4 pole signal Anderson conectors

[timytamy]

Today I was at our local electronics shop and found they stocked these strange types of andersons.

See the two right connectors: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19289&stc=1&d=1442314704

As you can see, they are a quite different to the normal. They have two male and two female pins, which are placed into a locater that is then inserted into a housing. The housing itself is very similar to a standard anderson (included in the pic on the left) but has holes and guides for the four pins. The housing also does not inclued a full trapezoid locking features, instead having a small raised section on the relevant sides.

I'm not sure of the correct crimping tool. The female pin appears to have a mil-spec colour code on it, but I'm not overly familiar with what the colours mean. The male pin (which I'll asume uses the same tooling) dosen't appear to have any markings.

Due to the geometry, you can't use all four pins and have completely "genderless" connectors. as the top and bottom rows will connect with eachother. However if the top and bottom row were wired in parralel, then you could have a two-pole "genderless" connector.

I was thinking of trying to use these for CAN connections (ie on the Talon SRXs) but I'm not sure if given the need to parralel the top and bottom rows, as well as the lack of locking features is worth it.

What does everyone else think?

Also, if anyone has any other info, please let me know.

[Foster]

If you go to the Anderson site

http://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/products/powerpole/index.aspx

You want the info about their pin connectors. There are specs and the list of tools with instructions.

[timytamy]

If you go to the Anderson site

http://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/products/powerpole/index.aspx

You want the info about their pin connectors. There are specs and the list of tools with instructions.

The thing is these don't look like official Andersons, they lack the locking features and the pins are substantially different. I've had a good look at Anderson's site, and the web, and haven't found anything on it. The reason I suspect the pins are mil spec is due to the colored markings on the crimp barrel. If you have a link to more detail on these specific connectors I'd be very interested to see it.

[Foster]

Anderson makes custom sockets. I assumed that when you said Anderson, that there was an Anderson imprint on the plastic or on the bag. The pins look like the ones from their 30Amp pin connectors.

http://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/products/powerpole/pin-and-socket.aspx

There are two links to the drawing, one for the pin, one for the socket. You can measure the pins you have and see if they match up.

Plan B could be to just solder them onto the cables. (Not to open the annual solder vs crimp discussion :rolleyes: ).

I'm assuming they are some kind of surplus at a pretty low rate to make it worth the effort to adapt them. On the other hand FRC is about adapting little kid toy car motors to amazing throwing arms, so this fits in pretty well.

[timytamy]

Anderson makes custom sockets. I assumed that when you said Anderson, that there was an Anderson imprint on the plastic or on the bag. The pins look like the ones from their 30Amp pin connectors.

http://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/products/powerpole/pin-and-socket.aspx

There are two links to the drawing, one for the pin, one for the socket. You can measure the pins you have and see if they match up.

Plan B could be to just solder them onto the cables. (Not to open the annual solder vs crimp discussion :rolleyes: ).

I'm assuming they are some kind of surplus at a pretty low rate to make it worth the effort to adapt them. On the other hand FRC is about adapting little kid toy car motors to amazing throwing arms, so this fits in pretty well.

Pins are much smaller, in the order of <= 1mm. They're definetly not a suprlus item, they were a newly stocked with a big "New for 2015" sticker.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Just to throw in my $0.02, the pins appear to be machined. I recommend using the correct military spec tool for crimping these. Using a substandard crimper will usually produce cracks and deformations that prevent correct insertion of the pin and retention of the wire.