Need Help: Power buss bar to rear cabin or not? Electrically inclined, please respond.

[Rupert]

Prior vehicles, Land Cruiser, 4Runner, Discovery.....battery was always in front under the bonnet (hood) so I would run (fused both) 10ga wire direct from battery to a Bluesea buss bar in back. With the IG, the battery is midship so most likely no Blue Sea will be required but guidance would be appreciated. Specifically, I need to know where to attach these wires at the mid-ship battery. Ultimately, I will still have some type of BussBar in the back as I want my fridge and ham radio to always be hot. The factory power positions are not constant hot.

Please jump in and educate me. Many thanks!

 

[Asnes]

Bus bar is under rear bench with the batteries.

 

[Rupert]

Asnes, is this pretty obvious? Is there a ground readily available also. It looks super advanced under there so I am not certain what is what. I have the dual battery, the factory re-charger thing, and there are covers on top of everything thing so Iam not certain and with no guide, I am struggling. If you have a minute and would post a pic, taht would be helpful.

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

Early on I mounted a Blue Sea fuse block to the top of the LittleFuse bus bar with nylon nuts. I believe TinyRig is now making a bracket for this that mounts to the battery mount.

From this I was able to run power from the battery to the fridge, etc, and it was always hot.

Eventually I evolved to a Redarc system and moved the BlueSea to the top of the battery with a More 4x4 bracket.