Fused DC Power Distribution Boxes

[Stephen]

Does anyone have advice about a good, enclosed, individually-fused DC power distribution box in either kit or assembled form? I will need one during POTA and SOTA outings with my Discovery TX-500 and Mountain Topper MTR-4b, v.2.

[K0RGI]

West Mountain Radio's Rigrunners are very nice and would likely serve you well. I use a 6-port version in my shack and an earlier 5-port version with a 14AH LifePO4 that I use for longer portable outings such as Field Day. Both have individually fused PowerPole outlets and are built like a tank.

72, Jim - K0RGI

[SkipRD]

Like Jim K0RGI, I also use a Rigrunner for my POTA battery box (see picture below), but the Rigrunner might be bigger and heavier than you want for hiking and/or SOTA-type activations. There are smaller distribution boxes with individual fuses, like this one for example: https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/12v-d ... strip.html, but I'm having a hard time finding any in-stock. If you don't need individually fused outputs, it's possible to use any widely available 4-port block (like this: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/sbm-4-way-kit or this: https://powerwerx.com/4-position-powerp ... tion-block) and put a single inline fuse on the input. Just an idea.

Anyway, here's the Rigrunner I use. I like it because it also has a couple USB ports for keeping the phone charged, etc.:

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73 Skip K4EAK