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Manufacturer Resources
Product Specs
- Connection Type:
- Compression
- Country Of Origin:
- United States (US)
- Insulation Material:
- None
- Product Group:
- Wire Connectors & Terminals
- Product Type:
- Pin Terminal
- Selling Unit Of Measure:
- each
- Surface Finishing:
- Bare Body, Tin-Plated Pin
- Type2:
- Wire connectors
- Wire Size:
- #2 AWG
- Department:
- Electrical
- Product Subgroup:
- Lugs & Terminals
- Product Size:
- Pin 3 Inches
- Product Material:
- Aluminum
Blackburn PTG 2-3 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) What wire size does the Blackburn PTG 2-3 pin terminal take?
The PTG 2-3 is sized for #2 AWG conductor. It is an aluminum-body pin terminal, so it works with aluminum or copper #2 conductor where the connector is rated for it. One conductor per terminal, and it is sold each.
2) How long is the pin on the Blackburn PTG 2-3, and will it reach into a breaker lug?
The pin measures 3 inches, which is the long-pin version used where the terminal has to pass through a deep lug or reach into a panelboard or breaker terminal barrel. If your lug only needs a short stab, the 3 inch pin will stand proud of the terminal; trim is not something you do to a plated pin, so pick the pin length to match the lug depth.
3) Is the PTG 2-3 a compression or a setscrew pin terminal?
Compression. The conductor barrel is crimped with a hydraulic or battery-powered compression tool and the correct die for #2 AWG aluminum, not tightened with a setscrew. If you need a mechanical connection you can install with a wrench, this is not the part.
4) Why use a pin terminal on aluminum service conductors instead of landing the wire directly?
A pin terminal converts a large aluminum conductor into a solid pin so it can land in a lug or breaker terminal that was never sized or listed for that aluminum cable. On #2 AWG aluminum feeders into meter sockets, panelboards and breakers with small or copper-only barrels, the PTG 2-3 gives you a pin the lug can actually clamp on. The pin is tin-plated for the termination; the body is bare aluminum.
5) Does the Blackburn PTG 2-3 come insulated or with a cover?
No insulation on this one. The PTG 2-3 has a bare aluminum body with a tin-plated pin, so any insulating or covering at the termination has to be added in the field with heat shrink or tape per your installation.
6) Do I need to add joint compound when crimping the PTG 2-3 on aluminum?
Blackburn PTG aluminum pin terminals are factory filled with oxide-inhibiting compound, so the barrel is already prepped for aluminum conductor. Wire brush the conductor, seat it fully in the barrel, and compress with the die called out for #2 AWG. The answer applies to the aluminum body of the connector, not the tin-plated pin, which lands dry in the lug.
7) Is the Blackburn PTG 2-3 made in the USA?
Country of origin is the United States. That matters on public and institutional work with domestic-content requirements, and the MPN to put on the submittal is PTG 2-3.
8) How is the PTG 2-3 packaged, one per pack or in bulk?
Sold as each, so order one terminal per conductor you are terminating. On a three-phase-plus-neutral feeder in #2 aluminum, that is four pieces.
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Does the Blackburn PTG 2-3 come with a warranty?
Absolutely. The Blackburn PTG 2-3 is backed by a manufacturer’s warranty.
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