I hear you, Bob. Thanks for this additional thought and approach to
think about.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: anderson power poles re-visited
> Hi Tom,
> I have an 8 connector anderson power pole strip with a pair of power poles
> at each end and six more pairs of connectors along one side. All of the
> positive and negative connectors are in the same direction. I see no need
> to have fused connectors as most electronic equipment is already fused.
> If
> AC power goes out, all that I have to do is unplug my power supply
> connector
> and then plug in one from a battery. It is not automatic, but it is more
> efficient electrically.
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype name: bobtinn
> Live Long and Prosper!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: anderson power poles re-visited
>
>
> Steve:
>
> What I wish to do is make a power pole harness that can be connected to
> one
> power supply, and from which I can run several things, connecting them up
> to
> power poles on the other end of the harness.
>
> What I had once was I believe a very large 50-amp power pole connector,
> from
> which three or four separate wires branched off with power pole
> connections
> that could be used for separate items, such as an HF rig, my old LDG
> auto-tuner, and maybe even an HT.
>
> I am trying to get an understanding as to how to configure the pins in the
> large power pole housing that has many slots for separate connections--do
> you put all of the positive leads on one side of the housing, and all of
> the
> negatives on the other side? That would seem most logical to me.
>
> Does this make any more sense, or have I confused things further?
>
> On another note: congrats to Paul on the contest wins. I'm hoping that,
> by
> the contests this Spring, I can get the Ts480 going out in the motor home
> and work stations while doing some week-end camping.
>
> Will just have to take that one step at a time, and hope Spring weather
> eventually gets here to Central Michigan.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: anderson power poles re-visited
>
>
>> 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
>> .
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>
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