Kent,

Different Steve here.  I was going to mention this, but you beat me to 
it.   I think it was Jim KY2D on one of our 40 meter things a couple of 
weeks ago  who mentioned he had gotten some of them  pre assembled. 
Sonicly welded or something.  It does take a few steps out of the 
process in not having to identify the red and black halves and putting 
them together properly.

I think I have enough of the loose ones to last a lifetime, but  would 
probably go that route if I were starting  from scratch.

73, Steve KW3A

On 6/6/2014 3:06 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> You can also get Anderson PowerPoles already assembled.  You just have to
> crimp the connectors onto your wires and insert them.  This would save
> sorting out which half is which.  They cost just a bit mnore but may be
> useful to you or others on the list.
>
> I got mine at QuickSilver Radio.  John is the owner, located somewhere in
> the northeast.
> Http://qsradio.com
>
> Kent Plemmons, KK4FFF
> Clyde, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>
> Howard,
>
> Your explanation has given me a pretty clear picture of what an Anderson
> Power Pole looks like, as well as how it works.  I've been wondering for a
> long time whether I should get some of these things, and your very lucid
> explanation has convinced me that I should.  Thanks for sharing with the
> list.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 20:57
> Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>
>
>> Dave,
>>
>> Take a look at one of the plastic housings.  One end is a little smaller
>> than the other end.  On the smaller end, there is a rectangle hole that is
>> off center.
>> Now, take another plastic housing and slide one small end in to the other
>> small end.
>> Since the rectangular hole is off center, one wall is thicker than the
>> other
>> side.  Orient one of the housings so that the thicker wall slides in to
>> the
>> hole in the other housing.  Do this without having installed the terminal
>> in
>> to the housings.  They will slide together very easily and will probably
>> fall apart if you point one down toward the tabletop.
>>
>> Now look at the larger end of the housings.  The hole in this end is
>> almost
>> round.
>>
>> This is the end from which you insert the terminal after it is crimped on
>> to
>> the wire.
>>
>> Now look at the larger ends.  On two of the sides there is a groove and on
>> the other two sides are a raised portion that will slide in to the groove
>> on
>> another housing.  You must slide two of these housings together
>> side-by-side
>> to make a single two part housing.  If you don't do this, you will not
>> maintain the proper polarity and you will not know which one is red or
>> which
>> one is black.
>>
>> To slide the housings together, put them side-by-side so that a raised
>> part
>> is next to a groove.  Slide the raised part on one in to the groove on the
>> other placing the end of the raised part in to the groove from the end
>> with
>> the rounded hole, or the larger end.  Continue pushing them together until
>> they are fully locked and side-by-side.  They are hard to slide together
>> and
>> harder to get apart.
>>
>> When you put two of these together, you use one black and one red.  You
>> will
>> insert the terminal on the red or positive wire in to the red housing and
>> the terminal on the black or negative wire in to the black terminal.
>>
>> You will do this two housing thing on the power leads on your radio and
>> also
>> on the power leads from your power supply.  Now you simply push the two
>> pairs together and the polarity is always correct if you put the positive
>> wires in to red housings and negative wires in to black housings.
>>
>> I know this is confusing, just examine the housings and it will make
>> since.
>>
>>
>> If you still are having trouble, I will give you my phone number and I
>> will
>> talk you through it.
>>
>> Howard #3
>>
>> ---- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>>
>>
>>> Hi Howard,
>>>
>>> All right, I am back where I started, I guess.  When I looked at the
>>> plastic housing that the metal tabs go into, my first impression was
>>> that the plastic housing was actually in two parts that separated so
>>> that different things could be connected together.  Neither I nor my
>>> sighted XYL see a way to separte the housing into two pieces
>>> though.  We watched both the video and tutorial on the Anderson
>>> website and apparently are missing some essential point.  What comes
>>> apart when you want to disconnect one device and connect
>>> another?  Sorry to be so dense.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Dave, W7OQ
>>>
>>> At 03:50 PM 6/5/2014, you wrote:
>>>> Dave,
>>>>
>>>> Normally you would not remove the terminal from the plastic housing
>>>> unless
>>>> you made an error in assembly such as using the wrong color housing or
>>>> you
>>>> didn't crimp the terminal on the wire securely.
>>>>
>>>> The side of the terminal that goes against the plastic housing has a
>>>> little
>>>> barb sticking out that holds it in to the housing.  If you insert a small
>>>> screwdriver between the housing and the terminal and raise it up a
>>>> little,
>>>> you should be able to pull it out while you are gently lifting it up.
>>>>
>>>> Howard #3
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:11 PM
>>>> Subject: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm a rank beginner when it comes to Anderson power poles.  I think I
>>>>> understand that the small metal connectors are crimped or soldered to
>>>>> the cable and then inserted into the plastic housing.  It snaps in,
>>>>> but how is it removed.  Surely I don't just pull hard and hope the
>>>>> crimped or soldered connection holds.  The advantage is supposed to
>>>>> be ease of connecting and disconnecting from power supplies and
>>>>> devices, so they must come apart.  Sorry to sound so ..., but I guess
>>>>> I
>>>>> am!
>>>>>
>>>>> 73,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave, W7OQ
>>>>
>>>>
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