We've used APP connectors for over 20 years on Elecraft products. When properly assembled and inserted they're very reliable, not to mention intuitively color-coded. There is nothing covert about them.
I may be slightly biased by my fear of starting over with something else, with the resulting incompatibilities, discontent, and non-deleted expletives. W > On Jul 12, 2022, at 6:26 PM, Jay Rutherford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to flog this poor horse once more. My XT90 AMASS connector failed due > to not being completely inserted with the mate on a 52volt e-trike. It burned > up one of the conductors inside the female plug. > > I have never had a failure of an Anderson powerpole in many years of using > them. It is easy to see when they are not completely connected. > > Just to give a different perspective on the subject. > > 73, > Jay K3BH > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, at 21:19, jerry wrote: >> I had a PowerPole fail on me once. Dirt or corrosion on the one flat >> contact. >> Once was enough. Back in the day, I had standardized on double banana >> plugs. In 50 years of ham radio, I NEVER had one fail on me in any way. >> Only trouble with the double bananas is they're not keyed for polarity. >> I was always *very* careful about that. >> >> As a electronic bench tech back in the 70's, I had a lot of experience >> with test sets and connectors enduring thousands of cycles. The very >> best - most reliable - connectors all had a round pin in a round hole. >> All hail Augat machine sockets! >> >> The AMASS connectors feature a round pin that plugs into a round hole. >> It has just the right spring tension. They are polarized - you can't >> plug them in backwards. They are popular with the RC drone crowd, but >> are also making it into other equipment. >> >> I am using AMASS XT90 connectors on my kilowatt LDMOS linear project. >> >> - Jerry, KF6VB >> >> >> >> On 2022-07-12 18:06, Andrew Moore wrote: >>>> I have not found them to be reliable >>> >>> Just curious - can you elaborate and quantify? Bad solder joints? >>> >>>> AMASS connectors are far superior >>> >>> Superior for what? >> *** Superior for always connecting. >> >>> >>>> banana plugs are better >>> >>> Better for what? >> >> *** Same better. >>> >>> Thanks & 73, >>> -Andrew NV1B >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:46 PM jerry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2022-07-12 15:09, brianpepperdine brianpepperdine wrote: >>>>> HI. Well this is weird >>>>> It appears that the Anderson power power cable failed.... >>>> >>>> *** No surprise there. I personally do NOT like Anderson PowerPoles; >>>> I >>>> don't understand what people see in them. One flat contact that >>>> slip-connects to >>>> another flat contact. I have not found them to be reliable. >>>> >>>> AMASS connectors are far superior. These have a round pin that >>>> goes >>>> in a round hole. Heck, even banana plugs are better. >>>> >>>> - Jerry, KF6VB >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> Message delivered to [email protected] >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
