Solar charging of primary battery

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I purchased some of those a few weeks back in preparation for my solar setup.

I have both insulated and uninsulated bootlace ferrules. If buying uninsulated ferrules, a bell housing at one end makes life much easier.

The best bootlace ferules are copper with tin coating, not brass with tin coating. Copper is a better electrical conductor.

You also need to make sure the ferrules and the crimper dyes can handle the size of the wire you are using with the Victron. I have had to finesse this in the past. From memory 4 sided crimps fit better into the Victron, at least the one I have.

I even use the tool to make my own bootlaces! Which is why they are called bootlace ferrules. That was the original purpose.

 

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I ended up drafting a basic guide to bootlace ferrules here (and avoid some mistakes I made along the way):

Guide to bootlace ferrules

These are bootlace ferrules: Ferrules are used to crimp stranded wire ends and improve electrical connections. They also protect the stranded wire ends from damage, if it is screwed down (lik…

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