Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Electrical connectors: where to use a mini, large, or Deans connector

xaMdaM · November 25th, 2010, 17:09

If I may add;

Basically, any tin connector will be crap. You want something with gold connectors for maximum energy transfer and minimum internal resistance.

If you are using a Mini-Tamiya connector, you will have trouble. Period. The principle which the mini-tamiya works is to use 2 very small clamp-like females that latch onto the male pin. These tend to weaken (read: spread) and you lose a lot of conductance that way. I found within a dozen plugs-and-unplugs, my kids guns using the Mini-Tamiya would barely operate after 100 shots on a fresh battery. I changed them to deans and now they work fine!!!

Recommended Connectors:
Deans:
http://www.toysonics.com/10-pairs-2-...or-t-plug.html

XT60
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9572

EC3:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9625

Note: Female EC3 are compatible with Male XT60. So if you have a male TX60 on your gun, you can use batteries with either XT60 or EC3 connectors. It doesn’t work the other way around though, so if you have an EC3 on your gun, you cant use a batter that has an XT60 connector.

November 25th, 2010, 17:09	#38
xaMdaM Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Aurora, Ontario	If I may add; Basically, any tin connector will be crap. You want something with gold connectors for maximum energy transfer and minimum internal resistance. If you are using a Mini-Tamiya connector, you will have trouble. Period. The principle which the mini-tamiya works is to use 2 very small clamp-like females that latch onto the male pin. These tend to weaken (read: spread) and you lose a lot of conductance that way. I found within a dozen plugs-and-unplugs, my kids guns using the Mini-Tamiya would barely operate after 100 shots on a fresh battery. I changed them to deans and now they work fine!!! Recommended Connectors: Deans: http://www.toysonics.com/10-pairs-2-...or-t-plug.html XT60 http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9572 EC3: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9625 Note: Female EC3 are compatible with Male XT60. So if you have a male TX60 on your gun, you can use batteries with either XT60 or EC3 connectors. It doesn’t work the other way around though, so if you have an EC3 on your gun, you cant use a batter that has an XT60 connector.