Okay, guys well welcome back today. We're going to go over the [Andersen] power poll you saw these in a prior video
And they're basically the 12 volt connector of choice
And I thought I would go over how to install them and also some
accessories that you can use with the Andersen now the Andersen power poles that are going to be most commonly used especially in the
amateur radio setting are going to be the
45 Amp 30 amp and these are 15 amp and basically
the housing is all the same the only thing that varies is the size of the
Connector that goes in the housing so on this side
15 Amp 30 amp
45 amp and as you go up in amperage of course the wire size goes up and
Accordingly the size of the connector goes up
So you can fit the wire in but the tongue on the end is the same and [that] fits in the [Anderson] power
Basic structure [of] the [Andersen] power pole is centered around these plastic housings and the housings are basically the [same] in fact
They're exactly the same except for the color. They both have on two sides
See if I get a reflected light a dovetail
Fitting that's molded in and on the other two sides a dovetail recess
Now the mnemonic to remember is [red] on right both starting with an R. So red on right and
tongues up and it's hard to see in the camera, but inside there's a little metallic tongue and
the tongue on the
Connector is going to be facing up
And that's the orientation so [that] it can dovetail [with] the connector on the inside sounds complicated
But it's actually [very] simple so read on right?
Tongues up so these top parts with the metal tongue is up
And that's also the same orientation for this little metal connector
now in this orientation, you'll notice on the red is a dovetail and
the Black is a
recess
see that in the reflected light and these basically fit together and
then you slide them together and
There's the connector
Now the nice thing about these [is] you can configure any array that you want by [just] stacking more up on these?
Interfacing dovetails, but for most of the [12-volt] work that we're going to do. [it's] just going to be a positive and a negative
Connector, so you'll notice that there's a small hole where the two come together?
That is where this little roll pin
Goes you just push it in the hole and that essentially locks these two pieces together
You notice on this extension cable that I made
That I've got the roll pins on this power supply for my radio. You'll notice I have a
Adapter that's plugged into those holes. It's a little hard to see black on black, but let's take a look on red on Black and
that basically has
two pins that
[push] into those two holes without the roll pin and then these two
barbs on either end lock [onto] the end of the Anderson power pole
effectively locking the two together
Now the only thing I did for mine is I clip those tabs off
And I held it in [place] with a zip tie that way if I want to quickly unhook this I can get accessories. Here's another
Nifty accessory, this is a weatherproof cap. They're about a dollar dollar 50 I picked up four at a recent hamm fest and
Here you can see it installed on the end of the Anderson power pole connector
Now I put it on this set because this cable set is going to be mounted in my truck
Red to positive black to negative two sets of fuses and this will give me a very easily accessible
[12-volt] Power pole connection for my radio should I need it while I'm out with my truck
So that's a pretty nifty little
Sets an easily made accessories that use
[Anderson] power poles some spare wire and some bits and pieces I've got a pair of battery clamps
that I can plug in and
I have a pair of
wire clamps that I can also
Plug [in] with Anderson power pole, and [they] just basically go together pretty simply as you've seen
Now I can plug those in
to this 12-foot [role]
basically an extension cord and
Now I've got quite a bit of kitchen. [you'll] mate now is a set of cables
That will allow me to hook into my power supply
plug in Power supply and
Anderson Power pole Connectors, so that I can plug into my radio let's go ahead and make a what
We're going to need is a wire stripper
In Anderson power pole crimper now you can use it basically any crimper will work
but I've just found this gives me more consistent [results], and it was well worth the investment of about Thirty dollars a
wire cutter a
Heat gun, you can also use a lighter or butane torch some heat shrink tubing
Some wire
Anderson Power Pole Connectors and
The Little roll pin now one extra modification, and I'm going to show you that I do
Is I form a strain relief?
by putting some
[Mason] Cord whipping underneath A
piece of shrink tubing and that basically gives good strain relief from these wires pulling apart and
Will add to durability of everything we're going to do is
strip
about a quarter [of] an inch off the end of the wire and
these
Automatic strippers, just make that a very easy task
Then you want to just gently twist those wires
so they make a nice firm bundle that will make it easier to install into the
[Anderson] Power
The next step is to insert the wire into the end of the [Anderson] power pole clip
And you want to make sure that all the wire is inside that ferrule
then you take your crimpers and
These crimpers are nice because they include 15 30 and 45 amp Connectors all in one tool
now you orientate your
Clip at the end so that it's sitting like that, and it will sit inside
kind of hard to see if I can get the right light but
inside on the top of that anvil is a small little housing and you just basically slide it in and
then you crimp down and
Basically with this particular crimper. You just scrimp until the handle gives way, and then it's done
You got to be careful if you go too hard the instructions say you can break the anvil
But I've really found this very easy to use you just squeeze and at a certain point
It gives way, and then it's done and that gives you a very nice crimp on
the end of the wires and that's just feed it in and
They'll be a very satisfying click and that
Wire now is in there
Alright, I'm going to complete the black one and then we'll finish the success here. We have it the Anderson power pole
We got the wires crimped on and into their housings. We'll put the little
Roll pin in in one second now you saw how I did this I was using two separate wires
one little bit of Advice when you're using
red and Black zip cord you want to make sure that when the when you look at the ends that the
Anderson Power pole clips are exactly parallel if one is twisted or canted. It'll make it very difficult
to slide it into the back of the housing so you want to
hold that wire flat as it enters the crimper and
Keep that same orientation when you do the opposite wire and when you look at them the blade should be parallel to each other
If they're slightly off you can just gently twist a little bit and that will but the more you keep them straight
The easier it will be to mount them in the connector, okay well
there is the
Roll Pin started in the housing and what I found easiest for me is to start it and then
[I] use the end of a pair of scissors to gently push that
pin in
so there it's flush and then I take the very tip of the scissor and
Gently push it just below the surface and
You'll notice that it's just below the surface on [both] sides and I think that makes a nice instalay guys well
I put shrink tubing in the same category as duct tape Super glue and epoxy
stuff that you have to have on hand we're going to make the
strain relief on this cable with a full length of 3/8
shrink tubing and half a
length of Half-inch all right well we begin by
sliding the 3/8
Onto the wire and bring it all the way up to the end of the Anderson power pole
we're going to take our heat gun and
shrink that down
there's a number of options [you] can do you can certainly take a
zip tie and strap it around there that will work [very] effectively [a]
modification that I've come up with
uses about a [three-foot] piece of just [Nason] cord about a 1 foot piece like that and
put a fold in it, so you'll notice that we've got a short piece and
A long cells I will orientate the loop backwards
from where I'm going to start I'll keep the
line Flat
Put my thumb down to lock it in place, and I'm going to start about a quarter inch back
so I'm going to leave the short piece alone and
I'm going to take the long piece [and] I'm basically going to start wrapping
I'm going to put six wraps. So there's one around
I'll put my index finger right there to hold it in place
and I'm going to take that piece and bring it up through the bottom of the loop and
Bring it tight
and now I'm going to put my
other index finger on that side holding that in place
So you can see that. I've got the loop with that cord coming up through it and
Basically if you get the idea here I can pull
The short one and tighten up this loop
like that
now if [you] pull hard [enough]
I'm going to pull the loop underneath these wrappings which will make a nice secure now in the middle and if I pull tight
that gives a very solid
Whipping right around that
Heat shrink tubing and provides a nice strain relief for these two cables now to finish it off
We're going to clip off the ends of our scissors
clip
and
Take our half inch tubing slide it on
[and] I bring it right even
All right there you have it. So we've got an Anderson power pole strain relief and in this case I've [got] two
wire ends that have been tinned with Solder that will plug into my
switching plug-in power supply thing that should give you a idea of the flexibility of
Anderson power pole, so this is a pigtail off the end of my [12-volt] battery
there is a
Accessory cable made to go into a switching power supply
There is the power cord to my radio
with Anderson power poles and fuses an
Anderson Power pole
Connector for an automobile 12-volt battery a
12-volt extension cord with Anderson power poles on both ends [a]
set of wire clips and
A set of battery clips [and] trust me. This is just scratching the surface