esc plug melts :(

[b1664z]

i'm running a tamiya 11 t motor on a ripmax xtra no limit esc and the bettery conector keeps melting on the negative conector, how can i stop this? would making the wire longer help? :confused: oh, i'm using 3300 cells

[rcguy2477]

no, making the wire longer would make it worse. The heating is cause by resistance in the connection. The way to correct this is to get differnt plugs, the best being deans. You can get these for about 3$ a pack.

[rocknbil]

^ ^ That would do it, you probably still have Tamiya plugs, right? An 11T motor is a pretty hot one, it will draw a lot of electicity and fast. You need to have the least resistance possible at all points from the battery to the motor and Tamiya plugs are the worst, expecially when they get "broken in" and start to wear a little bit.

By the way, welcome aboard! :D

[trw]

yea no kidding, Tamiya plugs are awful, I use Deans on all my cars and trucks no matter what.

I melted a Tamiya connector using a 19-turn in a rally car.

[rocknbil]

LOL! I've melted them on the stock 550 that came with my first RC, the Stadium Blitzer. :D The manual ESC added to the problem.

[RH Customs]

Deans conectors are nice but if you want full on power the trinity R Minus connectors are the only way to go.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTJ26&P=0

[LasagnaCat]

Deans conectors are nice but if you want full on power the trinity R Minus connectors are the only way to go.


This is simply not true. There's little to no real world difference between any of the decent brands of plugs as used by the majority of people in this hobby. The Trinity plugs *are* fine, as are the Dean's (Ultra Plugs as well as the original ones,) Powerpoles, Race Prep, etc. Almost any plug upgrade will eliminate most of the overheating/melting problems that the Tamiya plugs are prone to have.

[Cain]

For easier assembly the power poles work great. plus, you can use shorter wire connections as you dont need to run both wires into one connector.

[RustlerBoy]

If you want, you can hard wire and cmpletely get rid of the problem, ut the best way is to buy deans connectors

[rocknbil]

I usually just duct tape the battery down next to the motor until it begins to move and then just chase it around, it makes it a little hard to steer though . . .


















Sorry guys, such a silly argument. :D Anything is better than Tamiya's, the .000000001 ohm resistance between all of the mentioned plugs is probably not going to make a smack of difference.

[LasagnaCat]

It won't make a difference physically, but all too often I see/hear fellow r/c'ers talking about how their new flavor of the week radio/motor/charger/battery/etc. just makes SOOooooOOOoo much of a difference in handling, or speed, or cornering. or, or, or... Their (computerized, and accurate.. lol) lap times may not reflect it, but if it gives you confidence on any level thinking that your plugs are superior somehow - go for it.

What I find funny is that they never get THAT excited over the cheap stuff. :)