Dlink Fried

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Doc Wu

I'm going to put the Powerpoles at right angles so they can't be accidently plugged into a 12v circuit.

We tried that. The two connector housings won't mesh together right on both pieces of wire. The supply side needs to twist one way, and the load side needs to twist the other. Our "solution" is to use white housings for +5 instead of red.

It's also possible, with sufficient discipline, to always enforce something like the "red on the right" rule for +12 and violate it for +5. You'd still be able to physically plug them together, but the colors wouldn't match up if you tried.