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Anyone good at electric?

Started Jun 19, 2020 | Discussions thread
Entropy512 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,016
Re: Anyone good at electric?

nonproshooterdad wrote:

I gave up already. I finished the welding and my efforts didn't pay off. It didn't work. The welding work is pretty hard. I don't need the LED, don't need the fume, they make things complicated.

I am thinking to buy another one. I bought this one in eBay because of its high amp number. Others seem too delicate.

I was thinking to buy another compressor instead. But I don't use the car so often now because the pandemic. I have time. So I can make another attempt.

Let me know if you have any recommendations. Thanks.

Don't always believe specifications. As the poster indicated, the design of this is such that the high amperage specification is questionable due to the spring carrying current.

I know I found a reasonably well-designed plug somewhere, but it's been nearly a decade since I replaced the plug on a thermoelectric cooler and I don't remember where I got the replacement. I'm pretty sure it was using screw terminals or crimps for the high-amperage wiring.  As I said, I've generally moved to using Anderson Powerpoles, and an off-the-shelf (from a trusted source, Powerwerx) pigtail to go from a cigarette lighter socket to Powerpole.

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