What's connected to your battery?

[tirwin]

Maybe this is a question for the EE's out there...

Is there any harm in having a bunch of stuff connected directly to the battery?

Reason I ask is I'm about to connect up a 4 ga wire w/ a 100A inline fuse to a new amp. I already have the headlight relays and connections for a battery minder, so my positive terminal is starting to get a little crowded.

Should I worry about it at all?

[redstrosekNic]

I would make sure it is not going to hit anything during hard cornering, braking, or acceleration, and short stuff out.

[moneymanager]

No, providing everything is properly fused.
You can offload all that extra stuff to a small satellite terminal when it gets to be too much.

[wwest]

Originally Posted by tirwin

Maybe this is a question for the EE's out there...

Is there any harm in having a bunch of stuff connected directly to the battery?

Reason I ask is I'm about to connect up a 4 ga wire w/ a 100A inline fuse to a new amp. I already have the headlight relays and connections for a battery minder, so my positive terminal is starting to get a little crowded.

Should I worry about it at all?

You might want to consider a 4 ga NEGATIVE wire.....

[tirwin]

Yes! Sorry. That was poorly worded. I was confusing two different thoughts. Point is it's getting tight in there.

I have one of Fred's fuse panels that I haven't installed yet, so I have an opportunity to clean some things up when I do. I just want to avoid the Clark Griswold wiring problem.

Quote de tirwin

Maybe this is a question for the EE's out there...



Is there any harm in having a bunch of stuff connected directly to the battery?



Reason I ask is I'm about to connect up a 4 ga wire w/ a 100A inline fuse to a new amp. I already have the headlight relays and connections for a battery minder, so my positive terminal is starting to get a little crowded.



Should I worry about it at all?

You might want to consider a 4 ga NEGATIVE wire.....