[alberg30] Distribution Panel

[Alan P. Kefauver]

No. No. No.
Run a separate neg for each breaker. Tie the neg of the panel to a buss bar. Connect all the battery negs to the bus bar. Connect the buss bar to the engine block. If and this is a big if, you decide to ground everything, run ground straps to all thru hulls and everything -not- electrical that touches the water and is conductive. Then and only then run the ground bus to the negative buss bar. 

I have to run now, I'll supplement this later.
Alan

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On 5/4/2000 at 1:35 PM shawn orr wrote:

>I am rewiring #307 this weekend using 14 wire and a eight switch 
>Paneltronics distribution panel.  The wiring setup for this panel 
>includes three bus bars; 1. Positive, 2. Negative, 3. Ground.
>
>My question is as follows:
>
>Do I jump wires from each negative switch(bus position) to the 
>corresponding ground and then run a primary ground (larger gage) wire 
>to the engine block? Or can I run a primary negative to the ground 
>bus and then run a primary ground to the engine block?
>
>Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Shawn Orr
>IL Molino
>#307
>
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