[NSRCA-discussion] Power Connectors: Yeah, late / new to the party

[Anthony Romano]

Another long time Deans user. The majority of connector failures I have seen were Power Poles that weren't crimped properly both commercially bought and home built.
When parallel charging plug the packs to the board then to the plug the board to the charger to avoid  sparks

Anthony
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Connectors: Yeah, late / new to the party

Dean's all the way. When you parallel just be sure and put the rubber cap onto the lead you disconnected.

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:30 AM davel322 via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>> wrote:
I also do not parallel charge.

Power poles are safe enough for pattern, but the Dean's do handle heat and high current better - I don't know exact values in terms of mah per flight or peak amps.

All the EC, XT, and Castle connectors that are shielded work similarly.  Plain bullets can be reasonably shielded using varieties of heat shrink tubing and fuel tubing.

Pick your poison....I'm sticking with Deans.

Regards,

Dave

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From: james woodward via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>>
Date: 12/3/19 11:51 (GMT-05:00)
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Power Connectors: Yeah, late / new to the party

Gents,

What is the current thoughts on ESC/Power connectors?  I started with EC5's, wasn't too pleased with the assembly/dissassembly methods.  Went to Dean's, because they are really easy to solder,  less bulky, lighter.

I'm also parallel charging.  So this means I have a 6 lead Male Deans cable.  For the very first time, I actually touched-off one of these cable positive/neg lead tabs, and created a spark/weld action :(   I was in the process of unplugging all the leads after finishing a storage charge, and the touch-off happened.

Thus, I'm rethinking...  Has anyone made a protective shield that surrounds the male side, and stays put on the Dean (not like the removable cover pieces available).

Would appreciate some thoughts.  Thx Jim
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