Dave:
each plastic shell or housing is one connecter.  the shells slide together, 
one on the end of each wire, to make the connection.  The metal tab, or 
tongue, with the slight bend at the end, is slid inside each plastic 
shell...then the plastic shells slide together allowing the metal contacts 
to clamp together.
So, for instance, to make a standard 13.8 volt 2 wire connection for a 
radio, you would need four anderson power polls, one for each wire 
termination.

73
Colin, V A6BKX

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From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 4:56 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
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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