Originally Posted by
neospud
I bought four packs of them and have been soldering them up to everything. So far they're definitely quality.. *very* tight fitting. TBH i don't plug them in all the way so i have a chance of disconnecting them again without tools lol.
I've been using them with 12awg which is on my batteries and most of my charge leads/escs. It's a small gauge to use with them but it works fine. They come with a small strip of braided copper and no mention of it in the instructions. I'm thinking maybe it's meant to be used inside to help out with conductivity on smaller AWG wire?
Originally Posted by
theblitzkidd
Deans will always be a 1/10 plug, now for 1/8 someone might...might consider those..but if they are as hard to unlug as was mentioned, the whats the idea:/
I plug mine in all the way and almost tore shield off of wire, so I just compressed the male fitting a tiny bit so you don't have to be Mr. Muscles to separate them. Don't worry if you compress them a bit to much and they don't fit tight enough, a 2mm hex will slide in center of male pin and result in a nice tight fit, but not super tight.
The braided copper is solder wick, it used to clean solder on outside of pin if solder spills outside of cup, since if you don't clean it off it will be useless.
Originally Posted by
neospud
Erm... they're quite easy once you get the hang of it. The battery side is the female bullet which is big enough to just stand up on a sturdy surface. You can well up some solder in it and push the wire right down and hold it there. Don't even need anything special to hold it.
The male side needs something to hold it. The instructions recommend drilling a hole in a piece of wood and using that. Again after that it's really easy to fill it up with some solder and put the wire in.
Overall i would say definitely easier than deans. You don't even need heat shrink. Traxxas i think would be easier if i could understand exactly how to get them right.
I think traxxas better IMHO. You don't need heat shrink if everything is the right length. You don't need to slip the plastic over first so you can't forget or put it on wrong. They're easier to connect/disconnect.
I think these are for when you really really need 200a continuous and don't have as many options.
I found them easier to solder than traxxas or deans, went very quick with my method. I placed them in phenolic jig (a block of wood drilled for size of pin would work just as well but might burn a bit) and used a cheapo hot air rework station and blew hot air at pin at about 880 degrees and it heated pin in to time, was super clean and easy. I think a little butane pencil torch would work just as well, if not better.
Originally Posted by
racer1812
I'ld like to see a pic of those next to a deans..
