STAND DOWN MISTER
Noone is attacking you or firing you to change, I for one will use the connections that everyone else in my radio club uses
On Mar 30, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm not going to argue the point.  You can mark wires, so that solves 
> the problems of wire nuts.  The connectors were installed properly.  The 
> ham is an engineer and worked for years in neucliar testing and in Yuca 
> mountain.  They didn't fit backwards, but did touch enough to blos some 
> fuses.  If you guys like power poles, wonderful, I'll stick to my bullet 
> connectors which can't be hooked up wrong either and cost less.  You 
> know, I really never understood the prevelant attitude among the blind 
> in particular which seems to be, "if you don't do it my way, you're dead 
> wrong!"  THis true whether it be power poles, i phones or whatever.  My 
> system works for me and I've done it for 50 years, I seriously doubt if 
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
> 
> 
> I'll change now regardless of what thousands of hams are doing.  On Sun, 
> 30 Mar 2014, Michael Thurman wrote:
> 
>> because wire nuts can come off and there is then no way to tell which is =
>> the correct lead to reattach them. also how the hell did they put the =
>> power pole on backwards?  obviously someone assembled them wrong in the =
>> first place.Ares  aka wuxocm and thousands of hams can not be all wrong. =
>> Obviously they are reliable enough for their intended use because they =
>> have been in universal use for over a decade. Like any connector they =
>> can be installed incorrectly or abused. There are also two current =
>> capacities that fit int he same plastic housing, and often people use =
>> the smaller of the two contact pieces, whig will still mate, and gives =
>> the connectors a bad name, because of use that is not what the =
>> connectors were designed for. Ifused as they were intended they are =
>> incredible effective.
>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm not a big fan of anderson power poles.  You can make contact with =
>> them=20
>>> backwards as a friend of mine did in his mobile flowing some fuses.  =
>> Also,=20
>>> I think they're a pain to assemble, and they don't handle the current =
>> they=20
>>> claim.  I've never understood why they're the standard.  If you want=20=
>> 
>>> something standard, how aboutyt a couple wires and some wire nuts.
>>> Just my two cents worth.
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>> 
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