{"id":2383,"date":"2009-07-30T18:56:04","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T00:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2019-10-17T07:04:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:04:49","slug":"simplify-with-anderson-power-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Simplify with Anderson Power Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may have mentioned to some of you that I had switched 100% over to using Anderson Power Pole connectors a few years back. But unless you wanted to shell out some big $$ to buy those power blocks from West Mountain Radio to the tune of $55-$100+ each, you had to build your own power block splitters.<\/p>\n

\"ExhibitLocal Ham Operator, Grumpy, WF5Y<\/a>, has a home-brew flat panel with 8 Anderson Power Pole connectors, each with their own fuse, similar to the WMR version, and he was asking $50 each at the Austin Summerfest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But after visiting with the DC Power folks from Beaverton, Oregon, www.dcpwr.com, during the Plano Hamcom last June, I went to Wes Allen K7WWG’s web site to see what he had available.\u00a0 I found an affordable solution in the form of a Red-Dee-2 8 port connector block (Model PS-8) that would allow me to feed power to 7 other devices.\u00a0 The price?\u00a0 $28 plus shipping.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I just ordered 2 more, \u00a0because originally I had planned to use this initial one for my Emergency Ham Radio Go-Kit<\/a> to provide an easy way to connect radios and accessories, but then it occurred to me that I needed to use it for my van’s wiring instead.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo showing my old wiring\u00a0 harness (home-brew) that would allow me to power up to 7 devices, with the PS-8 laying next to it.\u00a0 Then compare that with the photo of the PS-8 connected in its place.<\/p>\n\n\t\t