Servo wire length
 

I have always preferred to cut my servo wires to length after installing all of the electronics in my RC cars. I like the wiring tidy. the first time i did this i simply cut out center of the wiring harness and soldered and heat shrinked the two ends together. That still does not look as neat as it could. So the next time i needed to do this i cut the wire to the length needed and crimped on new terminals. not having the proper crimping tool i applied solder to ensure a good connection, but excess solder makes it difficult to reinstall the terminals into the connector. i see a third way, unsoldering the wires from the circuit board inside the servo, cutting the harness to length and resoldering the wires back to the circuit board. Has anyone done it this way? or will i fry the circuit board with the heat from the iron? the servo i want to attempt this on is a brand new Hitec HS-5965MG.

Regards, Dave

That's a perfectly valid way of shortening the lead. It's not super fine soldering work but if you're iffy about it I'd probably suggest staying away from that solution. That and you'll certainly void the warranty.

I've done it that way with several servos but decided to coil my brand new savox at least until I've run it long enough to test it.

Steve

i solder on boards at work...
if you dont have a good quality iron with high quality tips dont try it.

if you do have a good quality iron and good tips go for its simple to do.
set the iron in the 750 degree range and go for it.

The other option is to get the proper crimping tool....

The proper crimping tool is the way to go. If you have all the right connectors and the tool, it only takes about 10 minutes without the risk.

Where do you get the crimper? Not 30 bucks?

what kind of crimping tool used with the servo wire?

I too wanted to shorten the length of my JR servo wiring, but was to afraid of screwing up the wire and connector.

The only thing at Hobbytown USA that isnt overpriced... the Crimper is like $15 there.

The pins themselves can be found MUCH cheaper on Ebay, The name doesn't mater, actually Hi-Tec are the best because you don't need to trim the stupid tab.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KO-Propo-Servo-C...item20b6409e13

Are these specific to the terminal, or universal?


http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXYPT5&P=ML

I got it in rc-mushroom:

http://www.rc-mushroom.com/index.php?cPath=28_407

http://www.rc-mushroom.com/index.php?cPath=28_407