New Years Surprise, Burnt Solar Wiring
yesterday solar yeild was low..for a sunny day Today about noon i open the bay to check the watt meter NO amps no voltage, display on the 2000e showed ZERO's grabbed the Fluke and read 20.00vdc...
Forum Discussion
CA Traveler wrote:
Somewhere on these boards there was information on using a round crimped copper tube to wires that go into set screw type connects. I'm interested in upgrading mine to this type of connection vs just using a bare wire end.
Anyone know where to find that information?
They are called pin connectors. I made my own by modifying heavy duty tin plated ring terminals. The only issue I foresee is whether they will be long enough to reach past the controller's plastic housing and into the screw connector?
http://www.digikey.ca/product-search/en/connectors-interconnects/terminals-wire-pin-connectors/1442847
Be careful, many are aluminum, not copper. This is why I chose to make my own.
Also, consider the unit's screw connector, itself. Is it one that would receive a u-shaped terminal ring,
http://www.connector-terminal.com/U-shape-terminal-connector-DJ441A-5B-wire-crimp-terminal.html
...or one like on the powermax converters, that is essentially a set screw that smushes whatever is placed under it?
