Greg and Dave, 14AWG? Isn't this going to be a 100W rig? Don't most 100W rigs draw 20-25 amps on peaks? Won't the wire heat up due to the resistance?
I would consider 10 AWG. It will fit the 30A PowerPoles snug but it works great. Another thing, don't try to use the "cheap" crimpers, they cannot crimp the connection good enough. Either buy the purpose built type or solder them on(be sure to keep the flux off the contacts too). This will insure you have a good, low resistance connection between your PSU and your new Flex Rig. Here's a website to calculate the voltage drop of the wire (remember, you have to count the length of the positive and the negative path). http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm Another thing, be careful of some of the 10AWG wire being sold on EBay, Amazon and some other websites, it's more like 11 AWG. 73 from, Bill Dau, N9OE -----Original Message----- From: Flexedge [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:51 PM To: David Kjellquist Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector Dave I would think it would come with an appropriate power cable. But if you need to I will be glad to make 1 for you if you send me some wire. 73 Greg On Mar 5, 2013 2:07 PM, "David Kjellquist" <d...@kjellquist.com> wrote: > Flex 6500 Power connector question? > > I already have an Astron power supply with continuous 25 amp > capability but i haven't used Powerpole connectors before. What do I > need for mating the a Flex 6500? > > Dave, WB5NHL > > ______________________________**_________________ > Flexedge mailing list > flexe...@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexedge_**flex-radio.bi > z<http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz> > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other > technical SDR topics. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
