/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2757390
The problem are the currents involved. This shit can draw 12-13 amps easily, and for extended periods of time.
Not only do I doubt these screw terminals to be rated for that much but it's very easy to make a bad connection or just have it come loose during transport, or thermal cycling like in my case.
Now, you would never guess what I found under the screw terminal.
Yep, that's the footprint for a high current DC jack.
Fucking chinks cheaped out massively.

That being said I too was a fool for believing that installing ferrules = no more bad connections. Risk of house fire is more or less the same, ferrules or not.
A better advice would be to check the connections periodically.