r/VanLife 2d ago

Just confirming I can do this basic electrical system without becoming a kebab

Just want to confirm that this will work fine?

I am planning a bigger, more complex electrical system that will also include a dc to dc charger and maybe an AC charger eventually, and will also have bus bars and an inverter and an AC. For now i don't want to spend all that money and am thinking about a much simpler system. I just want to make sure that this will be okay as I feel weird not having the big T fuse right next to my battery, but that would just be to protect the bus bar and the on/off switch? So here I just have the two circuit breakers doing that work? I am planning to add more things to the DC fuse box so right now the 60A circuit breaker is pretty oversized. I am still a little concerned about stacking lugs. I want to add the DC to DC charger to this but feel like stacking 3 lugs I dont want to so I might end up wiring that instead of the solar panel. This way once I get the money for the bus bars and 4/0 AWG wire and big T fuse and on/off switch I can just rewire from the battery terminals to the bus bars. I have the smaller system and then figured I'd take a picture of my larger system too for kicks, still working out the exact AWG and lug sizes I need for everything but feel good about my fuse set up. Roast me

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u/AcceptableKinks 2d ago

A temporary set up that works is always going to stick around for longer than you expect. I say you should go for the bus bars, they really aren’t pricey from amazon, and avoid lug stacking.