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Firstly, are they safe to run, in order to add some length to the cable coming from the ESC?
I am saddened to say that my soldering skills, or should I say my entire lack of said skills, has caused me to snip off a 1/4" - 1/2", twice now, while trying to solder on an EC3 connector onto a 1080 ESC. Add to that the original XT60 that I snipped off of the ESC to begin with, and we are now beginning to shorten up the cable going to the battery, and in the Capra you already have very little room to maneuver in the battery tray to begin with.
My issue is, I melted some solder into the new EC3 connector post, which went fine. I snipped, stripped, and added some flux to the now bare end of the cable, but the moment I add some solder to the bare wires, even in small amounts, the wire expands, and is then too wide to fit into the new post. I have no doubt I am doing something wrong, but am not sure what. No matter what, at this point, I have to get a connector soldered onto that cable, and if it ends up being too short, I may need an extension for it to reach. I could also check with some local hobby shops, and see if they could replace the cables in the ESC, and how much that would cost. I don't know if it is even possible to do, and if it is, if it would actually be cost effective to do that for a $44 ESC, or if I should simply try let my neighbor, who is currently in Ohio but said he knows how to solder things like this, and allow him to give it a go when he returns. Even if he is able to solder the connector properly, the cable has now been made shorter than it was, and I may need to find a way to extend it, regardless.
Soldering has always been my weak spot, which is why I was concerned with this, going in. Once that connector is on, the rest should come along rather quickly. Any tips or suggestions would be great appreciated, thanks!
*EDIT*
I believe I may know where I have gone wrong, which is that I only tinned the length of wire I was intending to use. I believe now, that I should have tinned an additional 1/4 - 1/2", and snipped off the ends. I am going to try that and see if my results are better. Even so, I am still left with a shorter cable, and may still need some ideas on how to extend it further into the battery tray, unless replacing the cables in the ESC is the only way to accomplish this. Thanks!
*EDIT2*
I just got the cables prepped for another go, all I did was trim off about 1/16" of bare cable. I then checked everything, and even if I hadn't trimmed anything, I am not sure that the stock cables on this ESC would have reached the battery compartment, if the ESC is mounted where the current stock ESC is mounted, it certainly is not going to reach now, and if it does it is not going to leave any room to work with. So, as I see it, I have three options, get some longer leads installed (my preferred option, but not something I would be comfortable doing), solder some extensions onto the stock leads (I am comfortable enough in doing that much), or get some extension cables, if such a solution is possible.
Again, tips and suggestions would be very much appreciated, thank you, in advance!
I am saddened to say that my soldering skills, or should I say my entire lack of said skills, has caused me to snip off a 1/4" - 1/2", twice now, while trying to solder on an EC3 connector onto a 1080 ESC. Add to that the original XT60 that I snipped off of the ESC to begin with, and we are now beginning to shorten up the cable going to the battery, and in the Capra you already have very little room to maneuver in the battery tray to begin with.
My issue is, I melted some solder into the new EC3 connector post, which went fine. I snipped, stripped, and added some flux to the now bare end of the cable, but the moment I add some solder to the bare wires, even in small amounts, the wire expands, and is then too wide to fit into the new post. I have no doubt I am doing something wrong, but am not sure what. No matter what, at this point, I have to get a connector soldered onto that cable, and if it ends up being too short, I may need an extension for it to reach. I could also check with some local hobby shops, and see if they could replace the cables in the ESC, and how much that would cost. I don't know if it is even possible to do, and if it is, if it would actually be cost effective to do that for a $44 ESC, or if I should simply try let my neighbor, who is currently in Ohio but said he knows how to solder things like this, and allow him to give it a go when he returns. Even if he is able to solder the connector properly, the cable has now been made shorter than it was, and I may need to find a way to extend it, regardless.
Soldering has always been my weak spot, which is why I was concerned with this, going in. Once that connector is on, the rest should come along rather quickly. Any tips or suggestions would be great appreciated, thanks!
*EDIT*
I believe I may know where I have gone wrong, which is that I only tinned the length of wire I was intending to use. I believe now, that I should have tinned an additional 1/4 - 1/2", and snipped off the ends. I am going to try that and see if my results are better. Even so, I am still left with a shorter cable, and may still need some ideas on how to extend it further into the battery tray, unless replacing the cables in the ESC is the only way to accomplish this. Thanks!
*EDIT2*
I just got the cables prepped for another go, all I did was trim off about 1/16" of bare cable. I then checked everything, and even if I hadn't trimmed anything, I am not sure that the stock cables on this ESC would have reached the battery compartment, if the ESC is mounted where the current stock ESC is mounted, it certainly is not going to reach now, and if it does it is not going to leave any room to work with. So, as I see it, I have three options, get some longer leads installed (my preferred option, but not something I would be comfortable doing), solder some extensions onto the stock leads (I am comfortable enough in doing that much), or get some extension cables, if such a solution is possible.
Again, tips and suggestions would be very much appreciated, thank you, in advance!
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