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Re: (ET) Oops, I melted the connector



Actually the Anderson SB50 and PowerPole 75 series connectors (same terminals different shells) are UL rated  to carry up to 120 amp (6 awg) and hot plug 50 amp (250 cycles).

A contactor is definitely needed. Personally, I consider any connector under load an emergency disconnect, not a switch. I would run the negative terminal of the Anderson to battery pack negative and the positive terminal to the tractor's PTO contactor (not the dryer plug).

Tim M

On 11/13/2019 9:51 PM, David Roden wrote:
On 13 Nov 2019 at 21:16, Chris Zach wrote:

Um... no. The power drain was for the whole tractor. Deck, drive motor,
and blower. Somehow I doubt it's pulling that much.
Ah, OK, that's not quite so bad.  But I suspect that you're still drawing
something in the 80-100 amp range through that 50 amp connector.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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