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Originally Posted by coopec43
I couldn't get the terminal/busbar that I was wanting from either Altronics or Jaycar so I went for a couple of these @ $8 each from Altronics. They are "machined brass"
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There's a couple of concerns with this type of bus bar on a
boat. The main problem is that this bus bar is intended for solid wire. With stranded wire, the screw end bears directly on the wire, which will potentially twist and break strands, and push some to the side. The other problem is that it's meant to be in an enclosure, so it's not protected from accidental contact with other metal. So another wire, or a stray tool could touch it and ground at the same time.
(ABYC doesn't like these for the above reasons)
The first concern can be mitigated by crimping on some ferrules...

... and the second by using a plastic junction box or by gobs of
electrical tape around the bar...
But after all this, it would have been simpler and faster to do something else, right?