Series 2280 Precision DC Power Supply Reference Manual  Section 2: General operation 
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Rear-panel output mating connector 
Available connections on the rear output mating connector include the output high (+), output low (-), 
sense high (+), and sense low (-) terminals. The rear output terminals accept wire sizes from AWG 20 
to AWG 12. 
 
Two-wire local sense connection 
You can connect a device to the instrument in a two-wire sense connection as shown in the following 
figure. 
Figure 24: Two-wire connection 
 
If you use a two-wire sense connection, you can use the offset function of Series 2280 to cancel out 
the wire resistance. For details, refer to Relative offset (on page 4-12).