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Any one used an affordable 24V for 200A bus bar? (No problem finding 12V, but no low cost 24V). Any pointers will be appreciated.
Found very good price on amzn.com, but different responses as the spec sheet says 12v, whereas a user says 24v works fine. No response from seller, of course.
Unless the Bus Bar has some sort of switching incorporated in it then I can't think why it would be limited to 12V and not be able to safely work on 24V systems.
Does it have fuses with it? These could have a Voltage rating, but should be fine up to 24V.
Do you have a link to the product that you can share with us?
bluesea makes busbars that they rate to 48VDC. If its purely passively with only the conductor and connection points, agree that "up-rating" to 24VDC is unlikely to cause issues.
The BlueSea 250A/48VDC 4 x 5/16-18 stud m/n 2127 MSRP is $56USD. A quick on line search shows them available for as low as $32USD.
A DIY bus bar with an insulated base would be difficult to produce for that cost.
For a Bus bar there is really no voltage limit at all, (except insulation quality on the mountings)
They all would be OK at under 50v as the insulation on them and they would all be rated to 50v, the amps is the MAIN issue you should be looking at as this is what they are sized for.
200amp is the same for 12 volt 24 36 and 48, ( thats unless there is some fancy switching included which would be very rare.)
