Originally Posted by
HeavyDuty
Isn't the norm to use female on the side providing the power? The reason, as I understand it, is to reduce the chance of shorting when it could easily be live.
Might not matter in this case, but I'm a newb, so I thought I would ask.

Yes that's the norm.
The reason I as is that I have seen some people with Corally type plugs soldered directly to the motor tabs, some with them directly on the ESC tabs, and some in the middle of the wire. I didn't know if there wad a preference (size / capacity).
Ben