Thread: Anderson plug for Air tyre compressor

That's right, both plugs are exactly the same.

The connectors have solder buckets to accept the wires, if the wiring isn't thick enough to fill them double the end over and be generous with the solder. Once soldered (and cooled) you push them firmly intot he back of the plug till they click and lock.

There is a '+' and '-' molded into the plastic where the wires go in, take extra time to ensure that you get that right or you could be seeing sparks.

Hi Mike, here is a quick fit tutorial that might be of some help to you.

If you are going to solder the cable to the terminals, put some cardboard in a vice and use the vice to hold them while you solder.

The cardboard is there for two reasons, to insulate the terminal from the jaws of the vice which makes it easier to solder and to protect the surface of the terminals against being scratched.

If you have to do the soldering at the vehicle, then you can use your jump lead clamps to hold the terminals while you solder the cables to them. Again put some cardboard in clamps.

Don’t let the solder overflow and run down over the contact area but if the flux overflows, just use some mineral turps to remove the flux.

When you solder each terminal, let each terminal cool down slowly, do not blow on them or use a wet rag to cool them down. They slower they cool the stronger the bond.









When you assemble the plug and terminals, make sure each terminal clicks twice when you insert them into the housing.

Brilliant!! Thanks very much for the info and tutorial.. My soldering iron is small, I have found its very hard for me to heat up those thick plugs.

I'm on a couple weeks leave now so will get those projects going