whaich battery connectors to use ?????

[mike!]

hi now i know i will probbly start a big debait about this but any way i have decided to chang my battery connectors because even for bashing that tamiya ones wont put up with the abuse i put them through so what i want to know is weather to get deans or corroly's ? if some one could help

cheers mike

[aconsola]

I like to use the powerpole connectors. They have been marketed by litespeed and duratrax but are made by an electrical products company called anderson.  The main advantage of these is cost. They are quite popular in the US with HAM radio operators for interconnecting their devices, and so can be purchased rather cheaply in bulk, often at local electrical supply places.

 The other advantage is that they are genderless, so you never have to worry about which side of the plug you have when you go looking for one, you can also easily make high voltage packs by sliding the 2 housings apart and stringing 2 packs together in series, without having to do any extra wiring.

If you search the web they can be found in many more colors than the standard black/red, and have different size contacts available for different wire types, but all contact sizes will work with each other as long as you have the same housing size. http://www.andersonpower.com/products/pp/pp.html The one all the way to the left is the standard RC size, they make some huge connectors!

-Anthony

[Shodog]

I prefer Deans plugs.  They are small in size and they won't allow you to plug your stuff in backwards.

[Floyd]

Another vote on the Dean's . I'm a big fan , but its all a personal preference thing .

[neo]

Yup, i like Deans also []

[Tipsy]

Again...for high power output..Deans. Ultra reliable

[Scorpn]

I like the powerpoles for connecting the battery as they slide together and apart easier - I use the deans for the motor connection because they are smaller and neater - they seem to work the same - which is soooo much better than the Tamiya ones Cheers Glenn

[TWINSET]

I had Deans, then switched to Powerpole

Crimped on, they stay put - every now and then I'd have a Deans pop off (probly lousy soldering)

 

Connected, Deans are about 1/2 the size of a Powerpole, a Pp joint is about 40mm long!

They can be assembled 'handed' so you can't reverse the polarity too.

[twisty]

Deans here.Never had a faliure so far (touch wood) I don`t like Corralys because there is to much surface exposed and as i am now running mainly Lipo`s there is no second chance if you get a short.

[terry.sc]

I use Powerpoles myself, easiest to assemble and use. As the Powerpoles

can be used individually they make it a lot simpler to sort out wiring

when using saddle pack batteries as you can run one lead to each side

of the car. Whatever you get avoid Corallys, they might be the most

popular amongst racers but they aren't any more efficient than Deans or

Powerpoles.

The problem with Corallys is that they are just bare tubes soldered to

your batteries with no markings which makes it very easy to short out

and also to connect the batteries the wrong way round. They also make

it impossible for stick packs fitted with Corally tubes to fit inside

Tamiya cars.

[cyclepsych0]

another vote for deans here.... i've been using the 2-pin 'ultra plug' for years and years with zero problems. also,  as previously mentioned, they are nice and small.

[mavrick0]

A vote for deans as well here.  And if you are in the UK there's a guy that sells them in black, green, red, orange and blue if memory serves me.  But I've used them on everything for pretty much 12 years without one issue.  I've seen guys have wires fall off but that is due to back soldering or using the wrong type of solder.  I did run powerpoles for a while but after a while they do start to loose contact on the face and have a tendancy to corroide.

[Acto-Tuned]

If somebody wants to know more about powerpole connectors they look at this article. I was planning to switch for Tamiya to Deans on most of my cars but after hearing about powerpole connectors I’m not sure. I never considered them before this thread.

I have always used corally connectors on my race cars but all those cars have used saddle or side by side batteries. I have seen corally plugs used on stick packs you just have to use some red and black insulation over the battery connectors. Some of the corally sets have heat shrinking tubes included in the package. Still its easy to get it wrong.

Ole

[mike!]

If somebody wants to know more about powerpole connectors they look at this article. I was planning to switch for Tamiya to Deans on most of my cars but after hearing about powerpole connectors I’m not sure. I never considered them before this thread.

I have always used corally connectors on my race cars but all those cars have used saddle or side by side batteries. I have seen corally plugs used on stick packs you just have to use some red and black insulation over the battery connectors. Some of the corally sets have heat shrinking tubes included in the package. Still its easy to get it wrong.

Ole

thanks for all the commnts. and if you use coally connectors like 1proteus1 dose which he uses a male and a femal on the stick packs you cant get it worng

 

mike

[aconsola]

That is an interesting article. It says that the crimped connector conducts better than soldered. I've always read the opposite, I've seen several sources over the years suggest soldering over previously crimped connectors for better conduction.

-Anthony