T6.1 under bonnet electrics

[Pedro20001]

Hi all, I need to add another +12v feed from the starter battery terminal , what's the best way as there isn't much room available underneath the nut on the terminal. Any suggestions please? It's a 2021 t6.1. Thanks in advance

 

[Deaky]

Add another fuse and connection in the E box?

is it a heavy load? Could you add a new fuse to the fuse box inside the van or piggyback an existing

 

[Pedro20001]

Hi , it's for adding fog lights with a relay. Led bulbs so guessing about 70w total so around 6 amps? .its a travelinlite kit so harness is all included but I still need to fit a switch inside the van as its a startline. Cheers matey

 

[Deaky]

Personally I’d connect that to the fuse box under the dash with either a new fuse or piggyback an existing one. If you didn’t want to do that then you could use the e-box on top of your starter battery. Have a look at this thread.

T6.1 battery removal / access fuse box

I am in the process if planning a leisure battery install and dc-dc charger. However firstly I cant work out how to remove the battery to get access to the bulkhead grommets. Secondly is it possible to take power from the fusebox that is on top of the battery. I seem to have some of these unused.

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[Pedro20001]

Personally I’d connect that to the fuse box under the dash with either a new fuse or piggyback an existing one. If you didn’t want to do that then you could use the e-box on top of your starter battery. Have a look at this thread.

T6.1 battery removal / access fuse box

I am in the process if planning a leisure battery install and dc-dc charger. However firstly I cant work out how to remove the battery to get access to the bulkhead grommets. Secondly is it possible to take power from the fusebox that is on top of the battery. I seem to have some of these unused.

www.t6forum.com

Nice one Deaky, that will help tidy up the other wires I have attached under the terminal nut! (Horn relay, dc to dc feed and lazer lamp relay feed) I presume they can all be connected to individual terminals under that cover?

 

[Deaky]

I think so, looks like each terminal is fused at 100 or 200a so what ever you connect should have it’s own inline fuse. All of the unused studs should be live.

 

[Pedro20001]

Fab matey, will do. Thanks for your help.

 

[roadtripper]

So I've been considering adding a BM2 and a CTEK connector to my single battery MY21 T6.1 Caravelle with the thought of possibly mounting the CTEK 10A charger there as a basic 12v only EHU.

Lots of folks seem to use the space around the battery like this but mine doesn't seem to have the partition that I see in many example pictures, possibly they are T6?

Instead I seem to have this small box where the front half of the partition would be, pointed at by the multimeter probe. Unscrewing the two wing nut bits I can't actually get the lid very far open as it fouls on the clip on the side of the coolant tank (slow clap VW) but there seem to be fuses in it? Can anyone identify what it is?



My assumption is that the best ground is still one of the bolts on the inner wing? This seems to get same voltage reading as the battery terminal and has a zero resistance when I checked it on the multimeter.


Finally what is this on top of the battery? Opening it up it looks like a bus bar unit, but each terminal seems to have a current rating stamped on it. Is it just a bus bar with ratings or is it some form of last ditch fuse? Would I be OK taking a positive feed for the BM2/CTEK from one of the spare terminals - as then I can avoid disturbing either of the main battery terminals?

 

[Lightrofit]

First box a fuse box. Fuse box SB.

Second one is also a fuse box, SJ.