These are Traxxas's updated battery connectors. I hear a lot about "Dean's" connectors and was wondering if there was any noticeable difference in performance between the two. I know the Traxxas ones are gold-plated. opinions?

I prefer the Traxxas ones. no notable difference in performance

Thanks for the answer. That was all I was looking for.

For what it's worth, the Deans connectors are much easier to manage than a Traxxas one. Performance advantages are non existent, as he stated.. But the Traxxas connectors must have the pins pushed in the plastic after soldering and pushed out for repair or replacement. Also, your soldering for the Traxxas connectors must be small, clean, top notch solders or you'll have trouble getting the pins into the connector. Just throwing the info on here for you.. I use deans simply because everyone else does, and they're easy to repair/solder up. I used Traxxas in the past and I prefer Deans.

Very true, I decided early on that wanted to convert to traxxas connectors. After soldering up a few I found that if I didn't solder them perfectly on the very tip of the pin than they can't be pushed all the way in. I have yet to solder one well enough to push the pin all the way in.

I am switching to deans because the soldering is much easier. The positive can be soldered on the outside of the pin allowing plenty of room for thick gauge battery wires. I have had much more success with the deans.

Funny you say that- I actually find the traxxas plugs easier to use because they are able to be taken apart. I can solder the tabs flat on the table and snap them into the plug housing afterwards, where a deans you run the risk of melting the plug if your iron isn't hot enough to rapidly melt the solder. To each their own.

Any excess solder can be cleaned off with a dremel before installing the tab into the plug- had to do this a few times before I got the hang of soldering these up.

I've soldered together quite a few of both styles, & I greatly prefer the Traxxas connector...Much easier to disconnect, they never vibrate apart, no heat shrink needed, & no melting the connector when soldering large wires to them.

You are all wrong!!!


No seriously, both deans and traxxas connectors are a pain.
Especially if you are working in a high current environment.
Even deans have their limit, and I've seen quite a few succom to the current and melt.
At least if you are running 8th scale.
In 1/10 deans would be more than enough, but they are still a pain to work with.

I would any day recomend the EC plugs. EC3 for 10th scale and EC5 for 8th scale.
It's from Losi so you know they are good.

I myself use the Hobbyking equivalent simply because of price, and I have yet to see one fail.
In my local club there are quite a few 8th scale electric cars, and everybody uses EC5.

Here's a link for you:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9625
and
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9194

They are hella easy to solder and EC5 will even take a 8awg cable with no issues. Though you need an iron of at least 40w, and thats pushing it.
No need for shrink wrap and you can't short them.
I'm never going to use anything else.

I don't own any 1/8 scale stuff yet. But I use xt-60 connectors on everything, including 6s airplane systems.

I've used Deans and the TRX plugs. I prefer the TRX plug because you can solder up to a 10g wire on it, and its has bigger contact area then a Deans. You do need a good hot iron to get a good joint, sometimes the solder will go past the 3mm mark. If that happens a dremel can be used to take off any solder blobs. Really after its put together it should not be taken apart ever again unless its worn and getting replaced by a new one.