[time-nuts] Anderson PowerPole (was Charles Wenzel GPSDO)

Brent brent.evers at gmail.com
Thu Jun 22 14:15:17 EDT 2017


Never seen the XT60.  Thanks for the heads up - looks promising - and cheap.

Brent

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com
> wrote:

> One of the problems of power poles is they are expensive.  Not a
> problem if you only need a few of them.   I've been buying DC
> connectors by the bag full as I've working on some battery powered
> mobile robots  I robot does not need many but for every finish one
> you've build maybe four breadboard systems and then you have the
> battery charging systems and the cables that connect battery chargers
> to power supplies. (LiPo battery charging is complex when you get into
> 18 volt 10 amp hour sizes.
>
> Power poles are also rather bulky.  OK if the equipment is stationary
> but not good for something that flies or drives around where weight
> and volume matter a lot.
>
> I've standardized on XT60 type connectors  These very compact and
> rated for 60 amps continuous.  Much easier to assemble and they cost
> about 80 cents per mating pair.    They are common in the electric
> power drone industry as battery connectors
> the XT60 is easy to use because they don't come apart.  the metal pins
> are permanently molded into the shell, you simply solder the wires on.
> The shell is high temperate plastic and withstands even unskilled
> soldering.
>
> I did something stupid last might and assembled power distribution not
> as designed with a mosfet switch and diode in backwards then connected
> a high power density battery.  I had an open flame along an entire run
> of #18 cable but finally the coper conductor failed (the metal
> vaporized) and the circuit opened and the flame stopped.   I have some
> chared remains of wires and crunchy black melted plastic.  But the
> XT60 connectors are still good.  The metal parts inside are still
> shiny gold plated and the nylon shells are good as new, after cleaning
> the soot off.
>
> I was actually holding the connecter in my hand when the thing went
> off like a bomb, but just minor burns.  Still amazed the connecter is
> fine after unsoldering the little stubs of burned wire from the pins.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:19 AM, Tom Van Baak <tvb at leapsecond.com> wrote:
> > Wes, Don,
> >
> > I am quite surprised at the negative reaction to Anderson Power Pole
> connectors. I have found them the best DC connector out there. I have used
> them for a decade or two for all my DC feeds and have never had a problem:
> in my home lab, my car, even for my laptop charger. They are inexpensive,
> reliable, genderless (hermaphroditic) and easy to crimp. I use them for my
> 5V, 12V, 24V, and 48V supplies as well as my DC backup systems.
> >
> > What on earth are you doing with them that causes them to disconnect? I
> mean, they are not meant for towing or lifting or rappelling. For critical
> applications there is a plastic gizmo that keeps them mated; or just use a
> square or figure 8 knot on the cables.
> >
> > /tvb
> >
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> Chris Albertson
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