Poll..Deans or Gold Plug connectors for you batts
 

Just wondering what everyone prefers...I am considering Gold Plug connectors instead of Deans...just to try them...I personally find that the Gold connectors are MUCH easier to work with and soldier IMO

deans.

personally I've had good luck so far with traxxas connectors

People seem to have their favorites...:yes:

Definitely Deans - only time I've had a problem with them is when I applied heat for too long and it caused the plastic to get soft and the blade shifted position a bit. Solution - use a hot iron and solder quickly.

Usually, Deans or Traxxas connectors are the top choices. Some like the Anderson PowerPoles too. All of these are keyed and protected. By keyed, I mean it can be plugged in only one way to prevent reverse polarity. By protected, I mean that the contacts are insulated to prevent accidental shorting on any metal. The downside to these connectors is that they are only rated to around 50A, burst is a bit higher.

The larger bullet connectors can handle higher current, but due to their design, they aren't keyed. Someone could accidentally reverse the polarity and blow something. You can put a male and female connector on the battery as a form of keying, but then one contact isn't protected and increases the risk of accidental shorting.

What would be really nice, is some sort of plastic plug add-on that would allow 5.5-6mm bullets to snap in to provide the advantages of both types of connectors.

Been there done that!

I have used deans and traxxas connectors and now prefer the traxxas connectors. Performance is virtually identical so that aside here is the reason I prefer traxxas connectors. They are in my opinion much easier to solder/assemble and put together/take apart. Simple as that for me. The deans however are smaller and look a little neater perhaps but I have now switched everything over to the traxxas connectors.

I was using deans before but changed to sermos (anderson power poles) just for the prices difference. But I am hearing a lot of good things from the Traxxas connectors

Actually the best thing to do is use an extra plug an put the pair together, then solder which ever one you need. The other plug will hold the blades in place where they need to be.

Deans.

Neat idea - I'll try that next time. Also a bit more copper in play to disapate the heat from soldering.

Deans

I use deans on all of my RC stuff. The motorcycle packs get 6.5mm deans, but I have adapters for both the ESC and batteries so that I can use them with deans too. Works well, and makes putting packs in series a breeze. Positive is female on battery, and Negative is male. I use shrink wrap to keep them close together so there is less chance of short. Insulated male sides could be used to keep the positive terminal encased for storage.

bullets for me.looks neat and tidy

i put deans on my stampede i had 10 years ago and since then ive put them on every single r/c ive owned. They are simple and reliable and small.

i have put a few traxxas plugs on for people and i do and dont like them but they could never be good enough to make me switch my 25+ plugs i have on everything to over to traxxas, itd cost a small fortune in plugs.

I don't run brushes and I don't use solder so Power Poles for me. :intello:

My vote goes to:

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These are the 5.5mm bullets. I like them for a few reasons:

1: Very easy to solder. You cant overheat/warp them.

2: Much larger contact area than most other connectors, thus less resistance.

3: The cross-sectional area of the conductor is tha same as a 10AWG wire so they can handle loads of current as well.
4: They aren't too large. Though I've seen them in sizes up to 10mm. :surprised:

Deans are OK, but if I were to use them I would use a whole connector on each wire. That would be about the same as using these 5.5mm bullets.

I use deans for battery to ESC connections and 5.5mm bullet connectors for ESC to motor connections. :yes:

Deans

I used deans 2 years without any problem :)

Deans. i have so many i couldn't switch if i wanted to.

i use traxxas much better then deans imo, bigger, and can handle more amps

Even though i'm selling all my batts and Motor, I'm staying with Deans for the batteries and 6mm gold plugs from LMT for the motor.

just curious, isn't the point of a poll thread to actually have a pole in it so people can vote.

My favorite is the TRX connectors because from what Ive seen they have a tad more metal to metal contact area than deans plugs.

IMO
between the Deans and Traxxas connectors there is not enough difference to be concerned about(if there is any) especially if you run 5s or higher

Good point... I just noticed that too. :oops:

45A powerpoles ftw

Deans. If I ever feel the deans getting warm at all I'll think about changing. Until then I wouldn't bother changing everything over. Way to much stuff. 5.5mm bullets on esc to motor connection on everything. that way motors batteries escs whatever can be swapped around model to model for testing different configurations. I'm a tinkerer and rarely run the same setup in a truck for very long before the urge to try something else strikes me. I play musical motors, esc, batteries all the time.

I read an article a while back that tested a bunch of these connectors. I cant remember which magazine it was, but the conclusion I remember was that Deans, Traxxas, 5.5mm bullets all tested as basically invisible when soldered in series on a 12 gauge wire. if the resistance of the plug is equal to an equivalent length of 12ga wire then its good enough for me.

Also have to look for the wear factor. Bullets seem to loosen over time. Deans has a nice spring to ensure solid contact. I believe Traxxas is similar? I suppose you can re-spread the individual tines on bullet connectors to renew the tension, but I can never get them to be perfect.

Bullets are easier to clean though. After a while, crud gets on any contacts and the female end of Deans is kinda a PITA to get to effectively.

Deans for me, but I like the look of bullets (and the durability/ease of soldering) but may decide to switch to them later on.

Deans
Traxxas didn't even use solder on some of my esc's plugs.(easy fix tho) If one had to couldn't they just use two deans instead of one on the esc & lipos? (soldering one wire to both plug poles, one for the positive and one for the negative) Also when making a series connector could the plugs be sized different per load at connection? (1 x Dean at each lipo and 5.5MM at esc)

After I typed the post, I got side tracked for 15 min and just hit post quick reply w/out setting up pole..after I realized it a few mins later, several had already posted so I just left it alone..sorry about the mix up everyone...:whistle:

If you guy's do go with the bullet connectors you can use red heatshink tubing on one wire and black on the other to avoid mistakes. Deans rule they are way better they are the ultimate connector (besides I'm stuck with like 50 pairs..lol).

I use 6mm bullets on motor and battery. The main reason is that they are easy to solder. I can't solder a dean's plug to save my life. I like the traxxas too, but I just find soldering the bullets to be a lot easier.

I like the idea about a plastic adapter for safety to keep the bullets from touching. I blew a lipo pack though on accident (remember that JHautz!) not paying attention. I since have switched to male/female set up so I can't make that mistake again. IT does bother me though with the exposed connector. For now I just wrap in electrical tape as a safety precaution.

Another Deans user - on everything but a pr of 5000 2S Neu's that I bouight usd - they came with bullets. Looking at the size of the wires, I think's I'd have trouble changing them to deans, the wires are so big (10ga_. I soldered up a set of adapters using 12ga wire, bullets to deans, and discovered the bullets are easier to solder.

I have not used the Neu's that much, but have noticed the spring in the male bullets has already started to get weaker.

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Halle all the way... Angeline looks like she got punched in the lips. Besides, I like my women curvy - Angeline is too skinny.

Neither they are both annoying but Id bang Halle way before fish face Jolie

I switched everything from the Traxxas over to deans. I originally hated deans because they are small and hard to get apart for a nail biter lol But you cant solder up a parallel connector or anything on a Traxxas. Id love to use gold connectors if they had BrianGs plastic retainer idea, I dont trust they wont click together and short out even with lots of heat shrink.