deans connections

[thesnake505]

iv just spent the evening changing all my batterys to deans connections, i was wondering if its worth changing the motor connections to deans as well. also iv made a lead to connect the batterys to the charger with tamiaya conection on the charger end, due to my mate using this charger as well, will there be any problem charging this way

 

cheers your local friendly snake

[jozza]

I always solder the leads directly to the motor, I've got a gas soldering iron so I can remove the connections in the field, and I prefer to have one less set of connectors to come apart. However, if you want connectors on the motor leads, Deans would be worthwhile as they are infinitely better than the bullet connectors.

Regarding charging cells, I have made up a set of Tamiya to Deans adapter leads, and use these most of the time on various chargers with no ill effects. It does mean that there will be more resistance when charging the cells, I wonder if this might possibly affect peaking, but in my experience I've never had any problem charging packs with Deans connectors in this way, no false peaks and the packs charge fine.

[DynaHead]

I agree with jozza.  But, If you don't really race your car competitively then I would suggest not to solder directly to the batteries.  Dean ultra plugs have amazing grip and barely any resistance.  I could not imagine them ever loosening of coming apart!

[Shodog]

On my chargers I use all deans plugs then made a deans to Tamiya adapter for those rare times when I need to charge a battery with a tamiya plug.  The lame connection of the Tamiya plug may give your charger a false peak detection or an open battery error

[barney buggy collector]

deans have less resistance than the same length of wire.i use deans connectors to my motors in case i need a quick motor change at the track and it makes testing the motor easy.

[rhenbelz]

I use Deans on all my stuff. Unless you only run stock motors with easy gear ratios and low-capacity Ni-Cad packs, go with Deans on the motors too. It just makes life easier.

[jozza]

Here's a tip for use with Deans connectors - the plastic is quite smooth, and they grip very tight. If you are out with buggies in the cold winter, I find it's almost impossible to pull them apart. So once I've soldered them on, I always use a rough paintbrush to dab a thin coat of Fender Mender, Shoe Goo or silicon onto the plastic part of the connectors. If you rough it up with the brush and leave it to dry, you'll find the Deans connectors a lot easier to grip, especially in the cold and wet.

[Dephcon5]

Personally, I use Deans on everything. Including as a quick disconnect for my car (1:1) keys

 

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