RE: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
> -Original Message- > > Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what > > I did and you might find a better idea... > > http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html > > > > Slick! > > But a lot of work. > > I'll probably just make up a short pigtail with a pair of powerpoles and > let > them dangle. > > 73 de Jim, N2EY > __ Both of these are great ideas. I have a high-current cigarette lighter plug with APs on it. Likewise, I have everything I can get my hands on that is twelve volts setup with Andersons. One of my favorites is my light. At K-Mart, Home Depot and other stores (not Wallmart) is a lamp called a "closet light". It is an 8 watt, 12 volt light that uses 8 AA batteries. I modified mine to have an AP connector on it. The newer ones come with female barrel connectors on them for external power. Mine comes in really handy during a brief power outage, or for lighting the rear of my cargo van. > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006 __ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:10:58 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote: >Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what >I did and you might find a better idea... >http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html I am an avid user and supporter of Anderson PowerPoles. I buy mine by the dozens for installation on my gear and that of the three ARES fixed installations that I support. What I do - and it's a lot easier - for such devices as power supplies or charger/battery combos is to cut the existing external cable about a foot or so from the end, install a pair of PPs on the battery part of the cable and another pair on the clamp part of the cable. No messing around with the innards of the devices, and if you need to use the device for its origibal purpose, it's ready to go. The key to the above is the quality of the crimps. Although the ratchet tool is relatively expensive ($60 price class), the proper crimp makes all the difference in ease of installation and current capacity of the connector. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane __ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
I just put PowerPoles on the end of a cigarette lighter/cable assembly that I also bought at the Shack. It has a 10A fuse and even an LED-illuminated power switch built into it. Also, so far I have not noticed any RF from the float charger, but I have not rigorously checked all the ham bands. Eric N0HHS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
I notice that these devices come with various ratings up to 30 amps. Please be aware that the cigarette lighter socket in your auto is probabably fused at five amps or so and the design of the cigarette lighter plug probably will not sustain more than five amps without melting down. I knowI have melted one in my car while running a laptop computer for my Street Atlas ProgramK4TO Richard Thorne wrote: Good idea John: I just check powerwerx.com and look what I found: http://www.powerwerx.com/product.asp?ProdID=3756&CtgID=1955 Rich - N5ZC - Original Message - From: "John D'Ausilio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Thorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device now *that* thing is cool .. someone should come up with one of those with powerpoles mounted instead of bananas ... de w1rt/john On 4/16/06, Richard Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use one of these along with a cable I made, banna plugs on one end, power poles on the other. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=cigarette&CatId= ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
Good idea John: I just check powerwerx.com and look what I found: http://www.powerwerx.com/product.asp?ProdID=3756&CtgID=1955 Rich - N5ZC - Original Message - From: "John D'Ausilio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Thorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device now *that* thing is cool .. someone should come up with one of those with powerpoles mounted instead of bananas ... de w1rt/john On 4/16/06, Richard Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use one of these along with a cable I made, banna plugs on one end, power poles on the other. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=cigarette&CatId= ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
now *that* thing is cool .. someone should come up with one of those with powerpoles mounted instead of bananas ... de w1rt/john On 4/16/06, Richard Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use one of these along with a cable I made, banna plugs on one end, power > poles on the other. > > http://www.horizonhobby.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=cigarette&CatId= > ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
I use one of these along with a cable I made, banna plugs on one end, power poles on the other. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=cigarette&CatId= Rich - N5ZC - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device In a message dated 4/16/06 2:12:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what I did and you might find a better idea... http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html Slick! But a lot of work. I'll probably just make up a short pigtail with a pair of powerpoles and let them dangle. 73 de Jim, N2EY ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
In this case, the external battery cables aren't fused, so I would have had to use the lighter jack anyway, and it's one more dongle to remember. Leigh/WA5ZNU On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:56 am, Phil Kane wrote: On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:10:58 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote: Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what I did and you might find a better idea... http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html What I do - and it's a lot easier - for such devices as power supplies or charger/battery combos is to cut the existing external cable about a foot or so from the end, install a pair of PPs on the battery part of the cable and another pair on the clamp part of the cable. No messing around with the innards of the devices, and if you need to use the device for its origibal purpose, it's ready to go. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [QRP-L] Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
In a message dated 4/16/06 2:12:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what > I did and you might find a better idea... > http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html > Slick! But a lot of work. I'll probably just make up a short pigtail with a pair of powerpoles and let them dangle. 73 de Jim, N2EY
Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:10:58 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote: >Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what >I did and you might find a better idea... >http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html I am an avid user and supporter of Anderson PowerPoles. I buy mine by the dozens for installation on my gear and that of the three ARES fixed installations that I support. What I do - and it's a lot easier - for such devices as power supplies or charger/battery combos is to cut the existing external cable about a foot or so from the end, install a pair of PPs on the battery part of the cable and another pair on the clamp part of the cable. No messing around with the innards of the devices, and if you need to use the device for its origibal purpose, it's ready to go. The key to the above is the quality of the crimps. Although the ratchet tool is relatively expensive ($60 price class), the proper crimp makes all the difference in ease of installation and current capacity of the connector. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:10:58 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote: >Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what >I did and you might find a better idea... >http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html I am an avid user and supporter of Anderson PowerPoles. I buy mine by the dozens for installation on my gear and that of the three ARES fixed installations that I support. What I do - and it's a lot easier - for such devices as power supplies or charger/battery combos is to cut the existing external cable about a foot or so from the end, install a pair of PPs on the battery part of the cable and another pair on the clamp part of the cable. No messing around with the innards of the devices, and if you need to use the device for its origibal purpose, it's ready to go. The key to the above is the quality of the crimps. Although the ratchet tool is relatively expensive ($60 price class), the proper crimp makes all the difference in ease of installation and current capacity of the connector. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
Him, Here are some pictures of how I put in PowerPoles. Take a look at what I did and you might find a better idea... http://wa5znu.org/log/2006/04/radio-shack-powerup-with-anderson.html Leigh. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I'm going to install power poles and see how long it can run a K2 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Radio Shack "Power Up" Device
Folks, There was some discussion about this product recently. Got mine at the RS in Paoli PA. They had two, but one had been opened/returned, and the salesguy went out of his way to give me the *unopened* one. Took it home and charged it up. About 18 hours of charging gave me a the green LED. I haven't taken voltage readings yet. I had some doubts that it could jump start a car. Then my brother needed to jump start his 1976 2002 (it doesn't get driven in bad weather, and his charger turned out to have gone bad just when he needed it). The RS device had enough juice to boost the 2002's battery and get the car started. Now I'm going to install power poles and see how long it can run a K2 73 de Jim, N2EY ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
