Connecting 3 wires to ring connector

[srah1953]

Hi All

I'm installing a new 3 switch electrical panel. It has a single ring connection point for the positive (see photo).
What's the best way to connect 3 positive wires to this ring connector? Thank you for any assistance.



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[theoldsalt]

A stud plate. Crimp ring connectors to the 3 wires and attach all 4 to the stud .

 

[prv]

How bizarre.

You wouldn't normally have a ring like that on a fixed piece of equipment. I'd expect to see it on the end of a wire, where it would go over a threaded stud on the equipment and be held in place with a nut and spring-washer. Is the panel second-hand off something?

I think if I was confronted with that I'd be inclined to remove the ring and solder a wire directly to the busbar it's attached to.

Pete

 

[srah1953]

A stud plate. Crimp ring connectors to the 3 wires and attach all 4 to the stud .

Excuse my ignorance, do you have an image for a stud plate?

 

[BERT T]

How bizarre.

You wouldn't normally have a ring like that on a fixed piece of equipment. I'd expect to see it on the end of a wire, where it would go over a threaded stud on the equipment and be held in place with a nut and spring-washer. Is the panel second-hand off something?

I think if I was confronted with that I'd be inclined to remove the ring and solder a wire directly to the busbar it's attached to.

Pete

Yes leave the bridging wire in place and solder one wire onto each of the three fuse holders.

 

[srah1953]

Yes leave the bridging wire in place and solder one wire onto each of the three fuse holders.

Would soldering be strong enough on its own?

 

[srah1953]

How bizarre.

......... Is the panel second-hand off something?

.......

Pete

I bought it in a local chandlery - Goldenship brand, I believe.

 

[theoldsalt]

Excuse my ignorance, do you have an image for a stud plate?

The plate can be anything you wish to make it from (preferably non conducting) with a stud or bolt through it and attached anywhere convenient.

I thought the title self explanatory.

Here is a very expensive example but make your own.

http://www.gaelforcemarine.co.uk/42...rrer=FROOGLE&gclid=CNST9fvWobwCFXGWtAodI3wA6g

 

[paul-essex]

surly that is a common earth / negative point

but to answer you question you could crimp ring ends on each wire and nut and bolt them all together with this one

 

[srah1953]

surly that is a common earth / negative point

but to answer you question you could crimp ring ends on each wire and nut and bolt them all together with this one

That sounds like a cool solution. There are, incidentally, 6 negative wires and only one positive - go figure.

 

[DavidGrieves]

That sounds like a cool solution. There are, incidentally, 6 negative wires and only one positive - go figure.

You won't need to take three wires to that ring. That ring and bar soldered to the fuses is a common live rail, ie it takes +12 volt to each fuse.

you won't have 6 negative wires. Three of the wires will be the live feed to each piece of equipment you are controlling with each switch.

And the other 3 wires are probably negative 12v to make the light on the front of the switch panel work. ( assuming the panel has lights).

Take your single live feed to the panel, fit a ring crimp and put a small nut and bolt through both ring crimps. (maybe a piece of heat shrink of self amalgamating tape round the joint)

 

[paul-essex]

as above if they are fuses and switch's
I thought they were lamps and switch's

 

[William_H]

To use that ring connector you need another ring connector witha nut and bolt. These could dangle in mid air but the heavy copper wire would be very susceptible to vibration and fatigue. Hence the suggestion of an insulated mount for the bolt. This would need to be mounted away from the panel to meet the location of the ring connector without bending it too far. A piece of rod made of insulated mateerial about 35mm long with holes tapped in each end comes to mind. A screw from the front panel into the rod. a screw in the rod to carry the ring connectors. Another option might be to leave the 2 ring connectors dangling but firmly attach the feed in wire at the panel so movement is restricted by a clamp.
Yes soldering the input wire directly to the bus bar (wrap it around a few times) would be OK but again clamp the input cable to reduce movement with vibration.
good luck olewill

 

[Danbury]

However you wire it up... can I humbly suggest that you take you time, make it look like a thing of beauty ! Use heat shrink over connectors and label the cables whilst you know exactly what they are doing and where they are going...

 

[Jim@sea]

I must admit I am also confused as I bought a 6 switch electrical panel. Supposed to be a direct replacement for a Thornycroft Panel, The old one is wired up the original way with 6 negative and 6 positive wires and the new one like yours.
So much so I was thinking of not using the new one and just having 6 pull up switches. But when I look for 6 Lucas switches they are a fortune.

 

[nigelmercier]

As Pete says. Cut off the ring and the stub, solder a wire directly to a terminal (or perhaps all 3, depending on the total load) and run it back to the connection point.