I've seen poorly made Chinese made clones that were junk, and I've seen the real Andersons that almost needed Channelocks to pull apart. I've also seen ones with defective plating and insufficient spring tension get so hot they melted the bodies.
You get what you pay for. If all you've seen is the clones, then you experience will tell you that yes, they are junk. BTW the Johnson 8655 900mhz mobiles have a set of chassis mount Powerpoles mounted in the back panel. Really surprised me the first time I saw them. And Eric's suggestion about pre-gluing the bodies is a good idea. Mike WA6ILQ At 08:41 AM 03/24/07, you wrote: >What is the problem? The directions say, "Push in until they click". How >hard is that? The little ones go together just like the big ones. Anybody >with one eye and half sense can do it. They are the greatest thing to come >along since caned beer. I use West Mountain rig runners in my truck, in the >shack, & in my travel trailer. I've never had any problem. > >Fred N4GER > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Metzger >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Power-Pole connectors NOT for power > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
