Spark Oh, crap!!!

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SirCrashALot said:
I always hated soldering the bullets of a EC5 connector on. I always got too much solder on the outside of the bullets to put the blue cap over them.
I ended up just putting the bullets on and ditched the blue caps all together.
A while ago, i found a set of 25 male IC5 connectors, so i tried them out.
They are so much easier to solder, i am putting them on all of my esc's.
I still melted some, but there's plenty left in the bag.
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The blue EC5 connectors are not only hard to solder, they get stuck as well. It's extremely important that you can pull a battery lose when needed, and thats where EC5 often fails to comply. Adding an male IC5 (at the esc side) solves this problem. I'd advise everyone never to use the male EC5.

(I generally use QS8s as a standard, but on weight/space sensitive RC's i do use IC5/EC5)
 
XT90 plugs for me.

It's what everything I have is already running, so first job for me with any new rig is soldering in an XT90 male plug onto the ESC.

XT90 plugs can come fitted with spark suppression. They're also tighter - less likely to pull apart during a bash session.

XT90 - 90A continuous
IC5 - 120A continuous

IC5 would lend themselves to speed running, due to higher current handling.
 
For speedrunning there is ony QS8 also the reason why i made it my standard.

For general basing XT90 or IC5 are perfect
 
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