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HowTo: 4-channel SSR to go with the controller in the "How To"
( Sean Bowf)
Step 6 : Preparing the wires and the outlets
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| | I cut off about 24 inches of wire off the computer end of the cord I use. This wire is used to connect the outlets together, and to connect the outlets to the terminal block on the SSR PCB. There are three wires in the cord. I cut the black wire into four equal pieces, then I tin one end of each wire. By tin, I mean I cut a little of the insulation off the end of the wire, I twist it together, dip it in flux, then put some solder on it. This keeps all the individual strands together and makes them easier to use in the terminal blocks (see the before and after in the picture above).
The next step is to prepare the outlets. The outlets have a small tab of metal on both sides. This tab connects the top and bottom outlets together. This tab needs to be broken off on the "hot" side of the outlet. This should be the side with the smaller slot, or the right side as you look at the outlet from the front. I just grab the tab with a pair of needle nose pliers and bend it back and forth until it breaks off. This picture shows the outlets before and after the tab was removed.
You can see that the top outlet no longer has the tab, and the bottom outlet is "before modification." Make sure you only do this to the tab on the hot side of both outlets.
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