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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. |
With this type of connector, if you don't perform some type of crimp action, the contact cannot be inserted into the housing. Always crimp before soldering, a good soldered connection is one that is mechanically stable first. We use a similar connector available through McMaster. They are a round insert type for #12 wire with a seam down the top side. A long nose plier tip will nicely open the connector enough to slip the #10 in and then crimp with any round crimp tool. A convention we use is when holding the wires with the connector facing away from you, the red contact should be on the left side facing up when you insert it in the connector body. Remember that the housings snap together.