Thanks, I will try this option, were you able to get 8 gauge wire in the terminal? Did you crimp? or Solder?
I removed the yellow plastic and pried open the terminal just a little to insert the 8 awg wire. Then I closed the terminal around the wire but did not crimp and I saturated it really good with solder and a powerful soldering iron. The ones with the yellow plastic still on them are 10 awg.
Looks good! Make sure the bolt is really tight. Hopefully your crimps are really good too⌠I prefer solder but if the crimps are good you should be fine.
I am thinking a nylock nut or double nut should be used or some blue loctite
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I think higher torque is more effective than nylon lock. Nylon lock works good for applications where you canât torque the nut tight. It wonât hurt though.
Carful with loctite not to contaminate the connectors.
The only thing I remember about nuts from machine shop in high schoolâŚ
Coarse threads for needed strength conditions, fine threads for high vibrations conditions.
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Nyloc isnât used for electrical connections normally as the nylon could melt if the joint gets hot.
Very good point!
Thank you for that knowledge.
I am liking the blue gel stuff â holding well and not runny like the liquid red stuff I have used in the past so you dot need to worry about it running off the threads.
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Doing some research on terminal connections, the pros recommend using flange nuts as the base nut to compress the terminals together better. 
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I believe they make bolts like that too⌠otherwise the nut flange wonât have any surface opposing it.
Actually⌠if you look at the picture the nut covers almost the entire connector anyway.
