Breakers box and bus bars, round 2
Still scratching my head how to install 2 short insulated bus bars from Midnite Solar into "Big Baby" enclosure from the same Midnite. You people warned me that this Baby isn't big enough for 2 bars, now I believe it.
Here how I thought to mount it: one bus bar next to Din breakers, another one - across.
The red bus is in manufacturer's suggested location. The black bus is where I hoped to fit it - doesn't look good, no room to put the wires in either black bus or Din breakers on the left end.
My choices:
A) Mount red Positive bus in the box, and put this fancy $12 insulated black Neg bus on the wall next to the box, and cover it with some yogurt cup. It's Neg anyway, not much danger of short. Dammit, could've bought $3 terminal in Home Depot, maybe even with cover.
B) Try and return Big Baby box with Din breakers to Az WindSun, lose half of the money between shipping cost and possible store fines, and order a 1" longer MNEDC box. Same width, 1" longer. Squeeze that black bus where I wanted. Still a bit cramped. Also, this longer box is for panel mount breakers, I'm not familiar with those but it seems that to do anything on them, you have to unscrew them all from the box cover. Din breakers look like easier to access.
I think - plan A?
Here how I thought to mount it: one bus bar next to Din breakers, another one - across.
The red bus is in manufacturer's suggested location. The black bus is where I hoped to fit it - doesn't look good, no room to put the wires in either black bus or Din breakers on the left end.
My choices:
A) Mount red Positive bus in the box, and put this fancy $12 insulated black Neg bus on the wall next to the box, and cover it with some yogurt cup. It's Neg anyway, not much danger of short. Dammit, could've bought $3 terminal in Home Depot, maybe even with cover.
B) Try and return Big Baby box with Din breakers to Az WindSun, lose half of the money between shipping cost and possible store fines, and order a 1" longer MNEDC box. Same width, 1" longer. Squeeze that black bus where I wanted. Still a bit cramped. Also, this longer box is for panel mount breakers, I'm not familiar with those but it seems that to do anything on them, you have to unscrew them all from the box cover. Din breakers look like easier to access.
I think - plan A?
