[Elecraft] Power Pole Query

Tue May 6 11:17:04 2003

What I have done in the past is fold the wire over on itself, crimp then 
solder, 
Has worked pretty well for me. However this will not work with small solid 
wire. 

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Jack Brindle wrote:

> After hearing the raves about the Anderson power Pole connectors (and 
> noting their use on the KPA-100) i decided to pick up some of the 
> things along with a power distribution kit at the DX Convention over 
> the weekend. The connectors are supposed to be used with fairly large 
> wire, from 12 to 16 AWG. My question is how people handle connecting 
> the things to smaller size wire such as is commonly used with 
> barrel-style connectors. That wire is too small to nicely crimp/solder 
> into the Power Pole, even if doubling it. Should I just go ahead and do 
> that, or is an adapter needed, or just what should I do?
> 
> The nice compact size, price and availability of the connectors is 
> really nice, but it is a bit of a challenge to assemble them with 
> anything but large wire!
> 
> -Jack Brindle, WA4FIB
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