Solar junction box

A solar junction box for a solar panel having at least one photovoltaic cell and a foil electrically connected to the at least one cell, the solar junction box comprising:

• a contact assembly having a base and a terminal held by the base, the base extends along a primary axis and a secondary axis generally perpendicular to the primary axis, the base having a mounting surface configured to be mounted to the solar panel, the base having terminal surface opposite the mounting surface, the base having side edges around a perimeter of the base, the base having at least one foil opening open through the mounting surface and terminal surface being configured to receive the foil, the terminal exposed beyond the terminal surface, the terminal having a protection device contact configured to be terminated to a protection device, the terminal having a terminating contact configured to be electrically connected to a terminating assembly, the terminal having a foil contact configured to be terminated to the foil, the foil contact being exposed from sides of the contact assembly for terminating the foil to the foil contact, the foil opening configured to receive the foil when the foil extends into the foil opening along the primary axis and the foil opening configured to receive the foil when the foil extends into the foil opening along the secondary axis;
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• a cover being mounted over the base and the terminal, the cover having walls defining a cavity receiving the terminal of the contact assembly, the walls covering the contact assembly from the sides of the contact assembly and engaging the side edges of the base to locate the cover relative to the base and relative to the terminal held by the base, the walls extending from above the contact assembly to below the contact assembly and being configured to be mounted directly to the solar panel.