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Yes, that's exactly how I would do it.

I'm in a similar situation as OP and could also benefit from clarification (I'm shining the timselectric bat signal). I have an off...

Tiny zip tie around the wires, slide terminal on then snip the zip tie. Video (with obnoxious music)

I’m using ones similar to what you linked, with heat shrink. I bought a pack with various sizes, but I think those Wirefy ones should be...

Designing and building my solar system has pretty much been my primary focus for the past 6 months. I don't feel like I'm ripping...

Oh that's what those things are I keep seeing in people's builds. Zip tie mounts. Didn't know what they were. Looked for them at the...

I used zip tie mounts that are screwed into the top of the plywood box lid, like these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078P8TPPZ. It's nice...

I used two slightly different approaches (based on the lugs I had on hand at the time): on the B- side I crimped each wire to a lug, and...

If you're using Victron Venus OS and a software dev, I can imagine that you could build something quite elegant with the amount of data...

Is there some kind of forum award for this level of patience? Robbob and Hedges o7

I think you guys are overthinking this.

Finally after 18 month I've completed the installation of my DIY off-grid system. It was an incredible amount of work, much much more...

Stacked busbar is in parallel, decreases resistance. The second busbar has contact resistance in series, so maybe: 0.0001 ohm busbar ||...

You laugh but look at the number of posts in the Up in smoke section that are caused by bad connections!

No actually I was gonna just kinda lay the nuts on top of the lugs gently without actually tightening them, and put a tortilla between...

Don't read too much into this. It can be increasing resistance, but it may not be significant assuming you're doing it right. For...

I stacked 2 bars to get enough mass for 300 amps. edit to add, Blue Sea and BEP make link bars and joiner bars that are a little more...

I'm curious about this as well. I just wired up my system and I'm not using fine stranded wire like they recommend. This sounds a bit...

My point is that everything has resistance. The reason you want to minimize the number of connections in your system is because every...

I’m at the hooking up panels phase and I’ve managed to confuse myself. The 10 gauge wire I’m seeing for use with panels doesn’t appear...