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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