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Apexium 280ah Enclosures

Beware I woke up to the burning smell of plastic. These are the connectors that are provided with the Apexium DIY box. I asked for the name of the manufacturer and a spec sheet but neither company can provide any information, Please beware of the knock off connectors!

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Ouch... Any idea how many amps the inverter was pulling when that happened?
How long ago did you contact them?... It bothers me that these boxes have no breakers or "hard shut-off" other than having faith in the bms to never fail.
 
Ouch... Any idea how many amps the inverter was pulling when that happened?
How long ago did you contact them?... It bothers me that these boxes have no breakers or "hard shut-off" other than having faith in the bms to never fail.
They have an internal fuse
 
They have an internal fuse
Yes, saw on the build sheet its a 400 amp fuse plate, but in situations like this one might want a lower amp breaker, or at least a quick way to DEFINITELY cut the power besides relying on the soft keys to shut down the BMS... Seeing some EEL models that have a nice physical DC breaker that has that comforting satisfaction when you flip it off.
 
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Beware I woke up to the burning smell of plastic. These are the connectors that are provided with the Apexium DIY box. I asked for support from Apexium and Jenny and they provide no support at all.
So they provide the connector and you provide the wire? Did you have to crimp the indented piece to create the assembly?

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That "crimp" is not looking very pro to me. Wonder what tool they tried to use. I bet money it was not a hydraulic crimper.
The crimp looks good, Everyone is trying to put fault on the crimp. Please look at the pictures of a new connector! The force required to crimp the wires was used. Some people think that if I was just tug on the wire it would fall out. This is not the case.11.jpg12.jpg4.jpg
 

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