Wiring question - Castle XL2 - EBaja

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Welp, here comes Harold's 2 cents. Grab a beer and a box of tissues.

I use deans on my e-baja with no problem. They never get warm.

I don't run a cap pack. They have been proven to lower ripple current, but I have never concerned myself with ripple current.

You can definitely run a smaller anti-spark resistor. I don't run one, I just ignore the spark. That being said, I know I have to occasionally replace my connectors because of the pitting the spark causes.

If you are concerned enough to change from deans to bullets, then you should change your setup to a female bullet on the positive side of the battery and a male on the negative. Then as mentioned, you can just plug the negative from the first battery into the positive of the second battery, and plug the remaining two wires directly to the esc, bypassing your series connector.

It's all about resistance. Every extra inch of wire, and every connector add to resistance. Why address any of it, if you aren't going to address all of it?

But that is the purist answer.

I am a down and dirty basher. I run no cap pack, no spark arrestor, and I use deans connectors with a series connector.

I also gear sensibly, monitor temps and make sure my rides are mechanically sound. I am still running a v1 esc on my e-baja, and on my 8s e-maxx