So I'm thinking about adding a switch panel and a negative bus bar to my pontoon. The pontoon has no wiring or any kind of electrical devices installed yet. I want to make sure I hook this up currectly. My first question is do I have to run a line from the negative post on the battery to the bus bar, or can I just install the bus bar and run the negative wires from the stereo and lights, etc to that bar? On the ones I've looked at, I don't see an input terminal or anything like that where I would bring a line from the battery in so I didn't know if I could just screw the bar in under the console and that was it?
My second question then would be, do I just run a line from the positive post on the battery to the (pre-wired) switch panel's positive lead and then run the switch panel's negative lead to the bus bar? And then any devices I can run the positive into the switch panel and the negative to the bus?
My second question then would be, do I just run a line from the positive post on the battery to the (pre-wired) switch panel's positive lead and then run the switch panel's negative lead to the bus bar? And then any devices I can run the positive into the switch panel and the negative to the bus?