Multi Function Battery Charger

Hi all, hopefully the last query on this post...

I bought myself an XT60 to mini Tamiya adapter seen in the first image attached, however when I went to connect either of the batteries shown I got a "Reverse Polarity" error and then realised that the live and negative wires didn't not match the configuration of the battery connector wires.

I bought the adapter cable from eBay, is this right? Are there different types of XT60 to Mini Tamiya cables out there?

On the batters the live (red) wire leads to the circle male part of the connector and the negative (black) wire leads to the square male part of the adapter, this is the other way round on the XT60-Mini Tamiya cable.

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Airsoft standards are reversed to rc standards so it not uncommon to find adaptors sold favour the rc standard.

The quickest and easiest fix is to pop the pins out of the tamiya connector and swap them over to match your battery.

Having said that I'd also recommend swapping the tamiya connector out completely for either a deans or xt type connector, both are much better connectors.

 
Further up this very thread I posted a video on how to swap the pins on a mini tamiya using a biro. I also covered the reverse-polarity issue with Airsoft connectors.

On 17/03/2021 at 12:56, Speedbird_666 said:

If you run mini tamiya on your batteries, airsoft uses reversed polarity, so you need to switch the pins over. You can use the inside of a Biro to unpin the connector (charger side only! don't do it to the battery)

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Speedbird_666 said:
Further up this very thread I posted a video on how to swap the pins on a mini tamiya using a biro. I also covered the reverse-polarity issue with Airsoft connectors.
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Apologies, I totally missed that part of the post! I'd never have thought of using a biro to remove the metal connector from the plastic jacket...fantastic! Thank you

I was totally focusing on the part about what settings to use for charging the batteries due to knowing how dangerous they can be if things go wrong.

@Speedbird_666 and @concretesnail thank you for your suggestions!

 
EDcase said:
If you're sure you can use 11.1v in your AEG then you can get this one for about the same price:

https://www.vapextech.co.uk/airsoft-11-1v-1450mah-25c-lipo-battery-with-case-lp211-vapextech

Most AEGs are more suited to 7.4v like this one:

https://www.vapextech.co.uk/airsoft-7-4v-2600mah-25c-lipo-cranstock-battery-with-case-lp305-vapextech
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 @EDcase thanks for the suggestion, I have a G&G GC16 Predator and the G&G CM16 Wild Hog...the batteries you've suggested are the same length as the ones I already own and they're just that little bit too long. They fit inside the stock but then it's very difficult to insert the mosfet, it's all a bit too tight for my liking so I was looking for some batteries that are around 10cm long and came across the VP Racing ones from Patrol Base.

 
kristophz said:
 @EDcase thanks for the suggestion, I have a G&G GC16 Predator and the G&G CM16 Wild Hog...the batteries you've suggested are the same length as the ones I already own and they're just that little bit too long. They fit inside the stock but then it's very difficult to insert the mosfet, it's all a bit too tight for my liking so I was looking for some batteries that are around 10cm long and came across the VP Racing ones from Patrol Base.
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Yep, in that case get the ones from PatrolBase ?

 
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