Spade FastOn Busbar?

"Do it properly. Fit some eyelet crimp terminals with a terminal block and get screwed down connections instead of bent copper or brass. "

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Fernaux Ridall again, they do a 20 way ring terminal one for less than £15 even at retail.
 
I make all my own buss bars. A length of brass strip (could be copper) and M4 or M8 brass set screws fitted through tapped holes in strip at a pitch to suit the size of the ring crimps I am using.

I then mount then on some plastic strip for insulation.
 
nigelmercier said:
Thank you, perfect. Shame about the £6 P&P though.
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Agreed. Couldn't find them from anywhere else though.

One thing the description doesn't tell you - each strip of connectors on these are isolated, so when you look at the number of spades available you will need to factor in extra ones for a supply.
 
Pye_End said:
Agreed. Couldn't find them from anywhere else though.

One thing the description doesn't tell you - each strip of connectors on these are isolated, so when you look at the number of spades available you will need to factor in extra ones for a supply.
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Found this, just over £4 in total. They are also 2x4, I can probably work round that by using two feeds from the switch, but I've emailed the seller to see what else he has.

The key to finding it on eBay was not to use the word FastOn, and put busbar as two words. I think that eBay has become a lot less easy to search now you can't use wild cards, I would previously have used (FastOn, fast on, spade, 1/4) bus*
 
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nigelmercier said:
Found this, just over £4 in total. They are also 2x4, I can probably work round that by using two feeds from the switch, but I've emailed the seller to see what else he has.

The key to finding it on eBay was not to use the word FastOn, and put busbar as two words. I think that eBay has become a lot less easy to search now you can't use wild cards, I would previously have used (FastOn, fast on, spade, 1/4) bus*
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Well done. They look like a useful alternative source. Wish I had found this a year ago! Still, they are very useful, and not just for the main fuse panel bus bar.

They also have a bigger one - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Durite-Bu...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4abf391f92
 
Maybe it's only the Germanischer Lloyd certified Bavs, but on mine none of the boat circuits are connected directly to the back of the switch panel. The switched side of each circuit at the panel runs from the switch to one side of two or three big multi-way connectors. These connectors provide multiple ways for some circuits, such as the instruments, which are likely to need them.

It means that the boat's own wiring doesn't have to be hacked about or piggybacked when making additions or amendments. Just crimp a terminal onto the positive wire of your new circuit, clip it into one of the relevant spare positions on the outgoing side of the multiplug, and connect the negative to the appropriate position on the negative busbar, each position being marked to pair up with a positive pin number, making both sides of each circuit immediately identifiable.

Of course, people being people, in spite of such a neat facility being provided by the factory, I still find myself needing to remove a few piggyback terminals that have been added directly onto the back of the switch panel rather than connected as the maker intended. A DIYer having a go you could forgive, but some of them were put there by the UK commissioning agent no less. :rolleyes:
 
It's got to make sense to do so. Just don't ask me where to get the terminals. I'm using a few I found on the boat, presumably unused because no one knew what they were for. I shall need a few more to get everything as it should be though, so will report back when I have identified them and found a supplier. I've got a feeling they're going to cost much time to find and no money to buy.
 
Simondjuk said:
Maybe it's only the Germanischer Lloyd certified Bavs, but on mine none of the boat circuits are connected directly to the back of the switch panel. The switched side of each circuit at the panel runs from the switch to one side of two or three big multi-way connectors.
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As well as neatly adding new connections, presumably this allows them to wire up the panels in a separate workshop and then plug them straight into the boats on the production lines.

Pete
 
Yeah, I guess so. It's also very handy for mods and maintenance. Unscrew the switch panel, pull a couple of big plugs, and it's away. If you have a dodgy circuit, you can identify both sides of it simply by numbers. Why anyone, especially commissioning agents, would wire new circuits straight to the panel and ruin the convenience and quality factors is beyond me.
 
nigelmercier said:
They sell the terminals at Farnell, I think it is an Amphenol connector. It is almost impossible to remove the pins without the right tool, but they can be made.
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Excellent, thanks. About to place an order for some bits to replace the previously overloaded and slightly overheated looking Berker Euro socket with a UK version and do some other odd jobs, so will add the terminals to the order.
 
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