Aussie Anderson connector group buy + custom Anderson leads

[Hyena]

Hey guys,
I'm about to place a largish order and thought I'd give others here the opportunity to jump onboard. There's minimal bulk discount but there's the opportunity to save on split postage costs. The connectors are about half the price of what we can buy them locally here in Australia for so it's worth shipping them from the the other side of the pond if you're after more than a few.

If you have lipo packs like me, go with andersons for your series/parallel charging and discharging and forever remain KFF free*
*however no responsiblity taken for you bring a n00b or otherwise stupid!

I'm also buying a crimper which I can make available to Sydney guys to borrow. Or for a small fee I can make up any leads you require by request
(tell me now though if it's a big order like a 24S series/parallel discharging set up requiring 30 odd plugs)

Let me know in the next day or 2 if you're interested.

[Hyena]

OK the order has been placed, I'll contact those involved when the gear arrives.

I've ordered more than I need for the forseeable future so I still have enough to make up a few leads for those that are interested.

This is my 4P charging plug - if you want something similar (or different!) give me a yell

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[gtadmin]

Crap, missed it! Having a look at your plug, would it make more sense to arrange it like this? http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-powerpoles/accessories/powerpoles-chassis-mount-4-sets.html
Allows it to plugged in any way and still be correct.

Cheers,
GT

[Hyena]

What leads were you after GT ? I ordered more than I'll use in the forseeable future so I'd have some spare for small jobs for other people.
As for the layout, for parallel charging it doesn't really matter but on one of my packs I have it configured for a mixture of series and parallel discharging (inserting 1 plug makes it 10S3P, inserting another makes it 15S2P). Getting one of those plugs around the wrong way = melted plastic, vaporised contacts and probable KFF! (I speak from experience when I replaced one contact and put them back in the opposite order!)

[gtadmin]

Hi Hyena, not leads, connectors. I am going to get two of those 30A panel mount connector blocks so I need another 40x30A Andersons so I can also parallel charge, but run in series with no KFFs. That would be 20 red and 20 black. If you don't have them, it's OK as I'll order them when I order the blocks. All appears quite a reasonable price. I just liked the fact that you just couldn't get it the wrong way round, even if you were connecting them in the dark.

Cheers mate,
GT

[Hyena]

Ah ok. I could probably just spare that many but if you're looking at that quantity + the other bits it's probably worthwhile placing another order.

[gtadmin]

Yeah mate, that's what I'll do. Cheers anyway