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Offline HooRideTopic starter

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Relocating high amperage power supply output
« on: November 30, 2019, 07:36:19 pm »
I found a NiB Agilent N5764A for so cheap I couldn't help but buy it. Now, I'm wondering if anyone has any clever ideas on how to route the rear-mounted buss bar outputs of the supply to the some easy to connect/remove posts I can mount to the underside of my lab bench.

The supply is capable of 20V 76A but realistically, I'll be using it for less than 30A. Also, I'd be nice to route the sense wires to the new posts as well.

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Re: Relocating high amperage power supply output
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2019, 07:46:42 pm »
That shouldn't be difficult at all. You can buy heavy wire at a good hardware store or automotive/4x4 shop, the sort of thing you'd use to wire up things like starter motors, winches and audio amplifiers. They will also have crimp connectors suitable for large heavy wires. Given the remote sensing capability you might not even need anything crazy, 6AWG copper wire is good for 101A in chassis wiring, which is effectively what this will be given the short distance.
 

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Re: Relocating high amperage power supply output
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2019, 08:00:23 pm »
That shouldn't be difficult at all. You can buy heavy wire at a good hardware store or automotive/4x4 shop, the sort of thing you'd use to wire up things like starter motors, winches and audio amplifiers. They will also have crimp connectors suitable for large heavy wires. Given the remote sensing capability you might not even need anything crazy, 6AWG copper wire is good for 101A in chassis wiring, which is effectively what this will be given the short distance.

Thanks for your reply james_s!

Sorry for not being more specific.  I have plenty of cable and crimp connectors and am more interested in the binding post hardware itself. I'm envisioning 2 heavy-duty posts for negative and 2 for the positive rail on an 'L' bracket I can mount to the underside of my bench. If something could be purchased instead of made, that'd be preferred.
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Re: Relocating high amperage power supply output
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2019, 10:27:09 pm »
Ah, yeah I don't know, I'm sure somebody out there must make a product like that. If it were me I'd just get a piece of aluminum angle stock and drill a few holes to install binding posts and screw that to the underside of the bench.
 


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