Deans connectors

[Mr Ed]

Hi anyone have any advice/tips on soldering these awkward buggas?
The cables from the lipo are quite heavy duty to carry the load and very tricky to solder onto the deans ! Any help would be greatly recieved !
Mr ed

[chugga-bug]

I've found the best way is to join a pair together (this stops them distorting with the heat) use a decent iron of at least 25amp and tin the contacts and the wire first. Then clamp the connector in a vice or similar, load the iron with solder and make the joint hold it still and blow on it for a few seconds. Job done!
Don't forget to put a bit of heatshrink over the wire before you solder!

[chugga-bug]

Forgot to mention, make sure you use some flux, or flux cored solder.

[robgt]

[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xZU9rtACdZY[/ame]

A method I tend to use is pretty much the same as shown in the video except, having tinned the wires and connector, I then place the tinned wire on top of the tinned connector plate and apply heat to the underside of the plate until the solder flows - then remove the heat and blow cool.

Having a clamp, or third hand (metal soldering stand) is very useful!
Cheers,
Rob

[golddust]

http://video.helifreak.com/?subpath=...g_deans101.wmv

The only way to do it :-)

[Twister3D]

http://video.helifreak.com/?subpath=...g_deans101.wmv

The only way to do it :-)

Yay!! the good ol Soddering Deans connectors vid

[Gaza07]

Yeah mine seem to be much better since i switched from soldering to soddering

[golddust]

Yeah mine seem to be much better since i switched from soldering to soddering

Umm!! Not sure thats strictly legal

[Sesame]

with thick wires lick off lipos I like to flatten them slightly before tinning them, you get a better contact when they are soddered

[marktigere1]

with thick wires lick off lipos I like to flatten them slightly before tinning them, you get a better contact when they are soddered

So you lick off Lipo's before soddering them?

Stuart?

[robgt]

ROFL

Cheers,
Rob

[Sesame]

ROFLMFAO

sounds lick a good idea though haha

[chugga-bug]

Just don't lick both wires at once!

[woody]

The best way I have found is to give them to someone else to do.

[Leo77]

i use a large pair of pliers with a elastic band on the handles to hold the deans plug while i solder the pre tinned wires to it