[RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

David Katz dkatz at aeesolar.com
Sun Apr 11 16:04:33 PDT 2010


The MC3 tool works great on the Amphenol pins.  The MC4 tool definitely 
will not work

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Drake Chamberlin wrote:
> Rebekah
>
> Will my existing MC 4 crimping tool work with the Amphenol connecter?
>
>
> At 10:43 AM 4/11/2010, you wrote:
>> Hi Jay!
>> I bet it does! What a freakin racket mc had going!
>> Looking forward to battery lab this summer!
>>
>> Rebekah Hren
>> (336)266-8800
>>
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2010, at 10:37 AM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com 
>> <mailto:jay at asis.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> HI Rebekah,
>>>
>>> The most amazing thing is that the tool is only $100 even on this site.
>>> Since the parts are interchangeable, then does this tool work for 
>>> the MC as well?
>>>
>>> jay
>>>
>>> peltz power
>>> On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Rebekah Hren wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Wrenches,
>>>> After the MC4 shortage update a few weeks back I started scouting 
>>>> for parts.
>>>> Amphenol showed up as a compatible connector that can mate with MC4 
>>>> - apparently Suntech d series modules are switching to Amphenol.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone used/seen these? What do you think the implications 
>>>> might be for connecting an MC4 to a non MC4 (supposedly these mate 
>>>> perfectly and have been tested to have no higher resistance than 
>>>> MC4 to MC4)?
>>>>
>>>> Here's a supplier page: 
>>>> http://sg.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=en/543752.xml
>>>>
>>>> I have a pdf of the announcement from Suntech with more info, can 
>>>> email on request.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rebekah Hren
>>>> Durham NC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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