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Weewooday Covered Terminal Bus Bar

The Weewooday bar was one of my compact distribution-hardware purchases. Its mix of small screws and end studs differs from the all-stud layouts also recorded in the kit.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.
The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.

The item in my kit

I bought Weewooday Covered Terminal Bus Bar as part of my camper van equipment.

The Weewooday bar was one of my compact distribution-hardware purchases. Its mix of small screws and end studs differs from the all-stud layouts also recorded in the kit.

Where it fits my build

I brought the roof light wires and camera cables into a PVC conduit layout. That work included drilled enclosures, threaded fittings, cable glands, solder-seal splices and grouped wiring.

During the small-box stage, I drilled for a male PVC fitting and used a fitting inside as a retaining nut. I routed the camera cable through a gland into a tee and brought the light-wire groups toward the van entry.

A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.
A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.

My build notes

The wiring project was a sequence of individual connections and routes. The photographs show the intermediate stages, including open boxes and wrapped wire groups, before the remaining covers and conduit joints were finished.

I built the cable route a section at a time, bringing local connections into the larger conduit system.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

Blue Sea's 2301 uses a ten-screw common bus layout, while the four-post set concentrates connections onto four larger studs per bar.

Blue Sea 2301 Ten-Screw Bus Bar

Blue Sea 2301 Ten-Screw Bus Bar

This common bus bar provides ten screw-terminal positions on a shared conductor. Larger end studs provide additional cable connection points.

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Four-Post Covered Bus Bar Set

Four-Post Covered Bus Bar Set

This pair of covered bus bars provides four threaded connection posts on each bar. The posts have 5/16-inch stud threads for ring-terminal connections.

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Questions from my build

What connected the roof equipment to the van entry?

A PVC conduit layout with boxes, fittings and cable glands.

What did I do at the small junction box?

I drilled the box for a threaded PVC fitting and arranged the light-wire connections inside that part of the route.

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