You can bet that I'll have cords  permanently attached to both the power
supply and any device that I wish to operate off of it and those cords will
have plugs that can only be plugged in one way.  I have too many stupid
attacks to have to think about polarity every time I hook up something or
just move it.

The more I learn about thee things ahead of time the more problems I can
avoid when I do eventually set it up.

Yes, there is a lot to be said about standards.  Especially for simple
things that aren't going to change like 12 volt devices.  I would think that
the motor home industry would have standardized on a 12 volt power plug by
now.  They have to cador  to people with a lot less savvy than any of us.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: QRP note


> because there really is no standard for plugs officially for that stuff,
> as
> well as it helps you hook up what ever you want to it though many of us
> use
> the Anderson power poles,  just make a short run of wire off the power
> supply with a power pole on it if you want to only use 1 radio or as I
> did,
> I got a device called the rigrunner made and sold by west mountain radio
> in
> CT, kind of pricy but it allows for plugging in many things to a strip of
> Anderson power poles, all outlets fused and everything, I converted over
> to
> that setup a short time ago and it was by far the smartest thing I've done
> in a long time, my mobile can run in the house and vice versa, my portable
> stuff will be setup that way so if my power supply dies, the smaller one
> for
> portable can take over in a pinch, that really should be the official
> standard but it's only the standard that I know of, in RACES/ARES.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: QRP note
>
>
>> Are you guys saying that power supplies have terminals instead of goof
>> proof
>> plugs?  If so , why!?
>>
>