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Better/Durable Balance Lead Extensions JST-XH 2S~6S

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Brillant! That's all I can say.
They come in 10cm, 20cm, 30cm, and 50cm length combo packs.
I have not found any place that sells single pieces.

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Eliminates my current extensions & balance board setup (shown below) that I use for balance plugs of different cell count LiPo packs.
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I have always used my side cutters (or hobby knife) to remove the edge highlighted in green, takes only a few seconds to remove which allows any combination (2S-6S) JXT plug to fit into the 6S female port, first thing I toss out is the balance port board ;)

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Brillant! That's all I can say.
They come in 10cm, 20cm, 30cm, and 50cm length combo packs.
I have not found any place that sells single pieces.

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Eliminates my current extensions & balance board setup (shown below) that I use for balance plugs of different cell count LiPo packs.
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They are nice huh. I just hooked mine up the other day.

This is what I used to do to make a "one cable to rule them all"
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The balance ports on my lectron pro dual port have worn out to the point where I just plug em in and they go right in.
That's why you use balance extensions and never take them out. To keep from wearing out your charger ports.
 
They are nice huh. I just hooked mine up the other day.

This is what I used to do to make a "one cable to rule them all"
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No doubt they seem to be more robust from what I have been using. Time will tell. Certainly, a lot more surface area to grab. Combined with those balance plug protective cases
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my stuff should hold up much better. 'Cause you know, no matter how careful I try to be while unplugging balance plugs, I end up tugging on those darn tiny 22AWG wires. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've repaired generic extensions over the years.
 
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I used to notch out the male XH connector like WF is showing, but once WF showed me these, I put them on all my chargers! Bill's way would work also, but it's more labor because you'd have to remove that ridge on every single connector instead of just modding the male connector once.

Did I mention I love these things?!
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