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<blockquote data-quote="boltonsparky" data-source="post: 74360" data-attributes="member: 4678"><p>Terminate the cables and put them in next to each other as said above (1st reply). The dome on the end of the terminal screw sits and tightens down onto the cables far better than if they were twisted thus is far less likely to come loose than if the cables are twisted.</p><p></p><p>I come accross far more twisted loose/burnt out connections than untwisted.</p><p></p><p>When terminating single cables make the bared cable twice as long and double it over (flat). Long nose pliers are good for this. Put the doubled cable into the terminal so that the loop of the terminated cable is going in the clockwise direction so when tightening the screw it pulls the cable in instead of pushing it out if you get what I mean, hard to explain without a diagram.</p><p></p><p>I never double over if there's two cables going into one terminal though, you'd have the equivalent of four cables in there and the screw never seems to sit down on them well if done like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boltonsparky, post: 74360, member: 4678"] Terminate the cables and put them in next to each other as said above (1st reply). The dome on the end of the terminal screw sits and tightens down onto the cables far better than if they were twisted thus is far less likely to come loose than if the cables are twisted. I come accross far more twisted loose/burnt out connections than untwisted. When terminating single cables make the bared cable twice as long and double it over (flat). Long nose pliers are good for this. Put the doubled cable into the terminal so that the loop of the terminated cable is going in the clockwise direction so when tightening the screw it pulls the cable in instead of pushing it out if you get what I mean, hard to explain without a diagram. I never double over if there's two cables going into one terminal though, you'd have the equivalent of four cables in there and the screw never seems to sit down on them well if done like that. [/QUOTE]
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