[NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

Wed Nov 25 22:17:30 AKST 2009

Mark
Why not use a rigrunner and Anderson powerpoles.  easiest to use I've found.  Unless you are locked into banama plugs for some reason.
I've been using them on my IOTA 55 with no problems.
Eddie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Atwood, Mark 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

  In case anyone else is looking, I finally found these…

  http://www.muellerelectric.com/safety_sockets.html

  the second one on the page panel mounts, and is rated for 35amps.    And after all that searching..They’re manufactured locally here in Akron, Ohio.

  Mark Atwood

  Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President

  5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 

  Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102

  mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Atwood, Mark
  Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:54 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

  I’m actually looking at getting jacks with a threaded post and rather than soldering to the tab (which seems to be the thinnest, lightest duty portion of the product) I’ll drill through a brass strip and tap it for the thread and screw the jacks to the brass strip.  Basically making a power bus bar from the brass.   The bar will handle the amperage with ease and running two of them in parallel won’t create enough capacitance to bother.

  I see no need to fuse them as the PS is already fused.

  See…this is what happens when I don’t have a plane to build…

  Mark Atwood

  Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President

  5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 

  Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102

  mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Verne Koester
  Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:00 AM
  To: 'General pattern discussion'
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

  Mark,

  Just an idea, but what if you bought some high quality 4mm bullet connectors. Neu has high quality connectors and they’re rated to 80 or 100 amps. You could rough up the female connector and epoxy or CA it into your panel. You might have to get a little creative to color-code them. Some sort of red and black plastic or nylon donuts that could be glued in place. One thing’s for sure, you wouldn’t have any amperage issues.

  Verne

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Atwood, Mark
  Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:12 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

  Banana plugs are 4mm.  But what I’m looking for are the jacks/receptacle to plug the banana plugs into.    I need to make a power panel for plugging chargers into.

  Here’s an example…

  http://www.tequipment.net/Pomona5700.asp

  or

  http://www.muellerelectric.com/binding_posts.html

  but these are all rated only for 15amps.  They’ll probably all work fine, but we’re normally pulling 20amps plus.

  -M

  Mark Atwood

  Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President

  5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 

  Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102

  mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
  Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:43 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Panal/Banana Jacks

        I think Multicon might make some. BTW, aren't the 3mm electric connectors compatible with banana plugs? They are sure rated for more than 15 amps.

        --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Atwood, Mark <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote:

        Anyone know of a source of banana jacks that are actually rated to handle the currents were using?  I’m finding a lot of various binding posts and jacks rated to 15amps and occasionally a few rated to 20amps, but nothing higher.  I’m actually confident that these will all work fine.  I was just curious if there was a source for higher power stuff.

        Thanks,

        Mark

        Mark Atwood

        Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President

        5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 

        Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102

        mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com

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