If you are buying a crimper, look at Powerwerx. You can change out the dies, which you cannot do with the crimper from West Mountain. At least if other dies are available for the WM crimper, I have never found them.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ray, K9DUR <k9...@rnacs.com> wrote: > Bill, > > 10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp contacts > instead of the normal 30 Amp contacts. > > Anderson makes 3 sizes of contacts to fit the same housing: 15 Amp, 30 > Amp, > & 45 Amp. The 15 Amp contacts are great for the smaller wire used by many > accessories. The 30 Amp contacts are good for your typical VHF/UHF mobile > rig, while the 45 Amp contacts are the cat's meow for your HF rig. > > West Mountain Radio sells all 3 sizes. > > You are dead on about buying the good crimpers. They are about $50 (last > time I looked), but worth EVERY penny. > > 73, Ray, K9DUR > http://k9dur.info > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- I can explain it for you, but I can't comprehend it for you. _______________________________________________ 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/
