Connecting 10AWG wires to PCB

My general strategy for dealing with vibrating wires is to provide strain relief. I would consider adding holes in your PCB specifically for wire retention, like in the image below. You can use superglue or a potting compound to adhere the wire to the PCB to further prevent the solder joint from vibrating and failing.

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Ferrules on each conductor, then into spring cage connectors on the PC board.

I do a lot of work on very large earth-moving machinery and the field techs tell me that connections done that don't ever fail.

I've since started using those spring-cage terminals on some of my products and have had zero failures since going to them.

The following link shows Phoenix rail-mount terminal blocks but will allow you to find PC mount variants.

https://www.phoenixcontact.com/online/portal/ca?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/caen/web/main/products/subcategory_pages/Spring-cage_connection_P-15-03/c252a030-3764-4828-a692-d0ba1dd45a27

Sorry for not enclosing the link in the proper hyperlink format but I can't find how to do that on my new phone.


Can't you just use a Faston? They'll do AWG 10.

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