[Elecraft] Astron VS-35M Powwer Supply V-

[Jim Brown]

On 4/11/2018 9:14 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> You can splice a short (3 to 4 inches) length of #12 wire to the #8 or 
> #10 wire and it will not have negligible voltage drop due to the short 
> length.
> Make certain you have a good tight connection at the splice point. 

Yes, lots of ways to skin this cat, depending on your needs and 
resources. Several vendors sell adapters with a "big" grey Power Pole 
wired with #12 pairs to four red/black connectors, and it's easy to 
build your own. I find #10 to be the largest cable that I can reasonably 
fit into the 45A insert, so I run twisted pairs of that.

I've seen statements that some of the Power Pole connector boxes have 
undersized circuit traces on the PCB that connects them. I use them only 
for accessories that draw relatively low current.

73, Jim K9YC