gEDA-user: OT: Anderson Powerpoles?

[John Luciani]

On 9/1/06, Samuel A. Falvo II <sam.falvo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know this is a bit off-topic, but I'm trying to find anyone who has
> experience with Anderson PowerPole connectors.  What is your
> impression of them, and would you recommend them to others?  For what
> prices can they be had for?  I read one day a QST article that spoke
> very glowingly of them, but really gave no comparisons to other power
> connector technologies.

We used these in a 200A power supply that I was working on at Vicor. They are
nice power connectors. They require a fair amount of insertion force
and a very large
iron to solder (or an expensive crimp tool).

I usually see these at the MIT Flea Market for around $10-20 for a two
pole mated
pair with two foot long cables (I believe the contacts are ~75A). You
may want to try RV dealers or solar power retailers.

(* jcl *)