Category Archives: Terminal Blocks

Three questions. Three answers.

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Hi Kevin,

Two questions…

  1. Solder or crimp terminals?
  2. How do I select proper wire sizes?

Oh wait, make that three. Fuses or circuit breakers?

I have a Hurricane pontoon boat that’s starting to cause me some problems and I’m going to redo all of the boat wiring.

Thanks,Godfrey dash

Barry

Hi Bill,

  1. If you are going to solder terminals, they really need to have a strain relief on the wire near the connection because the wire gets brittle.
  2. Use my wire size calculator to help decide your wire size.
  3. Circuit breakers are simple to reset and you never need to worry about the being replaced with an incorrect size. If you decide to buy breakers, make sure they are ignition protected if you are using them in your engine room or near stored fuel. ATC (closed) fuses are ignition protected, ATO (open) fuses are not.

Hope this helps,

Kevin

Inline Breakers?

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Hi Kevin,

I have a small pontoon on which I’m changing some of the boat wiring.

I’m running a few accessories that I want to run off switches, so I bought terminal blocks, one for the power and one for the grounds.

My question is:EzAcDc has bus bars for your boat wiring project

I don’t have fuses but am using 2 pole push button circuit breakers. And I’m wondering if the breakers would be inline before the switches? Basically how do I incorporate the breakers?

Here is a boat wiring diagram to show what I’m thinking.

Any info would help!

Thank you.

Allen

Hi Alex,

You will want to follow the basic format: source of power (terminal block), breaker (within 7″ of terminal block), switch, component, and then ground terminal block.

Hope this helps,

Kevin