Right Angle PowerPoles

[N9JIG]

I am in need of some right-angle PowerPole connectors or even adapters. Here is my dilemma:

I have a WestMountain Radio "PwrCheck" (shown below) that I want to mount on a panel. In order to accommodate the power leads that come out the right and left I would drill holes in that panel. For aesthetics sake I would like to install right-angle PowerPoles to dress the wires straight back and thus the holes would be closer together.

I could use a different style meter or a power supply with integrated meters but I already have the Astron and this PwrCheck as well as a panel to mount it on. Right-Angle connectors would be a decent way to dress the wires in my system should they be available.

I have checked all the usual sources but so far no go. I have gone so far as to disassemble the PwrCheck to see if it is worthwhile to remove the connectors and solder leads and that is a solution I am seriously considering.

 

[K7MFC]

I saw these on Mouser, would they work? I’d probably try and solder it too, and run the wiring out the back of the unit. Terminate with whatever connector type.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Anderson-Power-Products/ASMPR45-1X2-RK

 

[N9JIG]

I saw these on Mouser, would they work? I’d probably try and solder it too, and run the wiring out the back of the unit. Terminate with whatever connector type.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Anderson-Power-Products/ASMPR45-1X2-RK

Thanks but no, these are intended for soldering to a board. I need ones to connect to cables.

 

[n1ofj]

Money is better spent on equipment that protects equipment from low/high voltage. Fuses exist to protect from over current situations and addresses it immediately. What exactly does this device do to protect equipment? This device looks like window dressing.

 

[slowmover]

A monitor

PWRcheck+ - West Mountain Radio

Handles 8 display modes including voltage, current flow in either direction, wattage and amp-hours. Measures 0V* to 60V (Less than 8V requires USB power to PWRcheck), 40A continuous load. Accurate to within +/- 10mV, +/- 10mA. Resolution - 10mV, 10mA. High side monitoring does not require...

www.westmountainradio.com

FWIW, I’ve had to re-organize radio gear on how to use devices such as RigRunner to accommodate runs.

Tactical Radio Carriers

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I joke that these carriers are my erector set radio shack. It rides in the passenger seat, true; it makes for easy vehicle removal, true; it provides a much easier way to install accessory componentry, also true.

By the pic, I’m not seeing the dilemma. I might “case” the monitor and have the APP terminated power leads run thru that (wide enclosure approach).

The TRC makes this easier for me. PwrChk would be a sub-assembly component of its own mounted on or in the TRC.

A marine power distribution panel is otherwise what comes to mind as model:



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“Radio shack” aboard a tool cart would be handy.

Keep the power leads long enough and can roll to throne room for QSO when conditions are hot.

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