Wiring Anderson Plugs

The red wire goes into the positive half, black into negative.
Some people crimp the wires into the blades but you need the proper crimper. I hold the blade upside down in a pair of pliers, heat it up with a little gas torch then fill it up with solder and push the wire into it before the solder hardens.

Then push the blade, with the wire, into the plastic housing. It must go in so that the blade is "hooked" by the flat piece of steel in the housing. If you can pull the blade out again it's in the wrong way.

When you push 2 Anderson plugs together one is "upside down" so the 2 positives meet and the 2 negatives meet.

If all this is hard to visualise try to see some completed ones and all will be revealed.

See if this helps....

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Extra tip for crimping the wires into the lugs

Use a ball bearing and place it against the lug side on and squash in a vice...you will get a very nicely rounded indent that will grip the wire just as securely as any crimpers

just make sure you do it on the top / bottom of the flat part of the lug as if you distort the lug on the side it may not fit nicely when you slide it into the connector

cheers

One reason that Anderson Connectors are so much better than most other high-current connectors is that they are silver-plated - the metal with the lowest resistance and fairly immune to corrosion.

Be very careful not to damage this plating at the contact points - don't let solder flow there, you'll never get it off - if flame heating, don't overheat and damage the plating.

Just in case anybody doesn't know how to keep a copy of that picture:

Click on it to get the large version, then right click on that and select "Save As" and then put it somewhere in your pooter.

Have a look here on the Anderson site for instructions.

Red wire goes to the postive side, black to the negative. Doesn't get much simpler than that.

Anything harder than that you might want to seek the assistance of an auto electrician.

Another hint is not to "dummy fit" it together to see how it works before crimping the wires in. I did this and it too hours of playing with all sort of tools to get the dam thing apart again!!!!!! The up side was I had a really, really good idea of how they worked.

And for those who don't want to spend $12 to $15 per plug that some places want to charge, and can wait for delivery, check out the following site:
http://www.traxide.com.au/anderson_7.html

cheers
glids