Traxxas discharged plug

[Frank211]

Is this new to the rc world..? Well. new to me ,lol .

Don't know if this belongs here..

[Greatscott]

Those are just color indicators to remind you how you left the pack. Not a bad idea, I use a reuseable cable tie for my charged packs, if the tie is off they are discharged, and if they are in the storage bin, the are in storage mode.

[QuesoDelDiablo]

I use bread bag clips to do that. Nice idea though for the people that want a more "manufactured" item.

[Jim85IROC]

I use a rubber band. I use it to hold the wires to the pack when charged, and at the bottom of the pack when discharged

[fyrstormer]

I have a simpler system:
- If it's in the truck, it's charged.
- If it's on the bookshelf in front of the charger, it's discharged.
- If it's in the pile of batteries in the corner of my study, it's storage-charged.

As an added bonus, my system is free and requires no extra fiddly-bits whatsoever.

[E. Bryant]

I use a highly-organized system of piles in my workshop. This solution is probably better ;) I guarantee that I'd forget the color code at some point and end up at the track with a box full of the wrong batteries, because on that particular morning my caffeine-deprived brain would associate "grey" with "charged" for whatever reason.

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by fyrstormer

I have a simpler system:
- If it's in the truck, it's charged.
- If it's on the bookshelf in front of the charger, it's discharged.
- If it's in the pile of batteries in the corner of my study, it's storage-charged.

As an added bonus, my system is free and requires no extra fiddly-bits whatsoever.

I'm not sure that type of system would work for everybody though. In my case, I charge after use, so I have a pile of charged batteries, and they're not necessarily assigned to a specific vehicle, so putting them in the vehicle isn't practical. In my case, I need a visual identifier, so the rubber band does the job. The rubber band serves the dual purpose of keeping the wires neat and orderly when I stack the batteries in my ammo box or charging bag.

[JatoTheRipper]

Very few people will buy these considering Traxxas won't even sell you their plugs anymore. And who, in their right mind, buys Traxxas batteries? Only newbs that don't know better.

[E. Bryant]

Well, there are already a lot of batteries out there with Traxxas plugs, there are third-party knockoffs of the Traxxas plugs, one can still buy the authentic Traxxas plugs (only as a single male/female, not in bulk), and there are a lot of "newbs who don't know anything" (they have always outnumbered us serious folks and always will as long as the hobby survives). So I'd say that there is a market for this idea. I'm just not yet convinced that it's a good idea