Anode connection

摘要

An apparatus for and method of making a connection between an electrical conductor and an anode so that the conductor is attached to the anode to supply electrical energy thereto for use in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes male and female members of electrical conducting material having cooperating frusto-conical surfaces and such members are received within a bore in an anode. Normally the male member is connected to the electrical conductor and is positioned at the bottom of the bore after which the female member is forced over the male member which causes the female member to expand into intimate engagement with the side walls of the bore. The method includes the steps of placing a male member having a frusto-conical outer surface into a bore of an anode and then forcing a female member having a cooperating frusto-conical inner surface onto the male member to cause the female member to expand into intimate engagement with the walls of the bore.