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Re: PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
开云体育Ok. ? ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Clint Bradford via groups.io
Sent: December 31, 2021 5:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations ? SOURCE: First-hand experience, common sense, WB6NOA first-hand experience ... |
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Re: PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
开云体育I am not condemning genuine Anderson Powerpoles. Nor their use by the? amateur radio community. I, too, have used them for commercial clients (from? our 15-20AH models, to those used by Crown forklift charging systems) - as well as? for mobile emergency comms centers, and just good ole ham installations.
No - I didn’t author the laws of physics nor contact resistance.
Not me. Genuine Powerpoles only from authorized Anderson dealers are the only ones? we should be using.
That is about as on-point a comment from Anderson on the exact models we are using in the? ham radio community as one can get.? Anderson is shut down for the weekend. I’ll call my rep next week and get back to you. Clint Bradford -- Clint Bradford K6LCS http//www.work-sat.com |
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Re: PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
Anderson themselves acknowledge the phenomenon ...
And please - I hope no one saw my original post and interpreted it as, "DRAMATIC POWER LOSS? WHEN USING POWERPOLES!!!!!" It is just a matter of physics ... and Anderson, too, promotes the? "cleaning/wiping" of the models we're using in amateur radio. -- Clint Bradford K6LCS http//www.work-sat.com |
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Re: PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
Anderson themselves addresses the phenomenon ...
And for the engineers ... https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/190591/what-causes-contact-resistance -- Clint Bradford K6LCS http//www.work-sat.com |
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Re: PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
开云体育Yes, I’ve never heard this about PowerPoles until now. ? If that were a post full of medical assertions, I would ask for supporting evidence from peer-reviewed publications. I’m not sure if the electronics world has such a thing… ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dale Robins - 2W0ODS
Sent: December 31, 2021 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations ? Complete nonsense, stop spreading misinformation. |
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PowerPoles - Not for Permanent Installations
A note on PowerPoles ... if not "used" (connecting/disconnecting) often, they
can develop resistance in that two-spring contact. Enough to slow or even stop 100-200mW loads. Look at a cross-section of the contacts - and see how very little metal-to-metal contact there actually is. So - using for non-permanent installations, like taking equipment to events or? for demos - is great. But if not "working" by disconnecting-connecting, the? contacts can corrode and create a little resistance. Tiny Jones' screw plug connectors are a great choice for shack installations. -- Clint Bradford K6LCS http//www.work-sat.com |
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Re: Andersen PowerPole connector?
A fuse is appropriate between the barrel connector?and the Andersons.? Other than that, I think using the red & black Andersons for "12V" power is as much as standard as 120 VAC plugs and outlets are. "State of California OES prescribes the Anderson Powerpole as the standard dc power connector for use by State ACS/RACES personnel, and recommends its use by County and City RACES personnel as well. County of Orange RACES and other RACES groups throughout California and the United States have now adopted this connector. Using this standard, highly reliable connector allows quick and easy installation and substitution of radios, power supplies, batteries, and other equipment." A quick online search shows it is also the standard for Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas, Kentucky, etc.? I didn't dig deeper as the avalanche was rather convincing. An important thing to do, of course, is to lock the black & red together?per the standard for additional protection => some people who use these connectors for other voltages will deliberately lock the black and red together in a different orientation so they cannot be misplugged! I have a mnemonic to remember how to orient.? Knowing that the metal tab for the black and red are oriented on the same side of the connectors when joined, "Red Roof Right"? Red Roof is a motel chain so I can remember that => Red (positioned with the metal on the) Roof (is on the) Right.?? Andy KI6SEP On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:16 AM Will W6SWF <2sheds@...> wrote:
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Re: Andersen PowerPole connector?
The FT-60 is designed to take 6V - 16V DC On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 16:16, Will W6SWF <2sheds@...> wrote:
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Re: Andersen PowerPole connector?
It is an HT ..... but if you want to make it universal with all of your Anderson Power Pole stuff use the same connector and FUSE the power cord correctly for the device /-)?? Ht ... two amps /-) On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 10:40 AM Stuart Clark <stuclark@...> wrote: Which connector do you recommend? 15A? -- 73's Pat? N5VMO |
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Re: Andersen PowerPole connector?
开云体育Is there “failure to communicate” here? I’m not sure I want to solder the bare leads of a Yaesu E-DC-6 to some Anderson powerpole connectors - even properly polarized - that might get hooked up to “who-knows-what” power source.? Where’s the voltage control? Is the assumption that this powerpole lash-up is always used on a 12V DC source and no possibility of it being connected to some other power source? Am I missing something here? Sounds like an opportunity for great mischief. Will W6SWF ? credo quia absurdum ? |
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