Power distrubution block

[nedmo]

Hey

Not sure if I am the only one with this issue, but I have unwieldy amount of deans in my rig and I want to drop it down plus make it easier to plug in out.

Currently, I have 3 passive deans piggybacked then the battery plugs into this. ESC, BEC, HeyOK light controller.

But its cumbersome and make plugging in/out the battery harder. So I am thinking of making a hard mounted powered Distrubution which the battery plugs into and distribute power.


Anyone done this/seen this before?

[durok]

Contact HeyOK for this, he's the man for custom electronics...

[Jim85IROC]

I haven't done it on an RC, but I've done it for plenty of other projects. I typically just solder extra leads to the ESC battery input pads if they're exposed. If they're not, I piggyback off of the battery connector directly. If you want a more stationary option, you can run a nut & bolt through a plastic part somewhere, and use a ring terminal to bring power to it. Use more ring terminals on the ends of wires to send power out. Do the same thing on the other side of the truck for your grounds.

[Greatscott]

Do you have a need to plug and unplug what is connected to those Deans? If not, recommend just soldering everything.

[heyok]

Originally Posted by nedmo

Hey

Not sure if I am the only one with this issue, but I have unwieldy amount of deans in my rig and I want to drop it down plus make it easier to plug in out.

Currently, I have 3 passive deans piggybacked then the battery plugs into this. ESC, BEC, HeyOK light controller.

But its cumbersome and make plugging in/out the battery harder. So I am thinking of making a hard mounted powered Distrubution which the battery plugs into and distribute power.


Anyone done this/seen this before?

I know what you mean, they really make things bulky!
I like to suggest to solder their accessories to the back of the connector that goes to their ESC. The double deans style connectors are just there for covenience when you don't want to do any soldering.

This isn't really what you are after but might give you some ideas:



One of these could provide an easy way to plug into all your battery powered accessories, or could be the start of it.

[mewalsh100]

Originally Posted by Jim85IROC

I haven't done it on an RC, but I've done it for plenty of other projects. I typically just solder extra leads to the ESC battery input pads if they're exposed. If they're not, I piggyback off of the battery connector directly. If you want a more stationary option, you can run a nut & bolt through a plastic part somewhere, and use a ring terminal to bring power to it. Use more ring terminals on the ends of wires to send power out. Do the same thing on the other side of the truck for your grounds.

I do the same thing when needed.

That said, HeyOK stuff works awesome and he can work up whatever you need for a very reasonable price!

[Hydrocarbon92]

I just solder 2 or more of the red JST plugs to the ESC side of the plug. They're okay for 5A before you get losses. I use micro deans for 10A. When you unplug the battery, you unplug everything. No chance of unplugging just half, no complicated power block needed.