PowerPole® PP 4-Way

These connectors take some care to fit as regards crimping, and the internal diameter of the 30A size is too skinny to allow the cores of some rig power cable to fit inside without paring off around 4 minimum filaments of copper - which I don't like. However, I went ahead and used them anyway and no problems have ensued. Also, I'd prefer to see a little more click-engagement as the internal spades slide-engage. Twice so far I've had a pair of PPoles fall apart in service, needing to be refitted to their opposite numbers. I work portable a fair bit so my cables do have to bear some movement at times - that's what made the connection disengage. Have also used them to join legs of an experimental G5RV-variant to the central insulator, successfully - obviously these don't bear the strain of the wire tension in use - there's a strain-clip on the "outside" of each of these, which works well; I'm using (very) cheap keyring-grade carabiners for this and they work very well indeed. Am using Sotabeams kevlar cored wire for this - a ticklish business crimping those onto the minimal copper content of the kevlar wire - used a short piece of multistrand DC feed core to bulk out the six strands - so far, no issues with this trial. [admin: I assume the reviewer intended to review PowerPole connectors rather than the PowerPole 4-Way but posted in error]

Great kit to keep all the stuff working on 13.8 volts. I have converted all the equipment to powerpoles (I bought some smaller 15A terminals for the low current items). As usual, service was excellent

This kit is the best for those days out of the shack or indeed in the shack and you need more connections. Its very easy to build, really handy for splitting power and of course very light for travelling to SOTA or portable locations.

Never used Powerpoles before, so bought this ready built and tested. Have wired it up in the shack to 3 radios - it's fantastic and safe, and will be using it portable in the next few weeks.

Having converted much of my DC leads to power poles already, this item allows stuff to be shared safely, plus is also useful when out portable. Service was excellent - ordered Friday, delivered by post Monday. Many thanks Richard.

Great kit, doddle to build and perfect item for the portable bag. In the process of converting all DC items in shack to the powerpole standard.

Was in 2 minds with cost etc but once I received it I was over moon. Its very well built and I'm 100% satisfied - which is no mean feat for me :)

This is just what I needed to avoid the possibility of mis-connecting a device to a PSU, and using the same PSU on a transceiver and other device in the shack. 4 stars as it is rather small and light, it is possible for it to become entangled with the wires! Blu-Tak will adhere it to a surface

Knowing the quality of all products from SOTABEAMS, I sent for this kit just to give me something to do while my shack was being built. With clear and simple instructions it was constructed in a matter of minutes. Now I couldn't live without it. Everything that requires 12 volts now has an Anderson plug fitted and (so far) I've always got access to the supply. As always a solid and reliable addition to the station.

You don't have a dedicated PS for everything in the shack, so at some point things will have to begin to share. This is when the SOTABEAM PP 4-Way comes to the rescue. It's heavy duty; it's neat; it's perfect. I got mine assembled - the design is excellent and the craftsmanship is beautiful. You're gonna wonder how you got along without it!