[WARC] Compare Crimp Tools - Anderson PowerPoles

[Erik Brom]

I did some experimenting tonight, and came to the same conclusion as 
the link referenced in this thread:
 >When crimping or soldering Powerpole contacts, it is important that 
the outline of the contact barrel not be exceeded, otherwise the 
contact will not insert properly (i.e., "click") into the connector 
shell.  Therefore, any contact barrel deformation resulting from the 
crimp process must be easily correctable.

Although my first attempt did snap in nicely, the contact was too 
low, resulting in low pull-apart force.  I assembled two more sets, 
by inserting the wire and soldering, no crimping.  When soldering I 
was very careful to not get any on the outside, especially the 
"bottom".  The solder I did spill I filed off.   I was also careful 
to not bend the terminal.  I was using paired wire, and I was also 
careful to assemble the contacts in the correct orientation, so they 
weren't twisted when fully assembled.  With this technique, the 
pull-apart force was almost on par with the Molex.  Lance or Len 
mentioned that some people jamb a tooth pick into the pin hole to 
keep them from coming apart.  I would worry about messing with one 
that came apart in the middle of the night at a flood and getting it 
wrong.  ZZZZaaappppp!   That could not happen with a Molex.

Erik



At 10:23 PM 08/05/08, you wrote:
>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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