Traxxas-Deans adapters
 

Recently I noticed that there are very few adapters available online, and none that I have seen in stores, to adapt Traxxas to Deans Ultra. I know that when I'm out bashing with friends, we all use either TRX or Deans, so when a battery runs out we can't lend our extras to one another. I wanted to know: Is there any demand potential from the members of RCtech to buy adapters for either male TRX to female Deans or female TRX to male Deans? I have been soldering for several years from small PCBs to large wires, and I am the electronics captain of our high school robotics team (which made it to the world championships last year). I am thinking of building these connector to order (i.e.: wire length, male/female) and selling them at a competitive price (probably ~$8). It's more about the hobby for me, and less about making profit. Please post a comment on your opinion :)
Here's a link to the picture of the adapters I made earlier today:
http://flic.kr/p/8s7TxU
I can't embed the photo because Flickr stopped letting me for some reason :rolleyes:

I don't need any adaptors but I have a question, what temp should my iron be getting in order to solder 10 gauge wire? I'm having one hell of a time getting my deans on my ESC

I don't know about an exact temperature, but when I solder big wires with Deans connectors I use my 40W soldering station and turn the knob to at least 3/4 of full. When you are using that hot of an iron, though, you have to remember to not leave it on the connector longer than you need to, or else the plug will start to melt pretty quickly. Also, don't know if you're already doing this, but make sure you tin the connectors with a good amount of solder (so there's a slight mound of it) and tin the wire all the way through the part you stripped (it might take several inches of solder to do so). Good luck!

Ya I do all of that, either my solder sucks or my iron sucks. My iron is pretty decent digital 60watt and it says it goes up to 842 degrees but my temp gun says the tip only gets to 290. I can barely melt the solder on the plug to tin it much less get enough heat into the wire to melt the solder on that. The wire gets hot as hell, hot enough to melt the insulation but the heat won't stay on the joint. It's frustrating as all hell.

What part of the soldering iron tip do you use to solder? The very tip or the side of the tip? The better method is to use the side of the tip, since it actually gets hotter and transfers heat more efficiently. It could be that your temp gun only goes up to 290º.

I use the side of the tip. When I got the iron I tinned the tip like you're supposed to. I'm using Radio Shack solder, .050" 60/40 rosin core.

Traxxas already makes the adaptors and sells them for $8 I believe which I must say is an absolute rip off. You can get a pair of Traxxas plugs for $3 and change maybe, deans are even cheaper. So for MAYBE $3.50 worth of plugs, $.25 in wire, $.05 in heatshrink and no more than 2 minutes of time you're gonna charge double what it costs to do it yourself?

I suppose noobs who haven't learned how to solder yet may be interested but if you pursue it best of luck. Those plugs looked clean. ;)

I've heard radio shack solder is good and 40W should be plenty. I HIGHLY recommend using solder paste or flux as it's known. I don't see how anyone can justify not using it really. It makes the solder stick instantly to anything it touches and melts away so you didn't even know it was there. It also cleans your tip instantly but can be mildly corrosive if used too much so ya gotta be careful. I use a Hakko 936 and burned up the first tip after 2 months but been going on the 2nd one for over 4 now and it works as well now as it did new.

Neu, I was just putting a feeler out, and yes it was meant for those who don't have soldering experience. I don't have plans of mass producing these, just wanted to know if anyone was interested because I like to put my electronics experience to work for others :) BTW it would be $7 or $8 shipped since they can fit in an envelope, if that makes any difference.