As advised on another thread, I purchased direct from the manufacturer’s website (and saved), a GX CS3 Pump that is working as described. But I am not a huge fan of the included Alligator style clamps. Mainly, because using them with my 12v lithium battery setup would require me to open the waterproof enclosure in which the battery lives, in order to expose the anodes to make the connection. I’m also not a fan of the design’s use of the clamps to to connect to the inverter. In general, I think there are better ways and I happen to have materials on hand to do it how I prefer.
But I want to share what I’ve done and spread the word about this style of connector. They are pretty much standard in industrial electrical connections across the US and are common from forklifts to flight line equipment. All that is required is a good understanding of soldering techniques to ensure proper joints. Cleaning your materials properly prior, setting the soldering iron to the appropriate temperature, judicious use of flux as appropriate all go a long way towards obtaining perfect solder joints. Perfect solder joints won’t add impedance at the joint so all extrinsic flow like intended with zero power loss. Sloppy joints and or poor technique result in cold joints and loss of electron flow which ultimately equates to wasted energy. No need for that. But I’ll hop down from the proverbial soap box now.
GX CS3 Anderson PowerPoles
But I want to share what I’ve done and spread the word about this style of connector. They are pretty much standard in industrial electrical connections across the US and are common from forklifts to flight line equipment. All that is required is a good understanding of soldering techniques to ensure proper joints. Cleaning your materials properly prior, setting the soldering iron to the appropriate temperature, judicious use of flux as appropriate all go a long way towards obtaining perfect solder joints. Perfect solder joints won’t add impedance at the joint so all extrinsic flow like intended with zero power loss. Sloppy joints and or poor technique result in cold joints and loss of electron flow which ultimately equates to wasted energy. No need for that. But I’ll hop down from the proverbial soap box now.
GX CS3 Anderson PowerPoles
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