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Re: [DFTF] Anderson Powerpole Connectors...

I've heard a lot of good things about these and we tried to use them but we had some problems. Unfortunately I do not have the correct P/N's of the components we used right now but here is what I think we have:

45A Connector Kit: http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-po...pole-sets.html
30A Connector Kit: http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-po...pole-sets.html
Crimp Tool: http://www.westmountainradio.com/pro...ts_id=PWRcrimp

We followed the instructions as best as we could from Powerwerx, Westmountain and on here but all of the connections we made were very loose, i.e. after crimping the terminal on the wire and then inserting into the connector very little force was required to pull out the connector. We spent quite a bit of time trying to get this figured out, including talking to Powerwerx Tech Support (who admonished us for not using their Crimping Tool) to no avail. I believe we finally got one to work after spending a lot of time on manipulating the terminal with a needle-nose pliers to make it sit into the connector correctly.

I'm sure that the problem we had was that we weren't doing it correctly, somehow. We ended up not using them at all and we haven't had any connections go out so far this season (due to having direct connections between devices instead of splicing wire together) so we haven't looked back yet. I'm sure if we had someone knowledgable around to show us how to use these we would use them in the future (and we do, some nearby teams use them, we've just been too busy with other things).
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