I second that. I myself have found these little power pole connectors (which are recommended by emergency groups) to be a bit too delicate for me. And if improperly built, will have little or almost no contact tension at all. Honestly I was a little shocked when I started seeing these little buggers marketed for emergency amateur radio purposes. The bright side I see in that is everyone can connect with minimal fuss. But if the connectors were improperly built, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few of these tapped up during a real disaster in order to keep them from falling out of their other mating half.
For years, I myself have utilized the larger SB 50A Anderson connectors on my primary Amateur Radio (TS-450 / IC-910) and Solar system at my home QTH. Now try and pull those babies apart. Talk about contact tension. You can't accidently tug on you power harness and pull these apart. One more thing, my jaw dropped when I had built my K2-100W. It uses a chassis mount variant of the tiny power pole connectors out from the rear of the unit. Well, just my two cents. Paul Metzger K6EH ------------------- On Mar 24, 2007, at 06:42, Tedd Doda wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:01:17 -0000, skipp025 wrote: > >> I try not to use the small powerpoles any more.. the smaller made >> power-poles don't have adequate contact tension/pressure and have >> been real trouble makers for me. > > *Smaller* being what Skipp? I've had excellent results using > the 30 amp contacts on equipment that pushes the current > rating of these to the limit (and then some). > > Tedd Doda, VE3TJD > Lazer Audio and Electronics > Baden, Ontario, Canada > > www.ve3tjd.com (personal) > www.eraradio.ca (Linked repeater system) > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
