[Elecraft] Molex vs Anderson PowerPole for power connectors

Sun Apr 7 16:32:00 2002

I have a friend who I told about the powerpoles and the RIGrunner about 2
months ago.  He didn't go for them at that time because he hadn't seen
them in use.  Once he saw them in action at shack, vehicles and office, he
was hooked.  That very same day, we replaced the Molex connectors in his
vehicle with powerpoles and he ordered 100-pairs and a RIGrunner for
himself.

Being able to use ANY powerpole cable with ANY other powerpole cable
allows total flexibility.  Cable not long enough?  Just put an extension
in line.  I use 10-guage wire and 45Amp connectors to make extensions so,
they can be used on anything I would ever need.

I haven't bothered with anything smaller than the 30Amp connectors
though.  Since I always solder the wires to the connector, it doesn't
matter if the connector is a little big for the wire and they will almost
ALWAYS be large enough for whatever purpose I'm going to use them for.  I
use the 45Amp connectors and 10-guage wire for patch cables though.

73 de John - KC4KGU
K2 #2490

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Larry Cahoon wrote:

> 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, [email protected] 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
> 
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