I bought a Hitec x1. It comes with a banana plug with male deans connector. The guy at the hobby shop sold me a female deans to EC3 adapter. All made sense. But the female to male deans connection doesn't seem to be right. If I can figure out how to reduce the file size I'll post a picture.
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The adapter needs to be a female deans to male EC3. If it is not take it back and have the guy get you the correct one.
All EC3 connectors on the battery are female. Actually, all connectors on the battery side no matter what the brand is should be female!! Hope this helps.
Best regards,Warbird Charlie
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Thanks! It is a deans female to ec3 male adapter. I can't connect the deans female to the deans male. Either I'm not doing it correctly, which is very possible, or something is not quite right with the connections. I shouldn't need to apply too much pressure to connect them, right?Comment
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Deans are also known as T connectors so there is no way that you can be plugging it in reversed so with out a pic of your hardware, trying to assist remotely is like playing a game of darts in the dark :rolleyes:. The only other possible idea is that the female connector has a undersize tolerance and is creating the extreme difficulty. Look at the male connector and hold it so that the tabs look like a T and insert the top of the T first and then rock the vertical tab into its corresponding vertical slot. That is the way I see a lot of folks making their connection who use Deans. Myself, I prefer EC3 due to the fact that the wire is captive in a cup when soldered and creates a much stronger mechanical/electrical connection with a lot less chance for failure under higher amperage loads. Hope I've helped.Warbird Charlie
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If you take a look at the male Deans, you will see that each pin has a sort of side piece of metal (I call it a "tang") that runs parallel to the main pin. The tang has a curve to it so that it exerts a bit of pressure to hold the male into the female. Those tangs can get caught on the female metal part as you try to insert it. You need to angle the pins in such a way that each tang does not run up against the female metal part inside the plug. "T" fits into "T". That's the only way it goes. Don't try to squeeze the tang with pliers. You'd get a shocking surprise.Comment
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Got it! Thank you both. It just needed some encouragement on my part. That is one tight fit!Comment
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