Proper Wire Terminal For Oriental Terminal Blocks
You've seen them. Center screw with corrugated like flat tab washer beneath. Screw head uses that goofy straight blade phillips combo.
I'm supposed to attach a pin to the largest wire that will fit the pin (14 AWG) then push forty amps through this terminated pregnancy of a connection?
What am I missing? On Meanwell and Megawatt 400 watt power supplies I came off of EACH screw with a hand formed Y copper strand wire with wire strands soldered and had to make a Triple 14 gauge wire to single cable junction in order to get a pair of 10 gauge wires as main power connections. One and a half hours to connect a single feed terminal block output is stupid.
I used the so-called-pins under the nn washer screws. Neat. They clamp down on a 45 degree angle and under high power they are guaranteed to thermally loosen (been there done that in excess of a dozen trials) Tighten the screws reasonably well and the pin flattens.
Dumb and dumber design wouldn't be an issue it there are alternatives. There aren't. Push 40 amps through a single terminal and then touch it. Prepare to have flesh fused to frying pan terminal.
#2 spade by 16-14 AWG would work. Where does a person look for this terminal?
I'm supposed to attach a pin to the largest wire that will fit the pin (14 AWG) then push forty amps through this terminated pregnancy of a connection?
What am I missing? On Meanwell and Megawatt 400 watt power supplies I came off of EACH screw with a hand formed Y copper strand wire with wire strands soldered and had to make a Triple 14 gauge wire to single cable junction in order to get a pair of 10 gauge wires as main power connections. One and a half hours to connect a single feed terminal block output is stupid.
I used the so-called-pins under the nn washer screws. Neat. They clamp down on a 45 degree angle and under high power they are guaranteed to thermally loosen (been there done that in excess of a dozen trials) Tighten the screws reasonably well and the pin flattens.
Dumb and dumber design wouldn't be an issue it there are alternatives. There aren't. Push 40 amps through a single terminal and then touch it. Prepare to have flesh fused to frying pan terminal.
#2 spade by 16-14 AWG would work. Where does a person look for this terminal?
