The Electrical System

Well it's still peeing rain out so another mod I did a long time ago.  I wanted to make some additions to the 12v electrical system, first of which was some USB ports.  When I examined the wiring, I found this:

It's not a very good picture because I took it long ago with the intent of documenting how everything fit together, but that is no less than all six negative leads going into a single, gigantic wire nut.  Half of those wires had NO slack in them, so any attempt to make changes would have resulted in the need for three baby-sized hands to piece this back together again.

The solution? A bus bar.  From Amazon, where else?

Now every negative lead has its own connection and can be connected or disconnected independently.  I used a small amount of wood glue to tack down a couple of wood blocks and then screwed the bus block into that (I didn't want to screw into the floor directly in case I broke the waterproof seal). Plenty of slots left for all the new electronics I want to add.