Should I replace the OEM SAE connector
I was reading another thread about the OEM 2-pin connector and it sounds like they are not a good idea. I used this connector when I mounted my 200w of panels, I just built a short SAE to MC4 cable an...
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Not sure how many connection/unconnection cycles an SAE connector is rated for. I once used them widely but they would loosen up, then start heating up, then loosing connectivity. The 10 AWG ones would heat up to finger burning hot at 25 amps when new, and stinky melted plastic hot after several dozen cycles.
I now use Anderson Powerpoles in pretty much exclusively the 45 amp rating/size, but these are less water resistant than SAE connectors. In such areas requireing prevention of moisture intrusion, I use 'Amazing goop' on the backside of the powerpole connectors where the wire insulation meets plastic housings to seal them from the elements and fill the business end with Dielectric grease.
If this SAE connector is connected and disconnected frequently and is asked to pass more than 12 amps, a better connector is in your future. So i recommend having one on had when it becomes flakey, or attending to it sooner, when it is convenient to do so, and not an 'emergency'
I now use Anderson Powerpoles in pretty much exclusively the 45 amp rating/size, but these are less water resistant than SAE connectors. In such areas requireing prevention of moisture intrusion, I use 'Amazing goop' on the backside of the powerpole connectors where the wire insulation meets plastic housings to seal them from the elements and fill the business end with Dielectric grease.
If this SAE connector is connected and disconnected frequently and is asked to pass more than 12 amps, a better connector is in your future. So i recommend having one on had when it becomes flakey, or attending to it sooner, when it is convenient to do so, and not an 'emergency'
