Tom,

Not sure I am following you.   I've never used the 50 amp power poles, so 
I'm at a disadvantage  I don't know if there is a difference in the 
houseing, or just in the pin's current rateing.  On the 30 amp power poles, 
they are dovetailed on all 4 sides, so they can be ganged  together in 
various configurations.  I think the more you gang together, the more 
difficult the project and the more chance of  an accidental short.


Besides WMR, Saratoga and MFJ make distribution panels with power poles. 
Perhaps a more detailed explanation of  what you are trying to do will let 
others on the list give ideas.

BTW:  I spoke to Paul N4PN last weekend.  He told me the results are in for 
last years WPX SSB and CW contests.  He won both for the USA in the high 
power single tribander and wire antenna catagories. You may remember that in 
the CW contest he ran my KW3A call.  I know you got in the log a couple of 
times that weekend, so many thanks for the points.

73, Steve KW3A
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: anderson power poles re-visited


>    Steve:
>
> Thanks for this good information.
>
> Now, I have a question about the power poles that I'm not sure I'll
> verbalize correctly, so don't laugh too loud if this comes out weird.
>
> If, say, I were to make an Anderson Power Pole harness that I could 
> connect
> several things too simultaneously, using one of the large 50-amp 
> connectors
> that has nultiple slots in it, do all of the negatives go on one side, and
> all of the positives go on the other, or would you alternate them somehow?
>
> This may seem very elementary, but the last set of power poles I had were
> made for me by someone else, and he didn't seem to have the time or
> inclination to explain to me in detail what he was doing.  He just wanted 
> to
> get the job done, as it were.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ