[Icom] DC Power Connectors (Original Subject was Icom] IC-706 Power Cable)

[Jerry Flanders]

Woody,

Sounds like you have bought them. Does the "DC30-10 30 AMP, 10 Pair Bag - 
$9.00" (plus the shipping) order actually give me ell the bits and pieces 
for 10 black and 10 red wires (10 radios)? I'd like to get a check in the 
mail while I am thinking about it.

I checked out the  http://www.dcpwr.com/standard.html  pages. I was about 
to get out the checkbook and order 10 of these when I realized maybe you 
have to order different bits and pieces and assemble them to get a 
conventional connector ready to use (They list all the bits and pieces 
separately). I tried to verify on the factory pages, but can't find a 
description of the part I think you are referring to (DC30-10).

Jerry W4UK


At 00:31 1/9/03 -0500,you wrote:
>David wrote:
> > On the recommendation of a buddy, I did this even cheaper.
> > I bought a pair of 30 amp 110 volt in-line power connectors at Home Depot.
> > Something like $5 or less each. I use the 3-prong ones with the two blades
>that > are purpendicular to each other so you can't accidentally plug the
>radio into a
> > standard 110v outlet that has the parallel blades. Super cheap, easy to
> > find, and work great.
>
>
>Sorry David, but at $10 a pair for the 120 VAC, 30 Amp connectors that you
>purchased at Home Depot, you could have bought 10 PAIR of the Anderson
>PowerPole 30 Amp connectors, for only $9, for all 10 pair of connectors.
>
>Check out: http://www.dcpwr.com/standard.html and follow the links for
>pricing and specs.
>
>The Anderson website is: http://www.andersonpower.com/products/pp/sp.html
>
>The are extremely reliable, very inexpensive, and have become the ARES
>standard connectors in many parts of the US.  These connectors are widely
>used by UPS manufacturers where reliability is mandatory.  According to the
>DC Power website, the Anderson PowerPole has become the ARRL standard
>connector.
>
>The Anderson PowerPole is a Genderless design, that prevents connectors from
>being mated incorrectly.  The connectors can be stacked in any numbers of
>rows and columns for color coded multi-contact connections.  The connector
>pins can be crimped easily with a common "Sta-Con" or Electrician's type of
>crimping tool.
>
>73,
>
>Woody
>KJ4SO
>
>
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