You are kidding, right?
First, use busbar. Available at all supply houses.
Second, WOOD? WTF?
You are kidding, right?
First, use busbar. Available at all supply houses.
Second, WOOD? WTF?
For anything other than a test/breadboard, wood is not suitable for this service. Then again, someone who's using hanger strap for buss bar might not realize the implications of this.
For anything other than a purely temporary test setup, I would definitely want to use proper terminal blocks, or bus bars drilled and tapped for machine screws (with crimped lugs on the wires.)
Even for a temporary test setup, I'd be very reluctant to use the hanger strap material as you suggest. I would be very slightly less reluctant to use the copper hanger strap instead of the galvanized version you suggest.
If you have too many wires in a Marr connector (and the manufacturer specifies how many wires of what size are permissible in each size connector), you can use several Marr connectors with jumpers between them to keep within the suggested limits for the size you are using.
Long exposed 120VAC busses are EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS!! And busses using wood screws into wood are WORSE!
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