TomHuytonAirsoft Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well, i was wondering what size the connector is on a normal battery, because the ones in my m4 broke and theres a few sizes and i dont know which ones to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDumbass Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 switch to deans connectors mate, you wont regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russe11 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Most guns and batteries are small tamiya connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHuytonAirsoft Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks, but why switch to deans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted February 24, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thanks, but why switch to deans? They have a larger contact area and heavier gauge contacts. This gives a better current flow resulting in better trigger response. Plus Tamiya connectors require a special crimping tool to fit, whereas the Deans just need soldering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothpick-NL Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 i more prefer TX-60 because the have more grip by unplugging. only most of the batt chargers who can load differend types have deans. but for that i have a adapter made by myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted February 24, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 24, 2014 It depends, guns with full stocks with the battery inside often have large tamiya connectors. But yeah, Deans are the way forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumps Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 i more prefer TX-60 because the have more grip by unplugging. only most of the batt chargers who can load differend types have deans. but for that i have a adapter made by myself Funnily enough my mate who is a 1:6th scale RC geek is telling mt to change to TX-60 plugs & is offering to do it for me. They are fully water proof as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted February 25, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 25, 2014 AH! you mean XT60 connectors. They look pretty good actually. You'd have to make an adaptor for your charger and you'd never be able to lend out a battery but yeah....why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted February 25, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 25, 2014 At the voltages we use, it doesn't matter if they're waterproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothpick-NL Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 AH! you mean XT60 connectors. They look pretty good actually. You'd have to make an adaptor for your charger and you'd never be able to lend out a battery but yeah....why not? wrong i also have diferent adapters with me so i can use others batt and share my batt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumps Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 AH! you mean XT60 connectors. They look pretty good actually. You'd have to make an adaptor for your charger and you'd never be able to lend out a battery but yeah....why not? My mate has offered to make me an adapter so I can use it with my charger. It's good having a tame geek as a mate lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted February 26, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 26, 2014 My mate has offered to make me an adapter so I can use it with my charger. It's good having a tame geek as a mate lol Yeah, until you need to borrow a battery and realise it's a different adapter that way round and/or until you fuck something up and can't get hold of him the night before a skirmish... Just get some wire, solder, one of these, and a £10 soldering iron; watch some YT, and have a practice. Then buy some Deans connectors from here and 1m* x 3mm transparent heat shrink from here (or be snazzy and get 500mm each of black and red) and DIYFS. *Because you will balls it up at least once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumps Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yeah, until you need to borrow a battery and realise it's a different adapter that way round and/or until you f*ck something up and can't get hold of him the night before a skirmish... Just get some wire, solder, one of these, and a £10 soldering iron; watch some YT, and have a practice. Then buy some Deans connectors from here and 1m* x 3mm transparent heat shrink from here (or be snazzy and get 500mm each of black and red) and DIYFS. *Because you will balls it up at least once... Yeh That's the reason I think I will turn down his offer, I'm severely colour blind so I dont go anywhere near electric or electronic work. but your right not being able to borrow a battery when in need would totally make things go breast's north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armysurplusandtoys Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 why not make a mark with something sharp on the plastic connectors so you can feel the right way to plug them in? may help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted February 26, 2014 Supporters Share Posted February 26, 2014 Connectors only plug in the right way, doh! Even colour blind you'll be able to tell the difference between what we call red and black, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 They have a larger contact area and heavier gauge contacts. This gives a better current flow resulting in better trigger response. Plus Tamiya connectors require a special crimping tool to fit, whereas the Deans just need soldering. This. Both XT60 and Deans are better conductors. XT60 is basically a more modern Deans connector. Deans are much more common in airsoft than XT60. XT60 are a little easier to solder due to the terminals being a socket. The advantages of a mini Tamiya are that they dont require soldering (you dont need a special crimper, needle nose pliers will do fine) and are small. Personally I would advise going with Deans or XT60. I run Deans on all my stuff but I'd probably swap over to XT60 if I could be arsed (which I cant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak2m4 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Yeah Deans all the way. Ok you have to shell out for the soldering iron, solder, shring wrap etc but you won't look back and once you have the gear you can do all the connector/wire work you heart desires. Plus every self-respecting man must own a soldering iron :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumps Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 why not make a mark with something sharp on the plastic connectors so you can feel the right way to plug them in? may help Connectors only plug in the right way, doh! Even colour blind you'll be able to tell the difference between what we call red and black, right? Sorry guys I forgot all about this thread. Being colour blind I've just never gone anywhere near wiring etc so my knowledge is literally zero. I often am good at learning stuff but being honest I just play it safe & stay well away. Maybe I should start to learn this stuff. my mind taken up with Mountain Bikes, Bass guitar & Random stuff. Electrical wiring is just something I have very little concept of how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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