KPA-1500 Power Supply Cable Size

Elecraft was my first experience with power pole connectors and I have
purchased custom cables from Powerwerx. They did a nice job, eventually I
purchased a crimper and connectors and made cables myself. If you are
making the KPA1500 cable longer than the factory cable it is probably
desirable to use a larger diameter. The factor may not be able to
accommodate this since the 75 amp connector is made for 6 awg max.

John KK9A


Richard Thorne rthorne at rthorne.net
Wed Aug 1 14:15:28 EDT 2018

Mike,

I went directly to Elecraft with my question. The answer is 6g.

I was told to be sure to use the correct crimp tool for the job.  If I
make the cable I'll probably just have Powerwerx handle it as they have
the correct hydraulic tool for the job.

Rich - N5ZC

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[Clay Autery-2]

WHICH is why I detailed in the VERY beginning on this thread how to make
the longer cable using 4AWG (or larger if desired).  The ONLY place the
cable would not be the larger gauge would be in the crimp terminal...

IF anyone is interested, I will repost what I wrote....  or just email
me offline.

73,

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On 01-Aug-18 14:44, [hidden email] wrote:

> Elecraft was my first experience with power pole connectors and I have
> purchased custom cables from Powerwerx. They did a nice job, eventually I
> purchased a crimper and connectors and made cables myself. If you are
> making the KPA1500 cable longer than the factory cable it is probably
> desirable to use a larger diameter. The factor may not be able to
> accommodate this since the 75 amp connector is made for 6 awg max.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Richard Thorne rthorne at rthorne.net
> Wed Aug 1 14:15:28 EDT 2018
>
> Mike,
>
> I went directly to Elecraft with my question. The answer is 6g.
>
> I was told to be sure to use the correct crimp tool for the job.  If I
> make the cable I'll probably just have Powerwerx handle it as they have
> the correct hydraulic tool for the job.
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
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[David Bunte]

I am also a bit confused (not the first time), but I could have SWORN that
the initial query was from someone who wanted a SHORTER cable.

Dave - K9FN

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 3:45 PM [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Elecraft was my first experience with power pole connectors and I have
> purchased custom cables from Powerwerx. They did a nice job, eventually I
> purchased a crimper and connectors and made cables myself. If you are
> making the KPA1500 cable longer than the factory cable it is probably
> desirable to use a larger diameter. The factor may not be able to
> accommodate this since the 75 amp connector is made for 6 awg max.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Richard Thorne rthorne at rthorne.net
> Wed Aug 1 14:15:28 EDT 2018
>
> Mike,
>
> I went directly to Elecraft with my question. The answer is 6g.
>
> I was told to be sure to use the correct crimp tool for the job.  If I
> make the cable I'll probably just have Powerwerx handle it as they have
> the correct hydraulic tool for the job.
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
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On 8/1/2018 12:44 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> eventually I
> purchased a crimper and connectors and made cables myself.

Call me old-fashioned, but I've installed hundreds of Power Pole
connectors mostly the smaller red/white ones used on the K3, but also
the much larger grey ones that accommodate up to #4 wire. I use only
simple hand tools and a soldering iron.

The use of crimp tools makes sense in a production environment.

73, Jim K9YC

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