Hobbywing 1080 + XT60?

[jonathanm]

I've previously only used Tamiya and Deans connectors in my RC vehicles, however the Quicrun WP Crawler Brushed 1080 came with XT60 so I've been pondering an adaptor or a new battery, thing is batteries seem to come with XT90, and when I look into the difference it's in the Amp rating (and physical size); the 1080 is apparently rated for 80A, so why does it come with XT60 which is rated for 60A? Before I go chopping wires, could someone please advise my best course of action - should I chop the XT60 and replace it with XT90 (then I could buy a battery with XT90 connector), should I buy the XT90 battery and also an XT60 - XT90 adaptor, chop the XT90 off the battery and solder on an XT60, or forget the XT60/90 altogether and put a Deans on the 1080? Is there any advantage to Deans over XT90/XT60 or vice-versa? I know from experience that soldering the thick wire is hard work, the less of that I have to do the better really. I'd likely buy a 2S LiPo battery, looking at the Turnigy 5.0, for my Gelande II.

[tigris99]

What batteries are you looking at that come with XT90? Because every battery pack I have bought or looked at has either deans or xt60.

Xt60 is better than deans, deans seem to melt too easily as they get hot due to lack of solid connection. Why xt60 and 90 (round pin) is preferable.

And most escs are rated well higher than the connector is specced for.

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[jonathanm]

Thank you for your response.


The battery I saw with XT90 was a Turnigy 5.0 but it turned out to be 40C instead of the 20C I was looking for (eBay listings can be strange like that, possibly not accurate to how they are shipped from the factory).


In the end I went for a Turnigy 5.0 2S 20C with XT60, as the seller would fit my choice of plug as part of the service. I already have this battery with a Deans on the end which I use with my TF2 SWB so fingers crossed it should be another winning combo for me and my casual crawling. Never had a problem with Deans getting warm, the plugs I use have curved sprung surfaces which make a very solid connection.

[Njeffs8]

I switched from deans to xt60 on all my rigs. Been happy with them so far

[BP6666VR]

Today i changed all my connection to XT60 lucky i only have 1 RC & 2 battery & 1 charger ... I bought a new soldering iron, wet pad stand, tinflux , bla bla bla

Looked a few videos to refresh my memory and tateretaaaaa

Done and dusted gentleman

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[indybama]

Ive switched all mine over to xt60. Better connection, easier to solder n much easier to get ahold of to unplug. I run turnigy graphene (green) 1400mah 4s 75c with no issues. I get better than 2 hrs continuous run times out of a batt. N the esc/motor wires arent that big of a wire, so theyre fairly easy to solder

[BP6666VR]

Originally Posted by indybama

Ive switched all mine over to xt60. Better connection, easier to solder n much easier to get ahold of to unplug. I run turnigy graphene (green) 1400mah 4s 75c with no issues. I get better than 2 hrs continuous run times out of a batt. N the esc/motor wires arent that big of a wire, so theyre fairly easy to solder

Good point about the size of the wires , as a sample in my case to be soldering onto the XT60 plugs, on my 1/8 scale and big battery's it does not fully fit inside the XT60 plug for soldering, so i had to cut a bit then tin the wire and make sure it fitted inside the XT60 connection, then soldering the connection

So on a 6S or something bigger maybe the XT90 are made for bigger wire soldering ....

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[Sweetride95]

If I run plugs, XT60 is my new go-to.

[tuxstang]

Connector type/size has nothing to do with the scale of the vehicule they're in, neither of how many cells are in the batteries, it's about the amps it can handle ... same as for wire size.

XT60 = 30A continuous / 60A burst on 12awg wires
XT90 = 40A continuous / 90A burst on 10awg wires

My electronics might be 30 years old, there's a basic rule that still apply when you're dealing with power sources ... you can size up, you should never size down.
Your battery comes with XT90 because it has the potential to melt an XT60 connector, either on continuous or burst. You should never, ever, change the battery connector for a lower rated one ... same for the wire size ... it's not the wire that is too big for the connector, it's your connector that's not big enough for the wire.

If your ESC comes with an XT60 connector, you should leave XT90 batteries alone ... or buy an ESC with an XT90 connector.