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The 'What have you just bought' Thread

Speedbird_666 said:
New charger arrived today. It's a belated Birthday present from my son.

It's bloody quick to charge, the balance logic and balance amperage is light-years ahead of my old chargers. Colour IPS screen is very nice to use too.

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Nice. Where did you get the xt60 to Dean's connectors?  Been looking at getting a SkyRc S65 but woukd need some to make sure the polarity was correct for the airsoft batteries. 

 
MagpieTactical said:
Nice. Where did you get the xt60 to Dean's connectors?  Been looking at getting a SkyRc S65 but woukd need some to make sure the polarity was correct for the airsoft batteries. 
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Polarity-switch only applies to Mini-Tamiya connectors and if you get it wrong, the charger will warn you and not charge. It's then just a case of de-pinning the charger side connector and swapping them over.

I made the XT60 to Deans connectors - It's only a 5min job with a decent soldering iron.

Personally, I dislike Deans intensely (XT30/60 is a much better choice) but airsoft being airsoft, with people and manufacturers clinging to outdated technology and standards, it's just easier to keep using them.

 
Speedbird_666 said:
Polarity-switch only applies to Mini-Tamiya connectors and if you get it wrong, the charger will warn you and not charge. It's then just a case of de-pinning the charger side connector and swapping them over.

I made the XT60 to Deans connectors - It's only a 5min job with a decent soldering iron.

Personally, I dislike Deans intensely (XT30/60 is a much better choice) but airsoft being airsoft, with people and manufacturers clinging to outdated technology and standards, it's just easier to keep using them.
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 How does that work? Surely the positive on the xt30 has to be soldered to the deans plug to make sure it connects to the positive on the battery?

I cannot find any ready made connectors which state they are soldered correctly for airsoft batteries. 

 
Not quite sure what you mean.

There's no polarity issue for anything other than mini-tamiya fitted guns- you can thank Tokyo Marui for the issue originally. But Mini-Tamiyas can be de-pinned from their plastic housing and swapped over if needed.

There are established standards for polarity wiring on both Deans and XT30/60. It's even moulded into the plastic on many plugs telling you where to solder each wire. Guns manufactured with deans fitted from the factory follow that standard, along with LiPos with Deans pre-fitted. The only issue is if someone retrofits Deans themselves and cocks up the polarity when soldering the wires on.

So this will work perfectly to charge an Airsoft LiPo fitted with Deans using an S65 charger. It does not have to be Airsoft specific at all.

 
Speedbird_666 said:
Not quite sure what you mean.

There's no polarity issue for anything other than mini-tamiya fitted guns- you can thank Tokyo Marui for the issue originally. But Mini-Tamiyas can be de-pinned from their plastic housing and swapped over if needed.

There are established standards for polarity wiring on both Deans and XT30/60. It's even moulded into the plastic on many plugs telling you where to solder each wire. Guns manufactured with deans fitted from the factory follow that standard, along with LiPos with Deans pre-fitted. The only issue is if someone retrofits Deans themselves and cocks up the polarity when soldering the wires on.

So this will work perfectly to charge an Airsoft LiPo fitted with Deans using an S65 charger. It does not have to be Airsoft specific at all.
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Thanks. I have just heard so many people mention that RC polarity is reverse to that of airsoft. As all these chargers seem to be aimed at RC users I thought there would be an issue.  Overthinking it I guess. 

Thanks for explaining it so well ?

 
French Daguet Warm Weather Cap. My Légion étrangère loadout is nearly complete. 

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And second time lucky "Hopefully" a pair of Swiss M83 that will fit me. 

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Was originally intending on getting a Magpul CTR for my TM MWS but decided to cheap out a little on a Magpul MOE. 

Super satisfied with the fitting though.

Oh and also bought a pair of earrings.....Night out on Friday, so gotta look "swaggy". Not sure if it's such a smart idea to go out on a bender the night before an airsoft game, especially knowing what happened the last time me and the lads did it. ??

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Few bits to finish my primary & loadout

Foliage Green Z-tac throat mic

Sotac C-more RDS in Tan

Trex Ragnarok Retention Holster 

 
That's my S65 charger and leads arrived today. Excellent considering I ordered it at 2pm yesterday from Modelsport

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Have already switched the +ve and - ve on the mini tamiya lead @Speedbird_666

And a new lipo bag for charging and storage as my batteries are adding up and want to spread them out a bit

 
Last of the purchases arrived in time for tomorrow's game day. Earmor Headset cover and a Tactical Lanyard.

Definitely a necessary purchase since I play a energetic style and always drop shit.

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