DIY MC-4 Connectors- 2nd Photo Added
I suppose everyone knows about these except me until today, but in case anybody does not, here it is. There is a Male and Female version, so you need one of each to join your wires to the panel ...
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Here you can sort of see the little spreaders on the pin that go in past a catcher inside the housing. Once past that catcher ring, you can't pull it back out, because of the spreaders (whatever they are called)
The white piece is to keep the end from squeezing in too much when you screw on the end piece.
Also shown is an actual MC-4 on a cut-off pigtail from a previous panel I did. It is all glued together so there is nothing to undo. You can use the cut off one but would need to wire nut or somehow otherwise connect the wire to another wire.
First step is to mark the positive panel pigtail near its MC-4 with red tape. Once the panel is lying down, you might not be able to tell which is which of the pigtails sticking out.
EDIT--OOPS! The new panel has different MC-4s on its pigtails, that do unscrew. (I didn't unscrew them all the way to see inside.)
