GARA Powerpole Information Page

Powerpole power connectors have been adopted by area amateurs as a standard connector for power sources. In case of emergency communications are needed, the connectors make a standard by which power connections will be the same. Listed here is information about the assembly and technical data about the connectors. Visit www.powerwerx.com for information on how to obtain these connectors.

PowerWerx recommends that the housings should be mated according to the diagram above, viewing from the contact side (opposite the wire side), tongue down, hood up, RED on the LEFT, BLACK on the RIGHT. PowerWerx supplies a 3/32-inch-diameter roll pin, 1/4 inch long, to keep the housings from sliding apart.

Note: Some organizations assemble the connector housings opposite of the above. Check with your local organization / group for the local "standard".

Highly conductive silver-plated copper contacts allow minimal contact resistance at high currents. Self-wiping action on make and break keeps conducting surfaces clean. Contact dents keep connectors mated in high-vibration applications and provide quick-break, snap action upon disconnect.

Non-corrosive stainless-steel leaf springs maintain constant contact pressure‹ideal for frequent connections/disconnections and intermittent overloading. Durable, high impact-resistant, polycarbonate housing with UL94V-2 flammability ratings comes in many colors for circuit trace ability and coding.

Identical connector halves are genderless‹making assembly quick and easy and reducing the number of parts stocked. Molded-in dovetails allow for customized harness in a variety of configurations.

The 30-ampere contacts are designed for 12-16 AWG wire. The contacts can be soldered or crimped to wires. A very expensive crimping tool is available from Anderson (we offer a very inexpensive alternative that does just as good a job). After a contact has been attached to a wire, it should be installed into the housing so that the housing spring mates with the underside of the contact. When you slide it completely in the housing you should hear a click when it passes the spring detent.

To remove a contact from the housing, use Anderson insertion/extraction tool #111038G2. You may also substitute a very small blade (jewelers screwdriver or X-Acto knife) to lift up the front of the contact slightly over the detent and pull the contact out of the rear of the housing, allowing the contact to be removed.

Here are the Anderson part numbers:

30 A Black Red	Housing Only #1327G6 #1327	Contact Only #1331 #1331	Accepts Wire 12-16 gauge 1216 gauge
75 A Black Red	Housing Only #5916G4 #5916G7	Contact Only #110G16 #110G16	Accepts Wire 6 gauge 6 gauge