P500 Dual Battery Set Up

[Subs]

I’ve been on the site checking out wiring diagrams and they’ve helped a lot but it seems like everyone’s set up is just a little different. I want to set up dual batteries on my P5 that I use as a utility vehicle on my property. Can a you guys take a look at this and see what you think? I’m not an electrician so I want to make sure I’m being safe and efficient. A couple of things to note:

The axon winch is one of the new ones with all of the electronics internal so just two battery cables and the switch gear harness to connect. The ignite lights draw less than an amp each so I shouldn’t need a relays for those. I’m open to ideas about how to reduce the number of cables coming off my auxiliary battery. I was thinking some remote terminals closer to the fuse box and the winch. I would think I would have to move the breaker to between the fuse and the remote terminals so l’m not putting it between the winch and the battery. Does anyone else have three sets of cables coming from one battery? Is it a pain to manage?

Thanks everyone!

 

[Admin]

 

[trigger]

Use a buss bar or fuse block to wire accessories to. Makes for a much cleaner install and less cobble on the batteries.

 

[Subs]

@trigger - I was hoping you'd find this. Your posts on this topic were the ones that started me down the path. I had the same thought as you. Am I thinking right to install busbars under the hood, feed the auxiliary battery power to those, run the winch off of the busbars and then a feed from them to the fuse block? Id assume I'd want a breaker between the busbar and the fuse block then?

Thanks!

 

[trigger]

I use a Blue Sea Maxi Bus 250 amp for all accessories except the winch. Winch is ran directly to second battery with a 300 amp circuit breaker wired in.

 

[Smitty335]

I use a Blue Sea Maxi Bus 250 amp for all accessories except the winch. Winch is ran directly to second battery with a 300 amp circuit breaker wired in.

Ditto, the Blue ray I have has + & - connections, no fuse bars, every accesorie has it's own fuse. Easy to trouble shoot. I copied @my99svt . The guy can wire and it looks factory!

 

[Subs]

I was also specking the blue sea fuse box with the negative bus bar attached. I was running the power for that fuse block off the aux battery as well so I could run the lights off the deep cycle with having the the key on. Sounds like you guys are running pretty much what I have set up. Three sets of cables off the six battery shouldn’t be too bad. I will use a lower gauge for the fuse box and that should make it a little easier.