Combining in a HU361 disconnect
 
            
                
                    SolMan                
                
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                    I want to use a Square D HU361 DC disconnect as a combiner for 3 12 volt strings.
I want one set of conductors coming out to my Prostar which can only take one string.
Since this is a 3-pole switch and I can only double-lug the poles (not triple-lug), can I do something like this, or is this a silly idea:
2 strings come into pole #1, single wire out and circle back into pole #2.
1 string goes into pole #3, comes out and goes back into pole #2.
Pole #2 outputs a single, larger wire to the Prostar.
10 AWG in. 6 AWG out to Prostar.
Am I nuts?
                        
        
        
      I want one set of conductors coming out to my Prostar which can only take one string.
Since this is a 3-pole switch and I can only double-lug the poles (not triple-lug), can I do something like this, or is this a silly idea:
2 strings come into pole #1, single wire out and circle back into pole #2.
1 string goes into pole #3, comes out and goes back into pole #2.
Pole #2 outputs a single, larger wire to the Prostar.
10 AWG in. 6 AWG out to Prostar.
Am I nuts?
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