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#120: How to Install Anderson Powerpole connectors

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This video shows how to install Anderson Powerpole connectors onto a power cable / wire. These connectors are very popular with the amateur / ham radio community as well as emergency and first response teams (ARES, RACES, CERT) as a universal, reliable way to connect radio equipment to power sources (batteries, vehicles, power supplies). I also discuss the benefits and downsides of soldering these connectors. Table Of Contents: 0:00 - Introduction and stripping length 1:15 - Dovetails on Housings to mate housings together 2:00 - "Standard" orientation for 12V applications 2:47 - Contact terminal orientation 3:45 - Crimping the contact/terminals - proper tools and operation 5:07 - The actual crimping operation 6:29 - Both wires crimped - quick discussion on soldering 7:54 - Inserting contact terminals into the housing(s) 8:43 - Housing feature to lock together, other final steps Links: https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/r... https://www.qsradio.com/shop-now.html... https://powerwerx.com/anderson-power-... http://www.westmountainradio.com/dc_p... ...more
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#120: How to Install Anderson Powerpole connectors
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2013Nov 30
This video shows how to install Anderson Powerpole connectors onto a power cable / wire. These connectors are very popular with the amateur / ham radio community as well as emergency and first response teams (ARES, RACES, CERT) as a universal, reliable way to connect radio equipment to power sources (batteries, vehicles, power supplies). I also discuss the benefits and downsides of soldering these connectors. Table Of Contents: 0:00 - Introduction and stripping length 1:15 - Dovetails on Housings to mate housings together 2:00 - "Standard" orientation for 12V applications 2:47 - Contact terminal orientation 3:45 - Crimping the contact/terminals - proper tools and operation 5:07 - The actual crimping operation 6:29 - Both wires crimped - quick discussion on soldering 7:54 - Inserting contact terminals into the housing(s) 8:43 - Housing feature to lock together, other final steps Links: https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/r... https://www.qsradio.com/shop-now.html... https://powerwerx.com/anderson-power-... http://www.westmountainradio.com/dc_p...

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216K subscribers