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Unfortunately, I never made a decision to convert any of my -002a units, yet that is, so I can't be of much help guiding you on using that drawing other than saying those are the wire #'s identified as to how the wires were hooked up on that Terminal Block he used.Thanks Chainbreaker. I might be asking you some questions later on about this drawing.
I also had a mouse set up home in one of my trailered units AC reconnection boxes & and it took out my wiring as well.
FYI: For those facing potential mouse problems on these models (-002a/-003a), I put some metal hardware cloth all the way back behind the load terminals (secured with screws) so that opening in back was mouse proof. I'm speculating that the ~1" opening in back is to allow ventilation for any heat created by the transformers, etc. to vent out so that's why I used hardware cloth.
On my other 3 units I did a quick temporary "mouse deterrent fix" using 1" ID black pipe insulation tubes. I cut insulation to flap opening length & mounted lengthwise over flap lip to form a "C" & inserted in the opening where the wires enter the outside of the box & attach to load terminals. It conforms itself around the wires & seals up the opening pretty tightly. Though a determined mouse could chew through that stuff... however without the "enticing opening" or any smell of food inside there is not much motivation for a mouse to crawl up the side of box & chew through the foam. So far, it's working to keep mice out of my other 3 boxes. When I run those units, I temporarily remove the pipe foam to allow for heat dissipation if running for any length of time. I'll eventually retrofit those with hardware cloth or go the AVR retrofit route & get rid of the AC Reconnection box as you are in the process of & as others have done for reliability.
Also, setting out mouse traps near my generators has cut down on the mouse population but field mice always seem to send in reinforcements...
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Below photo #3 shows how I used the pipe insulation foam sleeves on one of my generators AC reconnection boxes to deter mice from entering (the temp fix).
The other 2 photos show the install of the hardware cloth installed inside another generator's AC reconnection box that I have configured to exit out of the top of box to run wiring out to top of trailer bows & over to my onboard spider box. I also had some plastic gutter screen stuff laying around & decided to use to close off the flap gap to prevent mice from entering & building a nest by load terminals or chewing those wires. Though not very likely they would hang out by the load terminals, but I feel better knowing a "do not enter mice not welcome" barrier is up regardless.
Anyway, hope this helps others to mouse proof their -002a/-003a AC reconnection boxes if you're not doing a full on AVR conversion.
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