I had a PowerPole fail on me once. Dirt or corrosion on the one flat
contact.
Once was enough. Back in the day, I had standardized on double banana
plugs. In 50 years of ham radio, I NEVER had one fail on me in any way.
Only trouble with the double bananas is they're not keyed for polarity.
I was always *very* careful about that.
As a electronic bench tech back in the 70's, I had a lot of experience
with test sets and connectors enduring thousands of cycles. The very
best - most reliable - connectors all had a round pin in a round hole.
All hail Augat machine sockets!
The AMASS connectors feature a round pin that plugs into a round hole.
It has just the right spring tension. They are polarized - you can't
plug them in backwards. They are popular with the RC drone crowd, but
are also making it into other equipment.
I am using AMASS XT90 connectors on my kilowatt LDMOS linear project.
- Jerry, KF6VB
On 2022-07-12 18:06, Andrew Moore wrote:
I have not found them to be reliable
Just curious - can you elaborate and quantify? Bad solder joints?
AMASS connectors are far superior
Superior for what?
*** Superior for always connecting.
banana plugs are better
Better for what?
*** Same better.
Thanks & 73,
-Andrew NV1B
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:46 PM jerry <je...@tr2.com> wrote:
On 2022-07-12 15:09, brianpepperdine brianpepperdine wrote:
> HI. Well this is weird
> It appears that the Anderson power power cable failed....
*** No surprise there. I personally do NOT like Anderson PowerPoles;
I
don't understand what people see in them. One flat contact that
slip-connects to
another flat contact. I have not found them to be reliable.
AMASS connectors are far superior. These have a round pin that
goes
in a round hole. Heck, even banana plugs are better.
- Jerry, KF6VB
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