Skipp, I had some (small connectors) that were made by TYCO and they seemed to have a much better spring in them and it took a lot more force to pull them apart. I suspect that soldering them may cause some of the problem, so I now have the "proper' crimp tool. When you solder them the solder tends to "wick" back in the wire making the connection much stiffer.....
John VE3AMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "skipp025" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A Home Brew 224 MHz Repeater Project. - (anderson power poles revisited) > > Hi Martin, > > I normally would crimp and solder the wire into the small > power pole connectors at fixed station (not moving and > vibrating) locations. > > The intermittent was the contact(s). The contact pressure > wasn't consistent and the finger "tong" would bend with > simple force. > > After the second extra long service call drive to find > the intermittent power connection (wiggle to restore power), > I jerked them all out and never looked back. > > Don't have the problems with the larger power pole > connectors... just the smaller ones that tend to be popular > with the Amateur Radio (Ham) crowd. > > cheers > skipp > >> "rahwayflynn" <mafl...@...> wrote: >> Re your problem with the Power Pole Connectors: Was the >> contact itself intermittent or the wire / contact crimp? >> >> I have yet to have a prblem with them in DC service, however >> for signal and data, I generally use Amp CPC series. >> >> Martin > > >> > "skipp025" <skipp025@> wrote: >> > >> > I stopped using small Anderson Power Pole connectors >> > because of all the grief they caused me on the commercial >> > radio side of my life. A lot of people like and use them but >> > I don't trust or use them anymore after a few 10 hour days >> > sourced back to intermittent small power-pole connectors. >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
