accessories can be wired from the fused distribution block I put under my dash, without running a wire to the battery and an individual keyed hot relay for each wire.

Here are some pictures, hope this helps.

Drivers side inner fender, keyed hot relay.


Through the firewall




And the fused terminal block, mounted right next to my GEM module.

i really like that where did you get the relay?

I got the relay and terminal block from a school bus.

It depends on how much power you need. If its for an accessory that wont draw alot like gauges. I always like the Add-a-fuse. I think they clean up pretty good

oh okay how big of a relay should i get? im only running a few auxillary lights and my amp, which isnt big and gauges right now but i want some room to add on to it

You can use a relay to a busbar or to an auxilary fusebox with intergraded busbar like this one http://bluesea.com/category/81/21/productline/126 Everything Blue sea makes is top notch.

I did the same thing trailer hauler did. I ran i forget what gauge wire from the battery to a circuit breaker, then from the breaker into an auxillary fuse block under my dash.

My sat. radio, my plow controller, any aux items i add all go there, rather then hacking up my factory fuse block, or running wires out to the battery nonstop.

Greasy fingers where could I get something like that? I like the covered one so I could mount it in the engine bay instead of under the dash because there isn't a whole lot of extra room under there

nothing to do with the batteries but what or who is your profile avitar?

dasboot said:

nothing to do with the batteries but what or who is your profile avitar?

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Pstroke96 said:

Greasy fingers where could I get something like that? I like the covered one so I could mount it in the engine bay instead of under the dash because there isn't a whole lot of extra room under there

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http://bluesea.com/dealers Here are the places near you, Amazon also has them.

Pstroke96 said:

i really like that where did you get the relay?

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You should be able to get them from a napa

http://www.napaechlin.com/ROOT-Home/Content.aspx

see if this site helps

If you are going to use that type of relay, make sure it is a continuous duty relay and not an intermittent relay.

I just found my avatar online LOL I have a few like that