Hard to believe somebody is too lazy to use your pigtails. It would take less effort to use the pigtail than it does to cut the cable. I am all about being neat, especially with cabling. Great how to video!
We use wd40. That’s a great question. WD 40 the wd stands for water displacement … and is rated for cleaning and drying contacts. It works nicely and does not make the insulation gummy. I can tell you have a bit of experience with this connector if you are asking this question. Thanks for watching. Great question.
you can -- most of the connectors come with that piece of copper -- in my experience it works well without it, 4/0 2/0 -- I have also found on some old ones that i have disassembled that the insulation crack around this wire, I typically will use it on the smaller gauges to help take up space on gauges less than 2/0 so that set screws dont over set -- thanks for watching.
great question. - - on 4/0 and 2/0 cables I dont feel it adds any value and feel it wicks more water to the connection -- on smaller gauges I add the strain relief wire ---- thanks for watching
Electrician here. Definitely use a strain relief to help prevent tension on the copper. Customers are ruthless with cables so all the extra safety helps.
On 2/0 and 4/0 I don't add the solid copper strain reliefs. -- on cables small than 2/0 I add these strand reliefs (solid copper wire twisted to the sheath)
There are several types … some call it lmo, portable and some sell it under the sow designations. Some people even use 600 volt rated welding leads. Thanks for watching
I would agree, that would lead to lots less confusion …. People call them everything cam, cam lok, cam lock etc. Even the manufacturer will refer to them as cam. I honestly don’t know the proper term. Like in the power industry we call a L630 a 10/5 because it’s a 3 phase plug with 5 wires at 10 gauge. I don’t know the nema number for a cam lock power connector. Thanks for watching
Hard to believe somebody is too lazy to use your pigtails. It would take less effort to use the pigtail than it does to cut the cable. I am all about being neat, especially with cabling. Great how to video!
I don't think it's laziness, it ignorance in how camloc cable systems work a
Can you provide a recommendation for lubricating the contact surface of the male and female cam locks?
We use wd40. That’s a great question. WD 40 the wd stands for water displacement … and is rated for cleaning and drying contacts. It works nicely and does not make the insulation gummy. I can tell you have a bit of experience with this connector if you are asking this question. Thanks for watching. Great question.
Aren't you supposed to use the single copper 4 or 5in wire as a strain relief?
you can -- most of the connectors come with that piece of copper -- in my experience it works well without it, 4/0 2/0 -- I have also found on some old ones that i have disassembled that the insulation crack around this wire, I typically will use it on the smaller gauges to help take up space on gauges less than 2/0 so that set screws dont over set -- thanks for watching.
This was helpful thank you. Im new to all of this.
Glad it was helpful!
Why didn’t you use the strain relief wire?
great question. - - on 4/0 and 2/0 cables I dont feel it adds any value and feel it wicks more water to the connection -- on smaller gauges I add the strain relief wire ---- thanks for watching
Electrician here. Definitely use a strain relief to help prevent tension on the copper. Customers are ruthless with cables so all the extra safety helps.
What about the piece of wire included with the connector?
It's a strain relief, we don't typically use them on 4/0 cables, but we use them for 1/0 down.
shoulda put the fitting on first before stripping the wire. Where's the copper strand to tie sheath to copper??
On 2/0 and 4/0 I don't add the solid copper strain reliefs. -- on cables small than 2/0 I add these strand reliefs (solid copper wire twisted to the sheath)
Soow cable??.?????
There are several types … some call it lmo, portable and some sell it under the sow designations. Some people even use 600 volt rated welding leads. Thanks for watching
thats power lock not cam lock, cam lock is the connector on your fuel tanker
I would agree, that would lead to lots less confusion …. People call them everything cam, cam lok, cam lock etc. Even the manufacturer will refer to them as cam. I honestly don’t know the proper term. Like in the power industry we call a L630 a 10/5 because it’s a 3 phase plug with 5 wires at 10 gauge. I don’t know the nema number for a cam lock power connector. Thanks for watching