powerpole connectors

[nrgtrader]

I was looking in an Allied Electronics catalog and found the original Anderson Powerpole connectors for about $.60 apiece. You can go to their website and get them.. the address is http://www/alliedelec.com

If you use Duratrax Powerpoles.. these are the same thing. They also sell a higher current contact to plug into the same housing.

Just thought I would pass this on

[ttype3.8]

I also use the powerpoles, but I found that you can get them out of the McMaster Carr supply catalog for $.35 a piece. What a bargain!! :D

[Kevin_366]

are the powerpoles better than deans connectors???

[Grizzbob]

Better? No, I wouldn't say that, but I think they're just as good. Like the Deans, they also have resistance as low or lower than the wire they're installed on, & what I like about them is that you can configure them any way you want, or leave them loose. They are, however, a bit more difficult to install than the Deans.... :)

[Railman]

Grizbob, how's it going? :) Were you installing the power poles on a 12 ga wire? That would make make sense to me. I think the power poles are easier than the deans, unless your putting them on 12 ga wires, then it gets harder to get the wire in the holder. We usually run 14 ga with the Power Poles, even my kids can install them. Me & three boys, we've had lots of pratice! Too much tape or shrink wrap with the Deans for me. Just my $.02. ;)

[Grizzbob]

Yeah, 12ga is all I use, & it is pretty difficult, but it's still doable. you just have to twist the strands of bare wire to tighten it up & help it fit in the barrel.... :)

[prime]

I ordered a bag of the power pole connectors, from Tower Hobbies, and I'm very happy with them. They are low resistance, durable and easy to manage. I would recommend them to anyone from racers to backyard bashers. :)

[Nairb]

As I've said before, I totally dig them, too.

[KIWIRCGUY]

I also used to use power pole connectors for off road, but now that I do touring I find them a little too big. I now use Corally plugs which are a lot smaller. I still have some old "red & blacks" from 10 years ago, I did find that they came apart too easy, but just use a hot soldering iron on the connecting bits and good as new :D

[nrgtrader]

With the exception of Dean's Ultraplugs.. I have found everyone else's plugs in catalogs under the original manufacturers name. Although trinity would LOVE to have you believe that they designed and created their own power connectors.. the truth of the matter is that AMP/Tyco makes them (I think the asme for the Corally ones, too). Maybe Dean's actually makes their own, but I suspect that, like all the others, they are merely marketing someone else's design. If you can find the manufacturer, you can usually save money.

[J mAn]

I use 14 awg wire with the 12 is too difacult to install here is an easy way to install the coonectors withnout solder spiling out the bottom of the barol:
first tin the wire and make it as tight as possible. next put a small amount of solder in the barrol. turn then barrol atached to an aligator clip so the the top is on a downword angle. then heat up the barol with the solder in it and insert the wire. then insert it into the housing and you're done!

[Nairb]

I'm too lazy to find the right thing to order...will you post a link to what you order when you do it please? Thanks.

[nrgtrader]

Yes, agreed, sodlering technique is very important. The most common mistake is not enough heat. It's one thing when you are sodlering batteries and want to hurry it up as not to overheat the cells, but when you are soldering anything else.. be sure to use plenty of heat so the solder will flow nicely. I generally tin the wires, put solder in the barrel and then put my iron on top of the barrel and heat it enough to melt the solder.. then put the tinned wire into the barrel and keep the iron there for a bit longer to pull the solder back in. The solder will flow TOWARDS the heat source. for 12ga wire... you can clip just a few strands and get them to fit. It is probably more like something between 12 and 14.. 13 I guess. Having 12 up to the connector and then something a bit less than 12 at the connector won't be much of a source of voltage loss since the solder will make up the difference of the clipped stands of wire.