Are Deans enough?

[Metallover]

My dad's name is Dean.




I think bullet plugs would be nice if you really wanted to spend the money to upgrade them and replace all your connectors and adapters, then take the time to solder. I think deans are fine personally and I like them because they are pretty much the standard plug of high powered RC equipment.

How long have you been using that dean connector?Older plugs can cause more resistance.You could also try Astro Flight Zero Loss Connector

[J57ltr]

The link you posted was for some DDR memory, but I looked it up and the specs are lower than Deans. They state that they have less resistance than an equiv. piece of 14 gauge, Deans lists the same as 12Ga.

Jeff

Originally Posted by J57ltr

The link you posted was for some DDR memory, but I looked it up and the specs are lower than Deans. They state that they have less resistance than an equiv. piece of 14 gauge, Deans lists the same as 12Ga.

Jeff

LOL to many window open at the same time . My good pc is in the shop being fixed & I was thinking of getting a new one.Link fixed now

[florianz]

hi,

you can continue guessing...

...or go to this page, it might be the answer for your questions (it's NOT a shop):

http://www.elektromodellflug.de/hoch...romstecker.htm

it's in german, but at least you can read the figures.

I would call this guy a guru regarding RC-Electronics (chargers, batteries etc).

I have just ordered myself some golden 5,5mm plugs, and some fat 6 mm² cables (especially for motor-esc).

flo

Originally Posted by florianz

hi,

you can continue guessing...

...or go to this page, it might be the answer for your questions (it's NOT a shop):

http://www.elektromodellflug.de/hoch...romstecker.htm

it's in german, but at least you can read the figures.

I would call this guy a guru regarding RC-Electronics (chargers, batteries etc).

I have just ordered myself some golden 5,5mm plugs, and some fat 6 mm² cables (especially for motor-esc).

flo

Let's all buy Lehner gold connectors!

Resistance: <0,05mOhm
Continious: >250A

[littlegiant]

Originally Posted by Erevocanuck

How long have you been using that dean connector?Older plugs can cause more resistance.You could also try Astro Flight Zero Loss Connector

These plugs look exactly like those zero loss plugs for audio speakers that i have used more than ten years back.

[Snipin_Willy]

The plug I'm using (was using) on my ESC wasn't too old. And it wasn't getting noticeably hot, certainly no warmer than the battery. I'll do some testing when I get my MMM fixed up and back in play.

[Mentat]

bullet connectors all the way! 6.5mm can hold 200amps

[Snipin_Willy]

The biggest concern I have with bullet connectors as battery connection is that even if you heat shrink them they will never be as safe from shorting as deans/trx plugs. Only way to solve this is to find some type of plastic casing that the bullet plugs fit into, similar to the HC Turnigy packs

[BL_RV0]

Originally Posted by Snipin_Willy

The biggest concern I have with bullet connectors as battery connection is that even if you heat shrink them they will never be as safe from shorting as deans/trx plugs. Only way to solve this is to find some type of plastic casing that the bullet plugs fit into, similar to the HC Turnigy packs

That's what EC3 and EC5 connectors are...

[iTz Nicholas]

Originally Posted by Snipin_Willy

The biggest concern I have with bullet connectors as battery connection is that even if you heat shrink them they will never be as safe from shorting as deans/trx plugs. Only way to solve this is to find some type of plastic casing that the bullet plugs fit into, similar to the HC Turnigy packs

All you have to do it put one male and one female on the battery and vise versa for the ESC. You would have to be careful when you are storing them tough because something could bridge the gap and poof...

I'm getting some Hyperion bullet plugs because if you wanted you could easily run a series or parallel setup.

[BrianG]

While I think Deans are "ok" for most applications, I also think they should be upgraded so they are around 50% larger in all dimensions.

But aside from that, those huge currents are only a problem on take-off or heavy acceleration from a slow speed. Normally, current levels are around 15A or less on average. So, I guess it depends on what kind of driving you do. If you do continual standing backflips where there are a lot more heavy current draws, then maybe a different connector is in order. If you are racing, you generally aren't as hard on the system (as far as burst current is concerned) because you try not to stop and go as much, and so Deans are more than adequate.

I personally don't like bullets for two reasons:

1) They are not polarized so accidental hookups to the ESC can be catastrophic. Yeah, You could put a male on one batt wire and a female on the other, but that leads to point #2.

2) Ease of shorting. Even properly insulated female bullets have a relatively large exposed area where a conductor could conceivably make contact. Not worth the risk.

I suppose you could do something like this to eliminate connector woes:

[zeropointbug]

hahaha Brian

btw, where did you get that? Looks like an electric pack plug.

[BrianG]

I think I got it a partsexpress.com. It was intended to make my old car audio amp rack easily removable, but I went in a different direction and didn't need it after all.

Works really well in my XT8 conversion though. That connector is good for 600v and 150A, so perfect for a really HV setup.