[Elecraft] Alternatives to PowerPoles?

[Sandy]

Some time ago, I had standardized on the standard size 4 pin flat Molex 
connector.  On low drain (less than 10 amps peak) I just used two pins, 1 
and 4.  For high drain 100 watt rigs, I used all 4 pins, 1,2 in parallel, 3 
and 4 in parallel.  This worked fairly well and everything I had used these. 
The Anderson connectors seemed much more compact and I have had no troubles 
except trying to mate Tyco "AMP" copies with the APP connectors.  I found 
the Tyco stuff's quality was very poor compared with Anderson.  I have had 
NO troubles with the roll-pins keeping the connectors from sliding apart.  I 
usually crimp mine using a "universal" AMP hand tool I've had for years. 
You have to be careful after crimping and pay attention that the tongue of 
the connector isn't bent up or down too much to allow the spring in the body 
of the connector to function properly.

I've converted everything to them and they have worked well for me.

73 to all,

Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:07 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Alternatives to PowerPoles?


> In a message dated 4/6/08 11:00:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> k4vud at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>> APPs are bad design, bad technology, just bad.... why?
>
> What would you use instead? Particularly given the desire for a genderless
> connector that can carry considerable current (20+ Amps)?
>
> Not trying to argue, just wondering about alternatives. Ten Tec and some
> others use Molex but they're not genderless, they're one-use, etc.
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
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