K3 Assembly Special Tools or Gotchas

[Bob DeHaney]

I had never seen a Power Pole connector and there are no specific
instructions except for soldering and contact alignment.  

My problem was inserting the small pin that holds the connector together.
At first I tried pressing it in using needle nose pliers and it spoinged
away in some direction.  I found it behind the couch 5 days later when it
refused to go into the vacuum cleaner.  The second time my lady found it all
the way across the room.

My solution was to align the connector halves, hold the pin in place with
needle nose pliers, and whack it with a small hammer.  Perfect!!

Vy 73, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T

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[M0XDF]

Sounds like yours wont fall out then - which is an issue SOME people  
have with APPs.
Lots of alternatives to using the pin, including not using anything  
(they stay together pretty well) - to using hot-melt glue in the hole,  
which quite easy to undo when you want to take the connectors apart  
for any reason
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
--
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long  
and
so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which  
open
for us. -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847-1922)

On 27 Aug 2008, at 12:25, Bob DeHaney wrote:

> I had never seen a Power Pole connector and there are no specific
> instructions except for soldering and contact alignment.
>
> My problem was inserting the small pin that holds the connector  
> together.
> At first I tried pressing it in using needle nose pliers and it  
> spoinged
> away in some direction.  I found it behind the couch 5 days later  
> when it
> refused to go into the vacuum cleaner.  The second time my lady  
> found it all
> the way across the room.
>
> My solution was to align the connector halves, hold the pin in place  
> with
> needle nose pliers, and whack it with a small hammer.  Perfect!!

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[drewko]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:25:06 +0200, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T wrote:

>
>My solution was to align the connector halves, hold the pin in place with
>needle nose pliers, and whack it with a small hammer.  Perfect!!
>
>Vy 73, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T
>


Oh, yeah... I forgot about the power cable. I also had never seen a
powerpole connector before. After the big discussion months ago I
decided to just order the crimped cable with my kit. Weirdly, the
power pole connectors were the first thing I searched for when I
opened my K3 package-- I had to see what all the squawking was about!

I recalled numerous other times fooling around with connectors and
cables when I was itching to get some piece of electonic gear going,
even resorted to machining my own connector housings in one case when
I had none on hand! So, with a freshly assembled K3 begging to be
powerd up...? No thanks!

I really enjoyed putting the K3 together, but soldering the cable
connectors (and counting & sorting screws & washers) was more fun than
I needed to have...

73,
Drew
AF2Z




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[Jim Brown-10]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:11 -0400, drewko wrote:

>Oh, yeah... I forgot about the power cable.

Power Pole connectors are VERY easy to wire and put together once
you understand how they work. You do NOT need any special tools
beyond what you would need for any common soldered connector. I've
long ago converted all my DC wiring to Power Poles, including all
the wall warts that run computer equipment and miscellaneous
electronics.

73,

Jim K9YC



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[Svend Spanget]

What do you use at the other end?
I have a single sturdy powersupply that I'm using for 4 devices. It
doesn't really look good with all the bananaplugs connected together...

73
Svend, OZ7UV

Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:11 -0400, drewko wrote:
>
> >Oh, yeah... I forgot about the power cable.
>
> Power Pole connectors are VERY easy to wire and put together once
> you understand how they work. You do NOT need any special tools
> beyond what you would need for any common soldered connector. I've
> long ago converted all my DC wiring to Power Poles, including all
> the wall warts that run computer equipment and miscellaneous
> electronics.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K9YC
>
>
>
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