XT90 or XT60 ??

[Steve-O2021]

I have a HPI Truggy Flux 1/8th that currently has 2x Dean's fitted to connect 2x 2S packs but the connectors are going bad and need upgraded as they get too hot to touch and are also starting to have a poor connection.

 

Should I fit 2x XT90 or 2x XT60  to it??

 

Thanks

[.AJ.]

XT90, they handle the higher amps of 1/8 scale model better and are easier to handle/solder than the 60’s 👍 

[Steve-O2021]

6 minutes ago, .AJ. said:

XT90, they handle the higher amps of 1/8 scale model better and are easier to handle/solder than the 60’s 👍 

 

Cool thanks, now my next question is what brand? I got some off amazon and the image showed they had Ammas stamped on them but the ones I received were unbranded... are they all the same?

[Lone-wolf]

my experience of xt90`s, the plastic will collapse when soldering if you not very careful, i would use EC5 myself, much better to work with

[m4inbrain]

I never had a connector melt, you just need to solder them correctly. More importantly, you need a third/helping hand to solder them correctly. 

 

The collapse issue only appears if you clamp the connector on the pins rather than the housing. And even that can be avoided by just pushing a male and female connector halfway into each other. That's not to say that EC5 isn't a good connector, they are - but XT90s are as easy to solder (and easier if you have to splice a light kit wire in, learned that yesterday). 

 

As a general rule of thumb: bigger is always better, in terms of connectors. There's no downside to using "too big" a connector, there's hazards if you're using one that's too small. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by m4inbrain

[khevolution]

sorry to piggy back this thread but would xt60 be fine for 1/10th scale i cant imagine the ampage of a 1/10th being enough to trouble them

[.AJ.]

Yeah, they will be absolutely fine 👍 

[Steve-O2021]

Huge difference to the Dean's 🙂

 

Also no issues at all when soldering the Amass XT90 connectors