Dismantling Anderson connectors.

littleharbor2
littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 2018 in Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems #1
Is there a way to remove the individual contacts from the medium to large sized Anderson connectors? I've never used them before and have been given a bunch of them.

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  • Estragon
    Estragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #2
    IIRC, the housing bolts together in 2 pieces and the metal connectors are hydraulic crimps.
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  • littleharbor2
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    I don't see any accessible bolts. Does the plastic housing pop apart somehow?

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  • Ampster
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    edited December 2018 #4
    littleharbor2 said:
    Is there a way to remove the individual contacts from the medium to large sized Anderson connectors? I've never used them before and have been given a bunch of them.
    There is a lip on the contact that catches on a flat spring below it. To remove the contact you need to lift the contact at the front by prying a screwdriver or flat blade between the contact and the spring below. Then push back the contact with a flat blade or pull from the rear.  Here is a video for a SB50 but the big ones are essentially the same:
    https://youtu.be/3YegA_JYk9I
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  • littleharbor2
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    Ampster said:
    littleharbor2 said:
    Is there a way to remove the individual contacts from the medium to large sized Anderson connectors? I've never used them before and have been given a bunch of them.
    There is a lip on the contact that catches on a flat spring below it. To remove the contact you need to lift the contact at the front by prying a screwdriver or flat blade between the contact and the spring below. Then push back the contact with a flat blade or pull from the rear.  Here is a video for a SB50 but the big ones are essentially the same:
    https://youtu.be/3YegA_JYk9I
    Very helpful. Thank you.

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