Icom IC-718 Anderson power pole conversion

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I adapted rdcole's design to fit in my Icom IC-718 in place of the molex style power socket. I find the original power plug gets loose, gets hot, and starts to melt. This will allow you to convert the radio to Anderson Power Poles. This fits the models with a 6 pin plug. I have seen some newer IC-718's that have a 4 pin power plug, this will not work with those. Please see the pictures to make sure yours looks the same as mine. The original 6 pin plug is just 2 power, 2 ground, and 2 unused (they are internally connected to each other with a green wire, this might have some use with the official Icom power supply, but i do not know.) I just put each of the 2 wires in 1 anderson connector, as they are internally connected anyway. The radio is rated at 25 amps, so I used an anderson connector rated at 30 amps. Fit is tight, might require light trimming/sanding.