[Elecraft] 8 AWG adapter

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Soldering is an option if you don't have a crimping tool. 


"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Hammond
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:23 AM
To: KM5Q; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 8 AWG adapter

Hi Windy:

>Those short #10 pigtails need to be very flexible. You can go to a car 
>audio shop and by extremely flexible wire by the foot. If it almost 
>fits the connector, snip off a few strands.
>
>The stuff I got is "speaker cable" but I use it for power leads. Very 
>nice.

I used a 4"-6" length of #10 RED-BLK power cable (from somewhere unknown)
which was quite flexible and worked great.  And all(!) of the wire strands
fit nicely into the trough of the 45A connector.

I used the West Mountain Radio crimper and it did a really nice job on the
45A (and other sizes) of connector. It would probably have choked had I
tried to use it on #10 solid copper and possibly on hard-drawn copper, just
Like Tim, KA0OUV, noted.  I've not broken any dies... yet!  <G>

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS

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