So I'm finally getting to the point where I would like to bypass the OEM Shutoff Switch and was wondering if the electrical experts here can fact check my plan in doing this. It almost seems to straight forward to the point that I wonder what I'm missing. With the addition of my new shutoff switches the original is now redundant, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but with its location and the tendency for the key to get knocked into when loading and unloading the passthrough it makes sense to me to skip it altogether at this point, while leaving it just in case I need it down the road.
The following is the schematic to my OEM automatic breakers for a point of reference.
Now for what I am planning to do, which includes:
1. Disconnect the red wire running from Breaker #1 going to the OEM shutoff switch,
2. Disconnect the black wire running from the OEM shutoff switch to Breaker #4,
3. Move the Black wire running to the Distribution center from the Power (P) post on Breaker #4 to the Load (L) post on Breaker #1,
4. Install a new copper busbar that would extend to all four breakers, and
5. Flip Breaker #4 to connect its Power post to the new busbar and switch its position with Breaker #3. My thought behind switching these two breaker positions is to simply move the smaller 15amp breaker to the position that is furthest from the primary battery power connection to the busbar.
Unfortunately I still have several lines that I haven't had an opportunity to trace out to know for sure where they are going and what they currently power. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Brian
The following is the schematic to my OEM automatic breakers for a point of reference.
Now for what I am planning to do, which includes:
1. Disconnect the red wire running from Breaker #1 going to the OEM shutoff switch,
2. Disconnect the black wire running from the OEM shutoff switch to Breaker #4,
3. Move the Black wire running to the Distribution center from the Power (P) post on Breaker #4 to the Load (L) post on Breaker #1,
4. Install a new copper busbar that would extend to all four breakers, and
5. Flip Breaker #4 to connect its Power post to the new busbar and switch its position with Breaker #3. My thought behind switching these two breaker positions is to simply move the smaller 15amp breaker to the position that is furthest from the primary battery power connection to the busbar.
Unfortunately I still have several lines that I haven't had an opportunity to trace out to know for sure where they are going and what they currently power. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Brian
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