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Originally Posted by ReV:-O
if you solder on 12awg wire, arn't you limiting the current flow? i mean, it must come with 8awg for a reason, no?
i've got a pair of Neuenergy 5000mah lipos at the moment, and i did a poor job of soldering on the deans. The power I get from them is not as much as I should be getting, and i'm also getting 45 minutes of runtime whereas i should be getting around 20 minutes. i think its because due to my bad soldering, the current has been reduced.
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I've used 14g wire before, and it doesnt deliver any worse power than the 10-12g I have at present; again, for what we do there is a point where you wont see any improvement from using larger wire or connectors. If the wire and connectors arent getting overly warm or hot, then they arent being saturated by the current ( which is what generates the heat ultimately ).
If you have issues with deans, then bullets would be much better as they are super easy to solder, as with the EC5 connectors too- they just have a plastic casing that the bullets press into, making them act something like a TRX connector in essence.
You do need a good iron regardless of the connector type though- I use a 40watt iron for my bullets, though deans probably need something closer to 80watts. Probably...