Good point and for hobby use (ie. Amateur radio, time nuts pursuits etc.) I can see this being a consideration.
That being said in my prior day jobs where we had various solar panel, battery, charge controller, AC powered charger, load combinations etc.. as far as I can recall I never encountered equipment that allowed for that specific use case via hermaphroditic connectors. It is still a good point however. Mark Spencer [email protected] 604 762 4099 > On Jun 22, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > No one has brought up the issue of hermaphrodicity, so > I will. Only PP's are hermaphroditic. Why does this > matter? It matters in the case of a battery. A battery > is both a power source and a power sink. In the PP > system, you can make a 3 way connection between a > power source, a power sink, and a battery, where > the battery float charges on the 12V bus it is connected > to. Non-hermaphroditic connector schemes do not allow > a 3 way connection. Attempting to do a work around > would require fabricating a special 3 way harness, > which would not be idiot proof. > > This is the fundamental reason for using PP's. > > If you never use batteries, then all the other > gendered connector schemes are fair game. > > As far as connectors pulling out is concerned: > use a cable clamp to strain relieve the connection. > > Rick N6RK > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
