Butch,
I mark the positive with electrical tape.  Works for me - just my way 
of doing it and I probably won't change.  The rest of the hams on 
this serve have their favorite ways and it is none of my business 
because it works for them.  End of the day, that's what's 
important.  Were I to sell something to you or someone else on the 
list, I'd be sure to tell you that positive has a tape tab and then 
you're on your own.
Pat, K9JAUAt 08:36 AM 3/30/2014, you 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.
> >
> >