MC4 Solar Connectors. Good & Bad ??
I know the MC4 parallel connectors are different in quality, because when one broke for no reason last year, the replacement was much heavier in the center section where it broke, Now today I had the...
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Tools ???
For taking them apart ?.....as in replacing them ? For just separating them as in disconnecting, I see no need for a tool. Now when it comes to taking them apart,.....like getting that metal connector out, (the one that snaps in) I never could figure that out, so just chopped them off. I would investigate the tool, but doubt I'll be messin w/ them any more. Something I like about the soldered/liquid rubberized connection better. At least if any panel ever drops off line, I won't have to wonder about a bad connection.
The broken MC4s, are my very first failures of all the inexpensive China equipment I have bought, including panels and controllers.
For taking them apart ?.....as in replacing them ? For just separating them as in disconnecting, I see no need for a tool. Now when it comes to taking them apart,.....like getting that metal connector out, (the one that snaps in) I never could figure that out, so just chopped them off. I would investigate the tool, but doubt I'll be messin w/ them any more. Something I like about the soldered/liquid rubberized connection better. At least if any panel ever drops off line, I won't have to wonder about a bad connection.
The broken MC4s, are my very first failures of all the inexpensive China equipment I have bought, including panels and controllers.
