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SELTERM 4/0-XL 3/8-Inch Cable Lugs

The XL lug purchase is a separate entry in my connection-hardware kit. Naming both the barrel format and stud opening helps distinguish it from the other large ring terminals.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.
The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.

The item in my kit

I bought SELTERM 4/0-XL 3/8-Inch Cable Lugs as part of my camper van equipment.

The XL lug purchase is a separate entry in my connection-hardware kit. Naming both the barrel format and stud opening helps distinguish it from the other large ring terminals.

Where it fits my build

I brought the roof light wires and camera cables into a PVC conduit layout. That work included drilled enclosures, threaded fittings, cable glands, solder-seal splices and grouped wiring.

During the small-box stage, I drilled for a male PVC fitting and used a fitting inside as a retaining nut. I routed the camera cable through a gland into a tee and brought the light-wire groups toward the van entry.

A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.
A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.

My build notes

The wiring project was a sequence of individual connections and routes. The photographs show the intermediate stages, including open boxes and wrapped wire groups, before the remaining covers and conduit joints were finished.

I built the cable route a section at a time, bringing local connections into the larger conduit system.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

Ancor offers a standard 4/0 lug with a 3/8-inch opening, while the other SELTERM purchase uses a 5/16-inch opening; barrel format and stud hole differ across these products.

Ancor 4/0-AWG 3/8-Inch Cable Lugs

Ancor 4/0-AWG 3/8-Inch Cable Lugs

These tinned copper lugs terminate 4/0-AWG cable at a ring connection. The ring opening is sized for a 3/8-inch stud.

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SELTERM 4/0-AWG 5/16-Inch Cable Lugs

SELTERM 4/0-AWG 5/16-Inch Cable Lugs

These tinned copper lugs have 4/0-AWG cable barrels and 5/16-inch stud holes. Their flat ring ends provide bolted cable terminations.

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Questions from my build

What connected the roof equipment to the van entry?

A PVC conduit layout with boxes, fittings and cable glands.

What did I do at the small junction box?

I drilled the box for a threaded PVC fitting and arranged the light-wire connections inside that part of the route.

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