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,
That's good to know. I knew the dies were removable on the West Mountain
but I never could find the die set.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:01 PM, kq...@verizon.net wrote:
When I bought the crimper from West Mountain radio, they had replaceable
dies, and I bought the entire set.
The other die
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
Tnx Bill. I have the power pole crimpers.
On Mar 5, 2013 7:12 PM, Bill Dau, N9OE n...@comcast.net wrote:
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
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
Bill, Greg, Ray,
If Flex provides the connector and wire, with my 6700 when it gets here
it should be sized correctly.
I would opt as I have before on my 5000C to connect it direct to my Power
Supply
Ken W9IE
Bill,
10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp
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