Specifications

Installing the Hardware
64 Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide
gauge negative (-) wires are connected to the X-Pedition 8600 DC power supply wiring block. See
Figure 28.
Figure 28. Splitting each source wire to two 12-gauge wires
An alternate method of wiring the X-Pedition 8600 power supply is to use a single set of 8-AWG
wires (+ and -) from the DC source, and then tie the X-Pedition 8600’s wiring lugs together: + to +
and - to -. See Figure 29.
Figure 29. Tying X-Pedition 8600 DC supply lugs together
From! - !48-Volt!
Source
From!
+ !48-Volt
Source
Conductive!
Splitter!Block
Conductive!
Splitter!Block
12-Gauge!Wire!(Black)
6-Gauge!Wire!(Black)
6-Gauge!Wire!(Red)
12-Gauge!Wire!(Red)
+
+
-
-
12-Gauge!Wire!(Black)
12-Gauge!Wire!(Red)
XP-8600!
Wiring!Lugs
From!True!
Ground
8-Gauge!Wire!(Green)
Both positive (+) and both
negative (-) lugs are tied
together with 8-gauge wire
To True
Ground
(Green)
From Power
Source
(Black)
From Power
Source +
(Red)
8-Gauge!Wire