Are all you heavy hitters still using the Traxxas connectors?

[Bmr4life]

Just wondering if anyone has managed to over-amp these traxxas connectors. I need to replace all my powerpoles and my choice is either deans or traxxas. I very much prefer the traxxas connector, but only if it can handle 80+ amps.

Thought you guys would know better than anyone else since some of you are running 4, 5, and 6+ lipos.

Thanks

[CRAZY BRUSHLESS]

Just wondering if anyone has managed to over-amp these traxxas connectors. I need to replace all my powerpoles and my choice is either deans or traxxas. I very much prefer the traxxas connector, but only if it can handle 80+ amps.

Thought you guys would know better than anyone else since some of you are running 4, 5, and 6+ lipos.

Thanks

they are both equal style of connectors i use traxxas!

[8ight-e]

all deans here

[mistercrash]

I use EC3. I think it's a matter of personal preference since Traxxas, Dean's and EC3s are all good connectors.

[candy76man]

I use deans but mainly because I already have probably 50 dollars worth of them. I actually think I prefer the traxxas connectors though and if I were starting from scratch would probably buy them instead of deans. They just look cleaner, plug and unplug easier and actually have something to grab hold of to pull them apart.

[phildogg]

I use deans only..
phil

[alangsam]

i use deans. all of my batterys chargers and esc's are all deans setup. too much work to change for little benefit

[round]

I'm using 6.5mm bullets

[Alectric]

all traxxas connectors here! It's a loyalty thing.

[bigdog5332]

i use deans on my revo's and planes but on my slashes and my sprint 2 flux i use the 4mm bullets.

[Grant H]

I use deans on everything.

[bdog]

i was starting from scratch and went with traxxas connectors.
no problems with 6s

[revo-head]

Ive never had one bit of trouble with the traxxas ones. I run 6s and never run into anything. Unless you have a ton of deans sitting around I would go traxxas. they solder easier, connect/disconnect easier, look better, and can do anythhing a deans can. Ive personally melted a connection using deans, thats why i switch to traxxas, and never looked back. Hope this helps you some.

[Bmr4life]

Thanks, that's the kind of info I was looking for. Looks like its purely a matter of preference which is a good thing.

Thank you all for your input.

[carraig042]

I run the Traxxas ones. They are easy to use and solder. They stay tight also.

-Brett

[pdcsq]

I prefer Traxxas, but I use Deans because that's what most people use (I'm not talking only about Traxxas drivers).

It gives more opportunity to share batteries or chargers, and get/give help from/to someone else.

[padrino]

If I were starting again I might use EC5 connectors for the maximum amperage draw among keyed connectors. I haven't seen any definitive testing comparing the maximum amps they can handle but I expect the bullets in the EC5 connectors might be able to pull more then TRX or Deans, for reference : http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...mentid=2066422

[fmj40]

In my opinion the traxxas connectors are the only way to go. Primarily because they can be dissassembled. Get some arcing, take it apart, clean the contact, reassemble. Not to mention no heat damage to the plastic portion of the conn. when soldering. No risk of shorting across the conn. when solder either, that is, on the batt conn. itself. More surface area on the contact, larger conn. making it easier to connect batts.. No need for shrink tube once the solder joints are complete.

[Bandit_Kaine]

Traxxas.. they can handle high currents just fine.

[brushlessman]

deans man, its all i use.

[slowenuff]

Deans here too.

[Ground Loop]

Deans are certainly cheaper. I find them easier to solder.

Traxxas mated pairs are larger overall, but offer some shielding of the bare cable, while Deans requires heat-shrink.

Somday I want to get a massive programmable load, set up a Deans + Traxxas pair in a dead short, and see which one gets hot first. I haven't had trouble with either one.

If you go Deans, buy the real thing. The knockoff "T" connectors don't seem to hold up as well.

I rewired the Traxxas MMM ESC to have one male TRX connector, and then have adapters to go to two (series) Deans, or two (series) TRX, or parallel Deans.. makes charging easier too -- only one plug to disconnect.

[Seattle Slew]

I am All Traxxas - mostly cause i am driving all Traxxas vehicles.
no problems with 6S pair and MMM combo

[Kamalt]

+1 Deans. Hard to get trx connectors in Australia. Easier to get deans.

[Bmr4life]

Deans are certainly cheaper. I find them easier to solder.

Traxxas mated pairs are larger overall, but offer some shielding of the bare cable, while Deans requires heat-shrink.

Somday I want to get a massive programmable load, set up a Deans + Traxxas pair in a dead short, and see which one gets hot first. I haven't had trouble with either one.

If you go Deans, buy the real thing. The knockoff "T" connectors don't seem to hold up as well.

I rewired the Traxxas MMM ESC to have one male TRX connector, and then have adapters to go to two (series) Deans, or two (series) TRX, or parallel Deans.. makes charging easier too -- only one plug to disconnect.

Deans aren't cheaper than the knockoff traxxas which are appear to be of very good quality.

[rcpilot]

I use Deans,

I was told that the traxxas connectors start to arc after a while.

[Gregarious76]

Somday I want to get a massive programmable load, set up a Deans + Traxxas pair in a dead short, and see which one gets hot first.

I would like to see a test like this done, and suspect it would show them to be pretty much equal. Until somebody does a test like this, and possibly after, the question is purely one of personal taste or brand loyalty.

[8ight-e]

I switched all mine over to Tamiya plugs, those babies are the bomb.. you can see through them they are light weight they smell great when they melt down after the first use making a perm connection, they are really the perfect connector. Hands down better than all those listed above, and best of all no soldering skills required!!

[asheck]

Those Tamiya connectors sound great. I decided to go with all 20 ga wire. Logic being that surely you have more energy lost through the bigger wire.I'll bet between changing to smaller wires and adding Tamiya connectors my system will go up to 99.99% efficiency.

[brushlessman]

i use the knock off deans and they are better than the original
http://www.*********.com/*********/s...10_Pairs_(20pc)

[8ight-e]

Agreed....

[8ight-e]

i use the knock off deans and they are better than the original
http://www.*********.com/*********/s...10_Pairs_(20pc)

I actually used a bag of these and they are fine.. co-exist well w/ real deans too!

[brushlessman]

yes they are great. and cheap

[mistercrash]

Sheeesh! I feel left out being the only one in here using EC3s Dare to be different I guess. I like them and they've been really good up to now.

[boomerrw]

The traxxas plug is a unnecessary and unwanted in my home. Have any of you had them come unsnapped from the plastic?

[HighKalibre]

I'd suspect in a test between the traxxas and deans connectors the wire or solder connection will fail before the connector. after all that is the weakest link in the chain

keeping with the topic. I find the traxxas connectors arc less when plugging them in than deans. Deans can be a pain to plug in some times. But I have deans on one truck since thats what the lipos came with and traxxas on another truck.

[hoss76]

+1 on trx plugs!!!!

[Ground Loop]

I dunno.. I can't imagine the contact patch between either a TRX or Deans would beat 10ga or 12ga fine-strand wire for high-current. There is a large flat spring-loaded spade on each end, but it's not clear that ALL of it makes contact. I suspect that they're only touching in three or four places on each contact, which would be the hotspot.

The Deans, from what I can tell, has a more fierce spring behind the spades, and more likely to make large contact, even though its smaller overall. The Traxxas has tension mostly at the tips, judging from the wear patterns.

Also, I've had two traxxas male connectors where the plastic cracked at the tong. It's not a structural part, but the plastic "tongue" part is needed as a spacer for the spring tension. If it brakes off altogether, you have to fix it or there won't be enough tension.

I made up a set of 12ga TRX-to-Deans adapters of each gender, so now I'm agnostic, but I won't be putting TRX on batteries any more.

And judging from the above posts, I'll have to give those Hobby City Deans knock-offs a look.

One more thing -- I've tried to re-use TRX connectors, and it's difficult. It's very easy to ruin the 'locking' tabs in the plastic to where they won't retain the metal spades any more. Deans doesn't have this problem.

Last, I use marine heat-shrink tubing (which has built-in hotglue) on both the Deans leads, and then over the whole connector+leads, and this has been much better at 'sealing' the wire ends than the Traxxas connectors.

If I put anything but the thinnest heatshrink over the Traxxas wire, then the 12ga won't fit into the housing. Because you really have to push on the traxxas contact to get it fully seated in the housing, I usually end up 'nicking' the heatshrink anyway, exposing some metal inside the shroud. It doesn't matter much, but I like a fully-insulated solution. You never know when you have to drive through metal shavings, or a screwdriver drops just so..

The stock TRX connector that came on the ESC did not 'capture' the silicone sheath of the wire, for example. This is perhaps the biggest weakness of the TRX connector -- the silicone sheath is free to move back away from the connector, exposing the copper wire. If I heatshrink the whole connector end and leads, the finished coupling is just too long, stiff, and unweildy.

The only downside to the Deans I can think of is that 10 or 12ga is a pain to solder on well (given the limited area). But it's not really harder than TRX, where you have to watch for solder welling too far forward on the tab.

So, with all that written up, my mind is made up and I won't be installing any more Traxxas connectors. Deans has been fine for years, and I don't see any weakness that needs correcting.