[Elecraft] Power Cable Challenged People

[Lee Buller]

I spent the evening working on a new power cable for my K2/100-KAT100 combo.  It looks like crap, but it seems to work.  This does not look professional at all and I an wonder what other people do to make this look like a 2-year old didn't put it together.
 
The upshot of all this (don't you like words like "upshot?") was that I got a new Astron Switching Power Supply at Daytong for a goooood price.  Well, the connectors on the back are not binding posts so my old cables would not work without cutting off the ends.  The new PS just uses a straight wire pushed in a hole and then a set screw tightens down from the end.
 
So, getting ready for FD, I started making me a new power cable with Anderson Power connectors...if which I combined 12 gauge and 18 gauge wire coming out of Anderson connector for the KAT100.  I put in an inline 20 amp fuse holder for the K2/100 and a smaller fuse holder for the KAt100.  Just trying to make it easier to use in the field.  The 12 gauge is feeding the K2/100 - but then I have some #18 wire tied to the connector going to the KAT-100 with a fuse in line also.  I think I've just repeated myself.  Ok?  Clear?
 
Well, to make a long story even longer....it all came out looking like crap.  I works!  But, it looks like a 2-year old did the work and I don't thing the 2-year old was human.
 
Anyone have some words of wisdom and how to make a better mouse trap...uh power cable?
 
Lee - K0WA
 


Common sense is in short supply - get some and use it.
If you can't find any common sense, ask for help from 
somebody that has some common sense. - Lee Buller