[Elecraft] bad choice: Anderson PowePole connectors

[Phil Kane]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:32:57 -0500, Craig Rairdin wrote:

>I've never understood the fascination with these connectors.
>They seem rather flakey and cheap to me. You don't always get a
>solid connection. They move around too much especially with a
>heavy-conductor wire hanging off them. If you're going to depend
>on a friction fit, then give the thing some friction.

  The moving-around-factor and reliability was,  in my case,
  cured when I learned to do proper crimps with the proper tool.

  The "problem" with keeping the two mating connectors together
  is easily solved by using a neat little clip that's in the
  Anderson line which clips over both connectors in a tight fit
  and also has the advantage of a postage-stamp-size flat surface
  where one can mark the circuit name and power flow direction
  with a white or silver "Sharpie" or as I use, paint pen.

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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402