EMS Installation Question
When installing a Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C are there any negatives to completely removing the heavy shore power cable and just use romex from the plug to the input of the EMS and then wire in ...
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myredracer wrote:GrandpaKip wrote:
If you think about contact area of electrical connections, all you really need is the equivalent of the cross section of the wire. I would be more concerned with the capture ability of the flat spots. A simple way around that is to whack a flat spot in part of the wire to sit on the flats.
I suppose you could do that and may be better than not doing anything, but stranded would still be best. Hammering copper conductors isn't exactly standard industry practice...
I agree about the stranded wire. Any wiring I do in the camper is stranded, AC or DC.
A slight flat spot also keeps the wire from rolling to one side in some lugs when tightening.
