Splicing crawler stuff together…..

[ad456m]

So when you have a winch controller, the esc, and a BEC to plug into the battery what is everyone’s preferred method for these kinds of shenanigans?

 

Do I solder them all to the same battery connector? I’d probably use a wee bit of lead to solder to as packing 3+ wires on a dean plug is possibly getting sketchy depending on wire gauge. 

Or do I use stacked battery connector flyoffs for each of the esc, bec and winch?

 

Or a bus bar setup?

How does everyone deal with this?

[steephill]

I'd solder the bec to the esc battery connector. 

I don't bother with deans connectors I much prefer the xt60 connectors. But that's just personal preference. 

As for the winch controller I don't know as I don't have one. 

Edited July 5, 2024 by steephill

[Stormbringer]

You could solder the winch controller to the esc battery lead at same time as you do the bec but i use XT90 connectors in mine 

[ad456m]

I like the idea of the XT family, especially with the antispark, but I’ve got the 90s on my USA-1 and they seem to end up with fine dust in the shroud and it makes them a total pain to separate and connect so I’ve just lazily stuck with Deans for the lower amperage cars. I really must swap to a more modern connector someday, but not today😂
 

I’ll fire it all together as suggested and see how I get on with it. Thanks for the sanity check👍

[SBRDAZ]

I just used one of these on my CR3.4. It has speed control with a VR knob.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0B9MGQD8G?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Edited August 26, 2024 by SBRDAZ