For the fine wires, before crimping I slide a short length about half
to 3/4 inch length of shrink tubing with a diameter just big enough to
fit over the crimped end on each lead then I slide another piece of
shrink tubing over both wires about 2 inches long and slide it out of
the way for now. once the crimp and soldering is done I slide
the short tubing so that it is just covering the crimp then shrink it
then I slide the terminals into the connector body and join the two
together and line them up. Then I slide the longer shrink that covers
both wires as close to the APPs as I can and shrink it. It makes a
tidy strain relief As a side note I never use the pins to hold the
connector pairs together I find that they can still come apart
Crazy glue does a much better and more permanent job.
73 Dave VE3DVY
. On 4/24/2013 17:20, ab2tc wrote:
Hi all,
I have recently converted more or less completely to Anderson Power Poles
for all my power supply needs. I use an 8-way "hub" from Powerwerx as my
"distribution center". No fuses as the switching power supplies are current
limited and probably failsafe in the event of most electrical component
failures. For the big stuff, radios with #12 power wires I am not worried
about the lack of strain relief on the connectors. But for the flimsy power
cables supplied with accessories like my KAT500, LP-100A, Lantronix serial
servers I am. Has anybody found a good solution for this? Should I just fill
the back of the connectors with epoxy or is there a better way?
Knut - AB2TC
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