DaniC
Well-known member
Hi guys,
I got started on the hobby a couple of years ago, and my first rig was a Traxxas MAXX, as I was new to all this I just went with a Traxxas dual channel charger and 2 x 5000mah 4S batteries. A decision I new greatly regret! Since then my fleet has grown to 10 cars, the 2S and 3S ones came with deans and that's ok I guess. But my 4S rig still has TRX connectors and my 6S rig has XT90 connectors. My batteries however are TRX connector. So as you can see I have a bit of a mess.
So far I've soldered XT60, XT90, XT30, deans and TRX connectors, and in that same order the level of difficulty soldering them, in my opinion. The XT90's I think are harder than XT60 because they'd typically go with a higher gauge wire.
So, I want to switch all my 4S and higher applications to something better and easier to solder. After doing a good bit of research I think my preference at the moment are either the XT150 or the AS150 bullet connectors. I like these because soldering bullets is way easier than connectors with plastic housings, you don't get solder running inside the wire making them stiff and brittle, you remove the need of Y adapters when wanting to run two (or more) batteries in series and easier to switch just one of the terminals if one goes bad as opposed to the whole connector. And then the main difference for choosing AS150 over XT150 is that they are anti-spark, but they are also considerably more expensive so I haven't decided which one I'd go.
I also still need to decide if I want to swap the connectors on my TRX batteries, as that means putting balance terminals onto them and I worry they'd end up a bit like frankenstein batteries. Otherwise I'd have to think about getting new batteries, but there's still plenty of life on the TRX ones.
What do you guys think? Anyone using these connectors?
I got started on the hobby a couple of years ago, and my first rig was a Traxxas MAXX, as I was new to all this I just went with a Traxxas dual channel charger and 2 x 5000mah 4S batteries. A decision I new greatly regret! Since then my fleet has grown to 10 cars, the 2S and 3S ones came with deans and that's ok I guess. But my 4S rig still has TRX connectors and my 6S rig has XT90 connectors. My batteries however are TRX connector. So as you can see I have a bit of a mess.
So far I've soldered XT60, XT90, XT30, deans and TRX connectors, and in that same order the level of difficulty soldering them, in my opinion. The XT90's I think are harder than XT60 because they'd typically go with a higher gauge wire.
So, I want to switch all my 4S and higher applications to something better and easier to solder. After doing a good bit of research I think my preference at the moment are either the XT150 or the AS150 bullet connectors. I like these because soldering bullets is way easier than connectors with plastic housings, you don't get solder running inside the wire making them stiff and brittle, you remove the need of Y adapters when wanting to run two (or more) batteries in series and easier to switch just one of the terminals if one goes bad as opposed to the whole connector. And then the main difference for choosing AS150 over XT150 is that they are anti-spark, but they are also considerably more expensive so I haven't decided which one I'd go.
I also still need to decide if I want to swap the connectors on my TRX batteries, as that means putting balance terminals onto them and I worry they'd end up a bit like frankenstein batteries. Otherwise I'd have to think about getting new batteries, but there's still plenty of life on the TRX ones.
What do you guys think? Anyone using these connectors?