Hi Steve,
You can also get Anderson PowerPoles already assembled. You just have to
crimp the connectors onto your wires and insert them. This would save
sorting out which half is which. They cost just a bit mnore but may be
useful to you or others on the list.
I got mine at QuickSilver Radio. John is the owner, located somewhere in
the northeast.
Http://qsradio.com
Kent Plemmons, KK4FFF
Clyde, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
Howard,
Your explanation has given me a pretty clear picture of what an Anderson
Power Pole looks like, as well as how it works. I've been wondering for a
long time whether I should get some of these things, and your very lucid
explanation has convinced me that I should. Thanks for sharing with the
list.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 20:57
Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
> Dave,
>
> Take a look at one of the plastic housings. One end is a little smaller
> than the other end. On the smaller end, there is a rectangle hole that is
> off center.
> Now, take another plastic housing and slide one small end in to the other
> small end.
> Since the rectangular hole is off center, one wall is thicker than the
> other
> side. Orient one of the housings so that the thicker wall slides in to
> the
> hole in the other housing. Do this without having installed the terminal
> in
> to the housings. They will slide together very easily and will probably
> fall apart if you point one down toward the tabletop.
>
> Now look at the larger end of the housings. The hole in this end is
> almost
> round.
>
> This is the end from which you insert the terminal after it is crimped on
> to
> the wire.
>
> Now look at the larger ends. On two of the sides there is a groove and on
> the other two sides are a raised portion that will slide in to the groove
> on
> another housing. You must slide two of these housings together
> side-by-side
> to make a single two part housing. If you don't do this, you will not
> maintain the proper polarity and you will not know which one is red or
> which
> one is black.
>
> To slide the housings together, put them side-by-side so that a raised
> part
> is next to a groove. Slide the raised part on one in to the groove on the
> other placing the end of the raised part in to the groove from the end
> with
> the rounded hole, or the larger end. Continue pushing them together until
> they are fully locked and side-by-side. They are hard to slide together
> and
> harder to get apart.
>
> When you put two of these together, you use one black and one red. You
> will
> insert the terminal on the red or positive wire in to the red housing and
> the terminal on the black or negative wire in to the black terminal.
>
> You will do this two housing thing on the power leads on your radio and
> also
> on the power leads from your power supply. Now you simply push the two
> pairs together and the polarity is always correct if you put the positive
> wires in to red housings and negative wires in to black housings.
>
> I know this is confusing, just examine the housings and it will make
> since.
>
>
> If you still are having trouble, I will give you my phone number and I
> will
> talk you through it.
>
> Howard #3
>
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>
>
>> Hi Howard,
>>
>> All right, I am back where I started, I guess. When I looked at the
>> plastic housing that the metal tabs go into, my first impression was
>> that the plastic housing was actually in two parts that separated so
>> that different things could be connected together. Neither I nor my
>> sighted XYL see a way to separte the housing into two pieces
>> though. We watched both the video and tutorial on the Anderson
>> website and apparently are missing some essential point. What comes
>> apart when you want to disconnect one device and connect
>> another? Sorry to be so dense.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, W7OQ
>>
>> At 03:50 PM 6/5/2014, you wrote:
>>>Dave,
>>>
>>>Normally you would not remove the terminal from the plastic housing
>>>unless
>>>you made an error in assembly such as using the wrong color housing or
>>>you
>>>didn't crimp the terminal on the wire securely.
>>>
>>>The side of the terminal that goes against the plastic housing has a
>>>little
>>>barb sticking out that holds it in to the housing. If you insert a small
>>>screwdriver between the housing and the terminal and raise it up a
>>>little,
>>>you should be able to pull it out while you are gently lifting it up.
>>>
>>>Howard #3
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:11 PM
>>>Subject: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question
>>>
>>>
>>> > I'm a rank beginner when it comes to Anderson power poles. I think I
>>> > understand that the small metal connectors are crimped or soldered to
>>> > the cable and then inserted into the plastic housing. It snaps in,
>>> > but how is it removed. Surely I don't just pull hard and hope the
>>> > crimped or soldered connection holds. The advantage is supposed to
>>> > be ease of connecting and disconnecting from power supplies and
>>> > devices, so they must come apart. Sorry to sound so ..., but I guess
>>> > I
>>> > am!
>>> >
>>> > 73,
>>> >
>>> > Dave, W7OQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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