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Ron3rd
Explorer III
Jul 17, 2014

Wiring Samlex PST-300 Watt Inverter; ran into a snag!

My trailer's pre-wired with #6 wire for an inverter. I'm installing a Samlex 300 watt inverter and notice screw terminals are too small to accept #6, so I need to come up with a solution to step the ...
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Ron3rd
Explorer III
Jul 17, 2014
2oldman wrote:
Ron3rd wrote:
... if you wiggle the wire at all it pops out. .. connection is very weak due to the small set screw. .
For any long-term operation I think you're going to have to mount the inverter securely, and do a very careful job of strain-relief on the cables.


That's what I'm going to do. Right now if you wiggle the #6 at all it pops out due to the small set screw.

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