Deans

[Guest joelvardy]

I am going to be fitting deans tonight. I want to make sure that it is the 'plug'/'male' side that goes on the battery...

I know it should be but really don't wanna have to re do them all

Cheers

[markbt73]

Actually, shouldn't it be the female side on the battery? That way there are no exposed contacts on the battery that could short out if they touched something.

[94eg!]

I am going to be fitting deans tonight. I want to make sure that it is the 'plug'/'male' side that goes on the battery...

I know it should be but really don't wanna have to re do them all

Cheers

The battery should always have the side of the plug WITHOUT metal prongs sticking out of it (female). If you did have metal prongs (male) stick out when disconnected, it would be MUCH MUCH easier for the plug to come into contact with something and short it out (causing fire or destroying the battery). The speed control gets the male side because there is no risk of shorting when unplugged...

[Guest joelvardy]

hmm yeah..... I see your point

I think you are right I have seen pics of it done the way I first said but looking at there retail ones it shows the female on the cells:

[m.l.field]

I am going to be fitting deans tonight. I want to make sure that it is the 'plug'/'male' side that goes on the battery...

I know it should be but really don't wanna have to re do them all

Cheers

I don't really have an answer, but I would have expected the female part to go on the battery. So that the exposed pins can't get shorted out. Certainly that's how mine will be done when they arrive.

Whilst on the subject of Deans connectors, is there a convention as to which pin is + and which - ?

[Guest joelvardy]

CHEERS guys - see it pays to ask!

I would have been really annoyed if I had done it wrong - been psyching myself up to swap over to deans for weeks!

[Guest joelvardy]

it dose have neg and poss on the plug

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the left is negative and right is positive

[m.l.field]

it dose have neg and poss on the plug

Ah, mine haven't arrived yet from Hong Kong.

[Guest joelvardy]

did you buy them from eBay?

I got mine from there a few months ago and they 'seem' fine they are the ultra ones

[m.l.field]

Yes, 8 for 20 pairs so at that price they're worth a chance (and cheaper than tamiya style plugs)

[ryanbored]

I use deans on my fast elec boats. One plug takes 4 packs (wired in series) easy. Try doing that with a tamiya one without a fire! Think they're rated up to about 180 amps.

[Guest joelvardy]

HAHA yeah!!

Well I have them on my ESC and am just putting them on 2 packs of batteries

I will give it a try then get all the others done!

[highflyer]

First, I always threw out Tamiya plugs!! To me, Deans are the best for bashing with a stick pack battery... They give me some closure to hard wiring considering how efficient Deans plugs are!

Great choice and they are worth the low cost..

[Guest joelvardy]

They worked perfect today at clumber... shame the cars drive shafts are not so reliable