Sorry to flog this poor horse once more. My XT90 AMASS connector failed due to not being completely inserted with the mate on a 52volt e-trike. It burned up one of the conductors inside the female plug.
I have never had a failure of an Anderson powerpole in many years of using them. It is easy to see when they are not completely connected. Just to give a different perspective on the subject. 73, Jay K3BH On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, at 21:19, jerry wrote: > 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 >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 andrew.n...@gmail.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 je...@tr2.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 k...@arrl.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
