deans connectors

[Mich. Maniac]

Hey I just noticed that with deans you can solder pos neg however you want as long as they are all the same. I recently got some batts with deans on them allready and they are opposite mine. does everyone go through this or is there a standard as to flat=pos or vertical=neg? I would suppose tamiya connectors would be the same way but i have never ran across having trouble with neg and pos with the tamiya connectors. If there is no standard someone should create one!

[wickedgmc]

last time I looked the top of the "T" was positive and the leg of the "T" was negative, thats how it is marked.


hopefully that makes sense

[Mich. Maniac]

yeah makes sense, mine i dont think are marked. maybe they are but I plow right into stuff without directions

[wickedgmc]

you and me both, those direction things you talk of are the things I go back and look at when something does not turn out right :)

[Gilbequick]

They're marked. Look on the side where you solder to and on the flat part of the red where the pins go into the red you'll see a "+" on one and a "-" on the other.

[Piranha2]

they can be either as long as you observe polarity, ie: a Y-connector for packs in series.

[wickedgmc]

they can absolutely be used either way, however there is a plus and a minus on them so you may want to follow that so if you ever buy an assembled pack they will match.

[ReddyWatts]

Best to keep it standard. The most important thing is that the female connector goes on the batteries. Less chance to short them out.