krby
Solar Enthusiast
For my mobile electric generator, I'm considering having the battery in a separate container from the inverter/charger and other electronics. To make make setup and teardown easier, I'm looking at high current connectors for connecting the 24V battery to an inverter charger. I'll have a 200A fuse, and 2/0 AWG wire (I've oversized a bit here, I expect nothing more than 100A continuous) I'm familiar with the Anderson Power Poles 15/30/45 connectors, so I went linking to see if they had anything that could handle 200A. I don't need to actually connect/disconnect that much live current. I'll have a disconnect switch I would switch off before touching this connector.
So far, I'm looking at:
Any advice on these or anything else that will do the job is appreciated.
So far, I'm looking at:
- SB350 housing with a pair of 2/0 contacts. This is a BIG connector. The data sheet says a mated pair is about 7.2in" long
- SB 2/0 housing with a pair of 2/0 contacts. This is sized like the SB175 connector, which is about to be 5.25" long for a mated pair. This looks sort of new and is harder.
- A pair PP180 housings with 2/0 contacts. This housing looks like a scaled up version of the traditional PowerPole housing. Looking at Anderson's data sheet, I can sort of infer it'll handle at least 200A using the 2/0 connector. Mated, these are about 5.5" long. From what I can tell, the 2/0 contact this housing uses is the same as the one for the SB 2/0 housing.
Any advice on these or anything else that will do the job is appreciated.
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