[WARC] Compare Crimp Tools - Anderson PowerPoles

[Leslie Hittner]

Soldering is how I install them. I had one of my earlier sets
pull apart very easily. Upon inspection I determined that I had
not properly inserted the contact strip into the shell. Upon
correcting that error, the problem went away.

The rest of my power pole connections were properly constructed
and I have had no problems with them. I too use them in a mobile
environment (although I don't jump the Prius over 4-foot gaps!)


-Les

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Jarvis" <jj at aprsworld.com>
To: <Litvan at acegroup.cc>; "Winona Amateur Radio Club general
discussion" <warc at lists.w0ne.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 19:56
Subject: Re: [WARC] Compare Crimp Tools - Anderson PowerPoles


> I've tried the very inexpensive tools that are reviewed on
that site.
> Unfortunately, I've never gotten them to work.
>
> The West Mountain Radio crimper works well. Mine has had a lot
of abuse
> and a whole lot of cycles and works like a champ. The official
Anderson
> crimper is about $160 is is supposed to be even nicer.
>
> The lowest initial cost way of installing the power poles is
with
> soldering. It's pretty easy to do, it just takes longer than
the crimper.
>
> -Jim
>
>
> Len Litvan wrote:
> > Interesting article at this site regarding crimpers for
Anderson
> > PowerPoles.  There are some other sources which say that
some of the
> > less expensive crimpers work well also.
> >
> > An advantage of the $46-$50 West Mountain Radio crimper is
that other
> > jaws are available--for coax and other connections.  It
might be a good
> > long-term investment for someone who doesn't already have
other crimpers
> > specific to certain types of jobs.
> >
> > http://www.ntrak.org/ntrak_powerpole_compare.htm
> >
> > 73,
> > Len  KC0RSX
> >
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