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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I was looking for the exact same thing. The small anderson powerpole 15/30/45 housings (like used in RC cars sometimes) would be great. However, the 30 amp contacts which are nice and easy to crimp an/or solder only can take up to 12 gauge wire. The 45 amp contacts which can take 10 gauge appear to need a very special crimping tool.
Has anyone used these who can tell us exactly how the wire is "attached" to that contact. They easiest way that I can see (without special tools) would be to lay the wire in the "tough," solder it, then manually bend the top "flaps" around, and perhaps solder a little more. Thanks. |
Sanddrag:
We used those connectors on our drill motors and I can attest to their reliablility and usefulness. We used correct guage wire all around, and the connectors had no problem taking the current. They came in handy when we started overheating motors and brush mounts started coming loose. I think we had a total of 4 motors with those connectors. I love those things, and we plan to use something similar on our '05 bot. How to use them? Pretty much exactly as you described, except without the soldering bit. If I remeber correctly, we got ones that had a cylinder with one end closed so the wire simply poked in, and we soldered that in. In your case, I'd say crimp first, solder next. Soldering a free wire is a real pain.
Sparks (Team 1425, Wilsonville Robotics)