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Re: pic: Someone tell me what THIS is!

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Originally Posted by heritageorchard View Post
Has anyone found a keyed connector that can take 12 gauge wire?

My thought was to mount pigtails on the talons and use two different keyed connectors to help prevent this (happened twice to us).
You can do this with the small Anderson Powerpoles. If you take a close look at the housings, you'll note that rather than mounting them side by side, you can attach them together with one of the two rotated 90 degrees. If you do that consistently, you've effectively made a keyed connector.

I've generally found that enforcing color coding and having an experienced second set of eyes check wiring before conducting smoke tests is good enough, but it's an option.
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