Hi Howard and All,
Thanks for all the excellent advice. The light finally went
on! Neither I nor my sighted wife could see how two housings fit
together end-to-end, but finally I understood and all is well. I
can't believe how something that simple could have eluded me so
long. The secret for me was realizing the orientation of the two
housings had to be 180 degrees apart for them to fit together. So
simple. Ah well, it isn't the first time I've been thick as a
brick. I recall when my XYL of 52 years and I were first married and
I had to put together a bed frame ..., but that's another story!
73 all and thanks again,
Dave, W7OQ
At 05:57 PM 6/5/2014, you wrote:
>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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