[TowerTalk] PowerPole connectors

[Larry Loen]

Simplicity and standardization.  Polarization.

The costs are not terribly significant compared to the cost of the gear
they hook up to.  I don't know about you, but for me, it's easier than it
looks to hook up the ring terminals in the wrong order.  Power pole
connectors, if you build them right to start with, are never wrong, no
matter how many times you plug and unplug them.  With old fashioned stuff,
every reconnection is a new opportunity to screw up.

And, so many now have them that if you're doing Field Day or some such, you
can reasonably expect most if not all of the stations to have power pole
compliant gear, especially if you tell them in advance.

When I'm dealing with someone else's gear, never mind mine, it's nice to
simply not have to worry about how to hook the main power up.


Larry WO7R


On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:

> What am I missing about PowerPole connectors?
>
> It seems to me to be a solution in search of a problem. What do they
> do that you can't do with a crimp type ring terminal and a screw type
> terminal strip at much lower cost?
>
> It looks to me like someone wanted to make some money by inventing a
> product that didn't need inventing and then selling to hams as if it
> were a necessity.
>
> Am I wrong?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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