@MikeD your ears must have been burning today as expletives came out of my mouth lol, well I finally got round to extending the inverter cable replacing the 70mm2 for 95mm2 it wasn’t as straight forward as I was thinking.
I had two issues, the lug hole at the inverter had to be tapered front and back to allow the lug enough room that it doesn’t have to go in square and the lug just bumps on the thread ribs.
Got that sorted and thought it was smooth sailing good just to connect it to the Lynx distributor my Lynx distributors are the 8mm version, the lugs for the 95mm2 cable doesn’t sit under the mega fuse the lug was to tall so shaved it down just enough it clears the the mega fuses black housing.
Total length of the cable is 3.40meters round trip so well over spec now, which is the way I like it. Thanks for the advice
As we say in Fiji, Wananavu (wonderful).
Yes, I agree that the holes in lugs are not designed to let the cable / lug go on at an angle (in the vertical plane). For this reason, if the situation is tight, I will often use a slightly oversized lug - ie 10mm hole for 8mm bolt. However, your solution is just as good, and necessary when you have already crimped the lug. I like Victron’s approach on the smaller MP2’s where the case cable entry is open on one side to allow the cable lug to go on the bolt square, then worked into the final position. Hopefully this mod will be applied to all inverters.
