Wiring up a Blue sea 12 circuit fuse panel need help.

[Lwarden]

Does each positive leg screw correspond to a neg buss screw or does it matter? Does it matter if a positve wire attaches to one side of the panel and the neg wire is on the opposite side or should they both be coming off the same side?

 

[bruceb58]

Your fuse panel will have no negative or ground wires on it. You need a separate ground bus bar for the negative returns.

Here is a drawing of a 12 fuse panel. Each screw goes to a load. The load's return will go to a negative bus bar that you will need to purchase. You will need a large cable that connects to this bus bar that will return back to your battery.

http://assets.bluesea.com/files/resources/instructions/Wiring-Diagram-5029_5034.pdf

 

[UncleWillie]

Not so fast there!
Some Fuse Blocks include a Ground Bus within the Fuse Block.

And while it makes more sense when you come back in a year and try to figure out which ground is associated with which fuse;
It makes no difference operationally or electrically in what order, or where, the Positives and Negatives are attached.
If you have a touch of OCD you will be forced to place them in the same order however.

 

[Lwarden]

Not so fast there!
Some Fuse Blocks include a Ground Bus within the Fuse Block.

And while it makes more sense when you come back in a year and try to figure out which ground is associated with which fuse;
It makes no difference operationally or electrically in what order, or where, the Positives and Negatives are attached.
If you have a touch of OCD you will be forced to place them in the same order however.

Thats what I tohought and yes I do have a slight touch of OCD.! And yes the fuse panel I have does have a neg buss built into it. The positive circuits are numbered but I dont think the negative screws on the neg buss have numbers, but Ill check again and thanks for the info.

 

[bruceb58]

Yes. That is true. In fact the one you bought may be this one that does have a negative bus. Negative bus is on the top.

 

[Lwarden]

Yes. That is true. In fact the one you bought may be this one that does have a negative bus. Negative bus is on the top.

Yep thats the exact same one I have! Wanna come wire it up for me?? yours looks purdy!

 

[bruceb58]

That's not mine! Picture is from the Blue Sea site!