Why is life so difficult?

[scoobycolin]

Im an IT person, not dim but not an electrical engineer either. Why can't we have standards for Lipo battery connectors? Maybe Im missing something? 3 helis and 3 different power connectors. Please dont ask me to solder on anything, I'll just set the garage on fire. Having messed about with a number of chargers where a degree in Nuclear Physics is required I eventually found one that is easy to use and understand (Robbe Infinity 3) but I still have the connectivity issue of connecting the power to the balancer. Maybe leads can be purchased to cure this issue but it seems to me a little standarisation would really help. Rant over. Im sure this is where you all tell me Im talking out my rear :-)

[Boggy]

your talking out of your arse man!!! colin you are now a fully fledged heli addict whatever connections are on your batteries now you should want to change!!if they are align connections put deans on if they are deans put align on!! easy innit

[Ade_Law]

ahh yes i have seen an IT person in "control" of a soldering iron, scary stuff :-)

all the manufacturers think their connectors are better....

check out the soldering vids here;

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=41692

Ade

[Boggy]

and find your bits here
http://www.rcmods.co.uk/plugsconnectorswire-c73.html

or here
http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/ac...ers_Leads.html

[LipolyGone]

Were not talking Deans plugs or 4mm bannana plugs here were back to the age old ballancer leads again.
Your right it is a pain & they should standardise them.
what you need to do is get adaptors made up to suit your robbie charger I would get in contact with the shop you purchased the unit from & ask about balance lead adaptors either that or you realy need to learn to solder.
Martin

[ChrisB]

Colin

My soldering used to be abysmal also but now its acceptable..

What make Lipos are you using?

[scoobycolin]

Hi Chris,
Flightpower 6s on the TRex
Flightpower 2s on the CX
Eflight supplied Lipo on the 400 (Soon to be Flightpower)

[ChrisB]

I am not familiar with that charger but have just looked it up,it is i assume a proper balance charger with multi pin outputs as well as the main power leads.

The Eflite Lipo has standard JST plugs and is fairly common so a suitable adapter should be available,Align Lipos and Maxpoly lipos etc use the same plug

The Flightpower Lipos use the same plug as Thunderpower and its again a common plug so adapters should be available,i assume the 6s pack has 2 separate plugs as well as the main power one

[BobJ]

Hi

There was a chance and talk of there been a standard when Li-Polys first appeared but it never happened:-(
However Flight Power made the step to go to the same connector as Thunder Power a while back and Align are now giving the option of this same connector on most of their packs so it is starting to happen at last, light at the end of the tunnel at least:-)

Cheers
Bob J

[moyesboy]

In germany the align plug is a standard.
Pretty much all the lipos have JST-XH (Align) plugs on them - but that info comes from one german model shop I corresponded with.

Thre most common in the world is the JST-XH (like align) so the others should swap to that, and if they want to sell batteries with other connectors they should offer a JST-XH adaptor, and other chargers should offer a JST-XH adaptor.
Simple.
The most common connector should win out.

But its not that simple becuase Align used 3,4 and 5 pin connectors, when they should have used 5 pin connnectors partially populated (like most other manufacturers did).

The most common connector is on all the cheapest equipment and the more expensive batteries and chargers are using orther connectors for product differentiatian and customer retention (plus they bought half a million connectors to use up).
The connectors themselves are cheap as chips if you can find out exactly what they are in the molex or JST catalogue.

[marktigere1]

Funnily enough I have gone away from Flightpower and only buy Lipo's with the JST-XH plug on them because they are more common and offer the chance to try different makes of Lipo.

[moyesboy]

post with listing of different connector types

How about that info being a sticky please?
I'm sure we can fill in the blanks.