MarcusOReallyus
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Nice! Very clean work. We'll make an installer out of you yet!View attachment 610746
pay no attention to the wire colors, they were made in china and I think they are purposely messing with my head. power to turn on the relay is yellow and ground is red power into the switch is black
For myself, no way would I use something with non-standard color coding. I'd pay twice the amount to have standard colors. That's asking for headaches down the road.
Also, get some dielectric grease on all those connections, including the ground. Exposed to the weather like that, you are going got have problems pretty quickly if you don't. Be generous with it. Pay no attention to the people who have just enough knowledge to be dangerous who will tell you not to use it because it's an insulator. That's what it's made for, and it's required in many applications, including aerospace, telecom, and military applications. Some folks like to use something like NoAlOx, and that's fine for single-purpose connectors (like a ground point), but NEVER use it where there are multiple connections.
One last thing - don't rely on a screw's threads to make your ground point. It will work fine for a while, but it's not the best connection. Scrape the metal down to bare shiny metal, and use a connector ring and a toothed lock washer on that beast, liberally coated with dielectric grease before you screw it in place. If you can get to it, slap some grease on the screw where it protrudes on the back side.