Chainbreaker
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Unfortunately, I never made a decision to convert any of my -002a units, yet that is, so I can't be of much help guiding you on using that drawing other than saying those are the wire #'s identified as to how the wires were hooked up on that Terminal Block he used.Thanks Chainbreaker. I might be asking you some questions later on about this drawing.
I also had a mouse set up home in one of my trailered units AC reconnection boxes & and it took out my wiring as well. Though I was very fortunate I had bought a spare AC reconnection box a few years back that I had sitting on shelf ready to swap out with the bad one.
FYI: For those facing potential mouse problems on these models (-002a/-003a), I put some metal hardware cloth all the way back behind the load terminals (secured with screws) so that opening in back was mouse proof. I'm speculating that the ~1" opening in back is to allow ventilation for any heat created by the transformers, etc. to vent out so that's why I used hardware cloth.
On my other 3 units I did a quick temporary "mouse deterrent fix" using 1" ID black pipe insulation tubes. I cut insulation to flap opening length & mounted lengthwise over flap lip to form a "C" & inserted in the opening where the wires enter the outside of the box & attach to load terminals. It conforms itself around the wires & seals up the opening pretty tightly. Though a determined mouse could chew through that stuff... however without the "enticing opening" or any smell of food inside there is not much motivation for a mouse to crawl up the side of box & chew through the foam. So far, it's working to keep mice out of my other 3 boxes. When I run those units, I temporarily remove the pipe foam to allow for heat dissipation if running for any length of time. I'll eventually retrofit those with hardware cloth or go the AVR retrofit route & get rid of the AC Reconnection box as you are in the process of & as others have done for reliability.
Also, setting out mouse traps near my generators has cut down on the mouse population but field mice always seem to send in reinforcements... so it's a constant battle when living in a rural area.
Below photo #3 shows how I used the pipe insulation foam sleeves on one of my generators AC reconnection boxes to deter mice from entering (the temp fix).
The other 2 photos show the install of the hardware cloth installed inside another generator's AC reconnection box that I have configured to exit out of the top of box to run wiring out to top of trailer bows & over to my onboard spider box. I also had some plastic gutter screen stuff laying around & decided to use to close off the flap gap to prevent mice from entering & building a nest by load terminals or chewing those wires. Though not very likely they would hang out by the load terminals, but I feel better knowing a "do not enter mice not welcome" barrier is up regardless.
Anyway, hope this helps others to mouse proof their -002a/-003a AC reconnection boxes if you're not doing a full on AVR conversion.
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