[Elecraft] bad choice: Anderson PowePole connectors

Stuart Rohre rohre at arlut.utexas.edu
Wed Jul 18 18:00:14 EDT 2007


Binding posts (American models), are only rated at 5 Amps in standard 
Laboratory 5 way size.

Properly assembled Anderson Connectors with their clip do not move around. 
They are silver plated, a big plus over other available power connectors. 
The contacts are self cleaning each time they are plugged in.  The contacts 
are typically much larger  than most contacts on the market save military 
and undersea connectors, which are beyond most ham budgets.

They are far superior to the old Molex type connectors of  tin plated brass 
that hams used and abused for portable connections.

There are some German connectors that are very strong, but I do not know of 
their world wide availability.

-Stuart
K5KVH 




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