Connecting battery and motor to esc

[hansmoolman]

As stated, crimp connectors generate a lot resistance, that resistance is normally disipated as heat, you get enough heat and the connector insolation will melt, electronics will short, fires will start, dogs and cats will start living together... MASS HYSTERIA!!!!

:lmao:

As for the rest of that reply, yeah makes perfect sense. Ill just have to find someone a little more .... QUALIFIED than me to have a stab at the soldering.
Ive had the crawler for 3 weeks now and all i have to do is get the wires soldered and Im ready for my maiden voyage. Itching to get going as you can imagine

 

[hansmoolman]

Will what you are doing work, Probably. The bad part is the connectors you are trying to use have way more resistance then a Deans or Traxxas connector. So there will be a voltage drop (basically less power) in comparison to one of the RC connectors. Crimp on ends tend to loosen over time especially in applications where the wires get moved around such as when you plug or unplug your battery, etc. The good thing is crawling and high turn motors used in crawlers do not pull very much power most of the time. Hence the long run times we get compared to a race vehicle. So it may get you by till you could get it done properly. Most hobby stores can do them for you. Or if you come across someone with a better iron or some better solder then you can put your better connectors on. I would definitely try and do that at some point as the connectors you are trying to use now will loosen eventually and keep falling apart. Good luck"thumbsup"

Thanks a million for the reply. The main thing is that I want to get crawling as I have never owned a RC car before and itching to get going. Thats why I thought of a short cut with the crimp on connectors. But Ill just hang off for a while till I can get the job done properly.

 

[AX10wannabe]

I thought about crimping connectors on the ends as well, but Im afraid that the connectors wont be able to handle the currents and fry the esc or something? But some removable connections would be good in case something needs to be swapped out at any stage. Would solve a lot of hassle unsoldering and resoldering joints

i've never had a problem with mine. my hpi 55t crawling motor came with bullets connectors and i bought a novak rooster esc and all i did was find some connectors that work and crimped them onto the esc ends and it works just fine.

i can get a picture for you if your interested.

 

[hansmoolman]

i can get a picture for you if your interested.

If you can that would be great. The connectors I got were from Halfords (a car spares shop in the UK and Ireland). I think their 5Amp?

 

[AX10wannabe]

ya i should be able to get some later this morning.. i just used car type connectors... whatever i could find in the drawer in the shop."thumbsup"
time for bed its 3:16am here:mrgreen: