Minerva wrote:Switchback wrote:pseudoanimosity wrote:upgrade battery connectors, such as Deans.
This should be a new topic (so I don't clog this one), but why does everyone LOVE their Deans connectors? I get the whole surface area/pressure makes for a good electric current, but are there any definite issues with Tamiya connectors?
At higher voltages they tend to have a nasty habit to melt due to their cheap plastic construction.
It's not voltage that does the damage it's the higher amperage bigger batteries produce. When talking batteries (any type of batteries for that matter), the larger the plate area the higher the amperage said battery can produce.
Voltage is what makes electricity arch (that’s why it’s called Potential difference) but amperage is what does “damage” due to heat. Static electricity is in the tens of thousands of volts but has very little amperage that's why it does not make burn marks on metal.
Tamyia connectors (AKA Molex connectors) are inferior to deans because of several reasons;
Long term use of tamyia connectors may make the metal prongs inside separate. Connecting and disconnecting tamyia connectors’ work hardens the aluminum making them brittle and eventually breaking and not connecting any more.
Deans connectors are rated for much higher continuous current flow. Tamyia connectors are rated at 9A continuous current flow (15A continuous current flow for the large tamyia connectors), compared to Deans which are rated at 40A continuous current flow! Just an FYI, normal non-upgraded AEGs have fused rated at 20A.
The surface area of electrical contact for tamyia connectors is very small compared to deans. With this it basically creates a bottle neck in the wire reducing the voltage that is applied to the motor.
Read more here -
http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=26918
There's a difference between a person who has a screwdriver and a person who knows what they are doing.