BFL13 wrote:
Yes the MC4s unsnap easily, but the metal pin in the ones I showed that you have to assemble onto a wire, have those little one-way grabbers that don't come back out once you shove them in.
The links I gave show a photo of the metal pin with its little grabbers, which keep the wire from being pulled out of the MC4 once assembled.
There might even be a proper name for what I am calling "grabbers" :)
ah, yes, now that I understand better, you are correct. once the pins go in the housing, they are almost impossible to remove. I say almost because there is a tool that will slide over the metal part inside the mc4 and push down to release the "grabbers" and let you pull the pin out. But it takes some finese and force to do it. So it's best to get the pins in the correct sex housing on the first try. Or your likely to have to cut the wire and repeat.!
