Powerpole connectors Re: [ICOM] PS85 Power Supply

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

I'd recommend getting a patch panel made from Anderson Powerpole 
connectors - they're rapidly becoming the defacto standard for D.C. power 
plugs - much like the Edison A.C. plug is in North America.

If you wire your car, boat, fixed and portable locations with Anderson 
Powerpole connectors, you'll be able to bring in the mobile radio into the 
shack, etc., or the shack radio to the car.

What this will offer is the ability to bring someone else's radio over to 
your house, etc.  Many emergency organizations have standardized on this.

See this page for a listing of worldwide agencies and amateur radio groups 
who use this connector:  http://www.powerwerx.com/registry.asp

What is so nice about them is that they're (um, is this politically 
correct?) genderless - so if you didn't follow the "females are always ready 
to be plugged into" system that is used in power distribution, and 
commercial sound systems where the the females are the only ones on the 
stage (speaker feeds are female ended, cables for microphones are female 
ended) - no problem - each plugs into the other - just match the RED with 
the RED and the BLACK with the black.  Different AMPERAGE plugs, the 15, 30, 
and 45 amp Powerpole jack-plugs (genderless, no?) are ALL mate with each 
other because the mating part is identical.  The larger than 45 ampere 
Powerpoles have larger mating parts and won't couple with the 15-30-45 amp 
units.

MFJ, PowerWerx and possibly others make patch panels for these units.

Great idea!

73
David N1EA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris BONDE" <ve7hcb at rac.ca>
To: "D C Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>; "ICOM Reflector" 
<icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] PS85 Power Supply


I use the Astron RS 20m with my old 756Pro and am more satisfied than the 
Yasue
switching.

Question, I have an IC power supply that I would like to use by modifying. 
That is
how can I obtain the plugs so that I can tap off 12v to run a tuner and a 
few other
things, just when I turn on the IC rig?  Now the peripheries are on but not 
the rig.

Chris opr VE7HCB

> I use the Astron SS-25 switching
> supply for my IC-746 and am very
> satisfied with the performance.
>
> Mac, K2GKK/5
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "K2SNJ" <k2snj at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] PS85 Power Supply
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:38:16 -0400
>
> I recommend you go with the ASTRON power supply.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Lon" <gregorylon at yahoo.com>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] PS85 Power Supply
>
>
>  > Is the PS85 power supply really as noisy
>  > as the review on eham says it is?
>  >
>  > I have an Icom IC718. I am using a Radio Shack
>  > switching power supply right now. This power
>  > supply is noisy (birdies, not fan noise).  So I was
>  > thinking about an Icom power supply. Since I
>  > have the IC718 I was thinking about the matching
>  > PS85 power supply.
>  >
>  > Anybody with real world experience with the PS85?
>  >
>  > By the way..... I love the IC718 !
>  >
>  > Thanks for your help.
>  >
>  > Greg
>  > WX0T
>
>
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