Northwest Georgia
Emergency Communications Group
Serving Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade and Walker Counties
Northwest Georgia
Emergency Communications Group
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Standard DC Power Connector --- Anderson Powerpole
Our group has made a bulk purchase of 30-ampere and 45-ampere connectors so come to a meeting with your rigs and power cords and we'll install connectors on them for you for $2.00/rig (two pair) or $1.00 per end (one pair). This isn't much of a fund raiser but it gives you great value by the time you figure in the time it would take you to learn how and then do the actual install. Either the 15-ampere, 30-ampere, or 45-ampere sizes may be used, and all three sizes mate with each other. The plastic parts are the same for all three sizes. The barrel area (which holds the wire) of the contacts is different, but the contact area is the same. The connectors dovetail together into a compact unit.
Assembly.This is the 15/30/45 Amp connector. [Verify that your housings are mated according to the diagram above, viewing from the contact side (opposite the wire side), tongue down, hood up, RED on the LEFT, BLACK on the RIGHT. Use a 3/32-inch-diameter roll pin, 1/4 inch long, to keep the housings from sliding apart.] We highly recommend soldering the connections even if you crimp.
Connector locks are available for those applications where danger of disconnection exists. Non-corrosive stainless-steel leaf springs maintain constant contact pressure—ideal for frequent connections, disconnections, and intermittent overloading. Durable, high impact-resistant, polycarbonate housing with UL94V-2 flammability ratings comes in many colors for circuit traceability and coding. Identical connector halves are genderless—making assembly quick and easy and reducing the number of parts stocked. Molded-in dovetails allow for a customized harness in a variety of configurations. When the connectors are disconnected, no metal parts are exposed. The 15-ampere contacts are designed for 16-20 AWG wire and the 30-ampere contacts are designed for 12-16 AWG wire and the 45-ampere contacts are designed to handle up to 10 AWG wire. The contacts can be soldered or crimped to wires. A crimping tool is available from Anderson for the 45-ampere contacts or you may arrange with Doug, W4LAW, to have yours done at a club meeting. After a contact has been attached to a wire, it should be installed into the housing so that the housing spring mates with the underside of the contact. To remove a contact from the housing, use Anderson insertion/extraction tool #111038G2. You may also substitute a very small blade (jeweler's screwdriver or X-acto knife) to depress the spring, allowing the contact to be removed. The connectors can be panel mounted with clamp receptacles, consisting of two aluminum plates (Anderson part #1462G1), notched to hold the plastic housings when they are dovetailed together. The plastic housings come in other colors also. Red and black are suggested for standard dc connectors (red as positive and black as negative). Anderson Power Products Web Site: http://www.andersonpower.com/ Source for Anderson Powerpoles: PowerWerx.com |
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