[Elecraft] Molex vs Anderson PowerPole for power connectors

[Larry Cahoon]

Let me second that on the Anderson PowerPole.  I have moved over to them 
and they are very good.  My source is at 
http://www.powerwerx.com/powerpoles.html

About the same price, I think they do a bit better with the photos and have 
a good bit of the technical details.  I have found it very easy to put a 
set together.  This place also has a 15 Amp versions that I didn't see 
mentioned at the site John uses.

One nice thing about them is that the housing for the 15A, 30A, and 45A are 
all the same.  the only difference is in the contacts you solder the wire 
to.  The contacts are designed for varying wire sizes. But they are 
designed so you can plug the 45A connection into a 15A connection.

73 de Larry.........WD3P in MD
http://www.qsl.net/wd3p/

At 03:29 PM 4/7/2002 -0400, kc4kgu@EnterZone.Net wrote:

>Might I suggest to ANYONE who is considering using Molex power connectors
>that you investigate Anderson PowerPoles first.  They *are* the
>ARES/RACES/MARS standard, are genderless and will handle up to 40Amps.
>
>See the following links for information on PowerPoles and ARES/RACES:
>
>http://www.westmountainradio.com/linksrr.htm
>
>You can get 100-pair of 30A powerpole connectors at West Mountain Radio
>for about $70.00.  That is more than enough for most amateurs to retrofit
>ALL of their 12v equipment, make 12v extension cords, cig
>lighter-to-powerpole adapters and powerpole to cig lighter socket
>adapters, powerpole to bananna jack, etc, etc, etc.
>
>http://www.westmountainradio.com/order_us48a.htm