Melted some Tamiya plugs!

[ohmygahitscoby]

Haha, you guys are right. Today I ran my ZX-5 BL on a dyno and the next thing I know I smelt something burning. I turned of my car and the battery connector was super hot. The thing melted! Haha. Anyways, will dean plugs melt?

 

[alx]

I did the same thing with my mamba. No deans will not melt. I have deans on my Mamba 7700

 

[HeartBreak]

Nope, Deans Ultras are the way to go. I went to eBay and got a set of about 20 pairs for about $12 or so out of hong kong. Just search for "T plug" and it should come right up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-pairs-T-plug...ryZ34056QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Awesome. If it'll work on a Mamba, it'll work on a Sidewinder! Castle rocks! Anyways, I'll make sure my LHS has the ultras first.

 

[HeartBreak]

If they don't have them at the LHS (which they should; everyone and their cousin uses Deans), then you shouldn't feel afraid to order the hong kong specials. They're the exact same as the Ultras, minus the packaging.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Alright, so this is what my Dean plug looks like (From the front. The soldering tips are on the back). Which tip do I solder the red to and the black to? Appreciate some pictures.

 

[alx]

The horizontal is Negative i think and the vertical is positive. It doesn't REALLY matter as long as you do it the same on all batts and your esc. But i think thats the standard

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Oh okay. Thanks! Just to make sure, red is negative and black is positive right?

 

[alx]

NO! haha

RED is +
BLACK is -

Whew...

 

[BOUTCH]

Oh okay. Thanks! Just to make sure, red is negative and black is positive right?

Humm dunno about you but me its red-positive and black-negative:yes:

 

[alx]

I felt like that post should have been in slow motion as he soldered his plugs at his computer desk it just popped up.

 

[BOUTCH]

Rflmao!!!!!!

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

No oh, I'm doing that tomorrow. And I was talking about the colors of the wire.

 

[alx]

I know you were.
The black wire is Negative
The red wire is Positive

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

No I wasn't, I solder in the garage. Anyways, thanks again! I've always just soldered a red wire to a red wire and black to black, but I never knew which was positive and which was negative.

 

[alx]

No no haha I wasn't accusing you of starting soldering I was saying I knew you were talking about the color of the wires.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Oh okay. For some reason I thought you were talking about something totally different in your post that says "Red is + Black is -", but I realize now that was the information that I needed, and for some reason I asked again. Haha sorry if I confused you.

 

[HeartBreak]

If you look really closely at the flat tabs (the longer tabs with the silver springs are the contacts; don't solder onto those), you'll see that they are marked for polarity. Usually, the horizontal one is the negative.

 

[Rolex]

You'll have to check, or wait for someone who knows for sure, but there's a preferred way of soldering the connectors so that anyone can use another charger or charge another batt, and the connections are always the same. NEVER solder the male pins on a battery where they can contact metal and short out.