Thanks all for the quick input.
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Jason wrote:
Here's a 16awg in line barrel fuse :
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I know their not 18awg,and that you might not want to buy it off Amazon, but at the least they can give you a starting point of search terms.?
Thank you, that's what I was looking for! 16awg is fine. Will look for that kit off Amazon. I ordered the barrel connector from QRP Labs when I got the radio.
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM, Chris, G5CTH wrote:
Don't remove the powerpoles from that lead, add Powerpole connectors to your battery
The main problem with that cable is that it's expensive and across the ocean, and I do have powerpole cables for the battery, but the barrel connector will be on the other side of the buck converter. Fair enough though, it's worth considering terminating the cable out of the buck converter with powerpoles too for versatility. I just don't think I'd have another need for a strictly regulated 12V source so I was thinking of this as a dedicated cable and was trying not to put money into powerpole tools at the moment.
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM, Sean [AK6BM] wrote:
It is infinitely worth your time to learn to solder and/or crimp, and to go ahead and get the equipment to do so
Yes, I know how to solder and crimp. I have a crimper for butt connectors and the like. It's the "getting the components and connectors and putting them together how I need" that I'm primarily asking about. I just don't want to have more splices than necessary.
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