You asked for bus bars to connect batteries, solar panels, grounds, and projects in general. BDBatteries looked high and low for an outfit that met both our "World View" and "the products you want". We wanted to find "CARBON NEUTRAL" production of all of these accessories. We now produce our own aluminum bus bars, in house, from recycled materials and biomass, and offer them directly to you. In addition, we believe we have found the perfect steel Buss Bars in RUFF STRAPS. Originally concieved as rough metal bars for welding, mending straps, and other construction purposes, we find them to be excellent bus bars. The fact that they too are made from 100% recycled material makes them carbon neutral as well.
Since we offer several different metals to choose from, we felt a little bit of discussion was in order. Made from a variety of the best metals one can acquire, RUFF STRAPS and BDBUSS bars come in Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, and Aluminum. The Carbon Steel Straps are the strongest, but should be coated or covered to avoid corrosion. The Stainless Steel RUFF Strap is an ideal buss bar for corrosive environments where the strength characteristics of aluminum are not adequate. Aluminum, the most conductive of our bars, is far cheaper than copper, but not quite as conductive. To help you with your computations, the link below to the wire gauge calculator, a conductivity of metals table below and resistance calculator for solid materials is included for your convenience. Use these tools to compare and contrast the conductivity of wire versus our bus bars. You will find it isn't hard to integrate the proper buss bar in your electronics application. Notice that each bar in our inventory is 2x as conductive as lead terminals would be on lesser batteries. Conductivity of Common Metals, Table of many common metal conductivity and resistance readings. Conductivity of Common Metals - Resistance of Metals Calculator. Wire Voltage Drop and Resistance Calculator.
What is a bus bar? A bus bar is a solid metal interconnection in a circuit. Simply hook lots of stuff up to one place, and call it a buss bar. They come in many shapes and sizes. The point is, electricity is conducted across a bus bar to one, or many wires. When Bus Bars are used between batteries, they are designed in for structural integrity. Copper wires can be used in addition to a steel bus bar, across the same connection (creating two electrical paths) to increase conductivity and reduce efficiency losses for steel connections required for structural integrity.
Metal Bar Conductivity and Efficiency Calculator
To over simplify this discussion for understanding purposes, the resistance, R, of a conductor is described by the expression:
R = pL/A
Where:R= (metal coefficient x length) / cross sectional area
See table to the left for metal resistance coefficients.
*Temperature, metal alloy, and voltages outside of the above parameters all play significant roles excluded in this Metal Bus Bar Conductivity calculator. Please consult an electrician or electrical engineer for your installation when in doubt. BD Batteries recommends all installations be done safely, and to code.
Nuts, bolts, washers, and drill bits are cheap, and readily avialable locally. We suggest using a drill press for ease, but a hand held drill works fine too. The steel above is strong stuff, we reccommend drilling a pilot hole, and then increasing the diameter of the hole to ease tooling. Remember to use water or cutting oil to keep everything cool.
Want to know more or see a bus bar in action? Click here for Buss Bars at RUFF STRAPS home page....
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You asked for bus bars to connect batteries, solar panels, grounds, and projects in general. BDBatteries looked high and low for an outfit that met both our "World View" and "the products you want". We wanted to find "CARBON NEUTRAL" production of all of these accessories. We now produce our own aluminum bus bars, in house, from recycled materials and biomass, and offer them directly to you. In addition, we believe we have found 
