I'm sorry about the previous post. I found the relevant email(s). I apologize.
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Howard Hoyt Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 11:09 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Soldering crimped connectors is not a good, thing. On 11/5/2015 8:24 PM, Michael Blake wrote: I want to throw in the presence of possibly counterfeit connectors as well. This is important; in evaluating suppliers for our adapters at Pro Audio Engineering we were sent a sample of non-Anderson PP connectors which just did not mate correctly with the real thing. The leaf spring under the contact was of insufficient preload to keep the pair mated under light tension, which also throws the reliability of the contact resistance into question. We didn't find a problem with crimp retention, but that is so very specific to the actual ID of the ferrule and the gauge of the wire being crimped. It is possible that someone using a wire at the small end of the range for that specific contact could have a problem. It can be compelling to save 50% or more on a connector, but we ended up using Anderson PPs, and have had zero quality issues as a result. Howie - WA4PSC www.proaudioeng.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to n...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
