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Package Contents:
10 PAIRS OF CONNECTORS (20 INDIVIDUAL PLUGS)
10 Males Housings
10 Female Housings
20 Female pins
20 Male pins
Marie
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2020
For those that are having issues about fitment, at first I had the same issue. What I noticed is that the tolerances are extremely tight (I think that's a good thing) and ANY solder on the outside of the barrel will prevent it from being seated all the way in the plastic housing. After I got the tiny bit of solder I had on the first barrel I did off, one or two taps with a hammer is all it takes to get these things in.I used these to convert some Zeee lipo batteries from the Deans connector to EC5 for my Arrma rigs. Much better after. Good product, will continue to buy.
Gogster2k
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020
These EC5 connectors have the pins and sockets that install from the back end of the connector making it the easiest way of installation once the wire is soldered in. I used a small flat-blade screwdriver and hammer to tap the pins and sockets into their connectors. Once completed, the friction fit of the completed connectors were just right- not too tight or loose. This store will be my main source of these connectors for now on! Thanks for the quick turn-around!
Bobert
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019
The connections themselves are solid. But these are a HUGE pain to solder, and even more of a pain to install into the connector. The pins themselves took the solder pretty well, but getting the wire into them nicely and getting a good solder fill was a little time-consuming and difficult to do. I also wish the solder cups themselves were a bit deeper. There is about 1/8" of cup that a 10awg wire can fit into, allowing more wire to fit into the cup would have made for an easier time soldering I think. I had to have my fiance hold the wires in place while I applied the iron and the solder around the pin.I wish the connector housings themselves had some more tolerance on the rear side, the pins are nearly exact fit and have a bunch of friction going in. To solve this, here was what I found: Once you let your solder join cool off, insert the pin into the connector, reheat the pin exterior (be careful not to remelt the solder) and then push into the housing. This was the easiest way I found to get the pins into their housings.I also don't like that the pins themselves are only usable once, because you would have to destroy the connector housing to remove them. But I doubt that will come into play for me, so its kinda whatever, and not factoring into my review (despite me having 2 unusable DEV connectors because of this - they were my test connectors.)Despite all the difficulty I had installing them, I think I have a better connection for my batteries than I did with my Deans Connectors, and I'm more confident now, especially when my Mamba Monster X says I pulled 60A no problem (which is the upper limit of the Deans connector according to various websites).With this kit I was able to create a Parrallel cable, a Series Cable, hook up 1 battery, and 2 ESCs, create Deans-EC5 adapters (both ways), and make my parallel charging board compatible. I still have 6 battery-side connectors as well. All-in-all, if you are able to do the work, this kit could save you money on adapter cables and leave you spare connectors.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019
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Ed Rempalski
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019
I didn't realize that these EC type connectors are not a strict standard as far as assembly is concerned. You need to look at the gold connectors to see the direction of the "ramp" on the locking lip. Some require you to pull the wire thru the housing first, solder on the connector, then pull the connector into the housing (which can be very difficult with these large connectors!). This brand has a nice ramp on the lip and they press in from the rear. I purchased an insertion tool from ProgressiveRC, it's a custom stainless steel "Punch" that allows a light tap with a hammer to set the connector safely. Progressive makes EC5 and EC3 tools and they are inexpensive! Now I can easily make up these heavy duty connectors in minutes, very happy!
Jeremy Lewbart
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019
I ordered these in the hope to find alternatives to E-Flight's connectors. I have been unable to create one successful connection with the "device" side, the Male contacts do not fit within the housing. The battery connections work fine, and are easy to press in place with or without heat, but I can't even get un-soldered male pins into the device connectors.There may be a better way, and I may just not be that great at creating these connections, but the E-Flight connectors are substantially easier to assemble, and better when it comes to pin fitment.
Steve Chen
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018
These work well and decent value for price. A little hard to get the pins into the plastic retainer....and had to reheat to get them in all the way to “click”. But sturdy and will do the job I need it to do.
Edward A Garlich
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
These seem to be very high quality. I got them for my Pulse 2600 which uses 10 awg wire.Make sure sure you mate the correct connector with the correct pins. There's some small print in about the middle that says either "Batt" (Battery), or "Dev" (Device). The female plugs go with the "Batt" connector. Good idea to separate them into 2 ziplock bags.After soldering, you want to insert the pin from behind into the connector, then tap the edge of the pin with a flat head screwdriver and hammer. Some other brands go in the opposite way where you have to insert the lead first, then solder, and then press it thru the front, but not this brand.They inserted very well, unlike some others I've worked with which take an act of God to get in.Thanks for the great product Apex.
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