The contacts stay in the housings. The housings, will separate though, it's 
like any other plug, they plug together, and unplug apart and you pull on 
the housings not the wires.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:11 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