I'm installing a new Multiplus II (12|3000|120-50) in our RV and unlike the regular Multiplus we have on our boat it has these spring loaded AC terminal blocks (no screws).
I'm finding them tedious to work with and wishing this thing had screw terminals like the old model. I'm using Ancor 6 AWG marine wire and I really have to hold my mouth right to get the connection made well with the soft finely stranded wire (and you can't really tell how well it's made, all you can tell is if it's captured). I get the wire started in the hole and then slip a small screwdriver into the release hole to ease the tension and then slip the wire the rest of the way.
There's no documentation in the instructions regarding these terminals. I have determined that about 7/8" seems to be an appropriate strip length.
I'm thinking these terminals are perhaps more appropriate for stranded THHN or something with a heavier lay than the marine wire. I'm wondering if a bootlace ferrule could or should be used with marine wire in these terminals?
Does anybody know the manufacturer of these terminals or can point me to any documentation about correct use of these terminals and what wire might actually be specified for them?
Any help or tips with using these terminals (correctly) would be much appreciated, I'm way more comfortable with screw terminals.
Thanks!
