In the past I installed quite a few power poles with a crimper that was not designed for it. Then a friend bought the purpose-built crimper, which I borrowed several times. HUGE difference. Makes it almost fun! My dear wife took note of this, and conspired with my friend to get one under the tree last Christmas. Now we're all happy. The purpose built crimper is much faster, but more importantly it makes much better quality connections, and they always slip easily into the plastic housing because the crimps are perfectly formed. Proper tools are well worth the investment ( as is my dear wife). 73 de W0ZF On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 11:46 AM Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote:
> One more option—Powerwerx has pre-made cables and will make custom cables. > > https://powerwerx.com/adapter-extension-cables < > https://powerwerx.com/adapter-extension-cables> > https://powerwerx.com/custom-dc-power-cables < > https://powerwerx.com/custom-dc-power-cables> > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > > On Dec 21, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > wrote: > > > > I use PowerPole connectors for all DC wiring, not only in the shack, but > also throughout the house, and including the dozens of accessories and > appliances that run on outboard DC supplies. While a "proper crimper" is > helpful, I've installed hundreds of pairs of power pole connectors using > nothing more than a soldering iron, needle-nose pliers, and a good bench > vise. The bench vise holds the cable in place while I'm soldering. I use > the needle-nose pliers to carefully crimp the biggest (30A) pins. I don't > crimp the smaller pins. I do tin the copper before soldering. > > > > The 30A pins are the only ones that are difficult, and then only when > fitting big wire into them. I use stranded cable for DC power wiring; for > the few that are #8, I remove a few strands at the connector to make it > fit. I then carefully re-twist it and tin it before crimping with the > pliers. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > On Wed,12/21/2016 6:01 AM, Ray Sills wrote: > >> If you are going to use Andersen Power Pole connectors, you have to > commit to getting a proper (yes, a proper) crimper. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dave.w...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
