anti-spark adapter configuration question? why doesn't this work?

[walko789]

Hello all!

New to the hobby and have been on a step learning curve. I have a decent spark on one of my set-ups and was curious as to the drawbacks to placing an anti spark connector inline like in the pics- is it a good or bad idea or just different?
Obviously I need to place a sleeve on this still, but wanted everyone to see the concept.

I realize that with every connection you deal with resistance and you want to keep your wires to the ESC as short as possible.

I am a sport guy not a racer and like the speed. :-) The main setup I would be running is a 59" deep v with 2 4s lipo in parallel then connected in series with another in parallel for each ESC/motor.

thanks in advance and sorry if this should be in the battery section
RW

[785boats]

What do you mean by "Why doesn't this work?" It does work.
I have the 8mm version in my 8s hydro & I've recently fitted a 5.5mm set to my 6s Hydro & 6s Mono.
I think they are a great idea. Especially if you have extra capacitors added to your ESC.

Paul.

[BHChieftain]

With 4S-6S voltage, I would not be concerned about the sparking at all, it would take years of that sparking to do any damage to your connectors. And as Fluid often points out, you want to see a big spark on the first hookup as it lets you know your caps are working.

If you had a high voltage setup like 8-10-12S, then I can see where this could come in handy!

Chief

[walko789]

thanks 785!- I think I worded that poorly- I should have asked if more people were using this and any drawbacks.

[don ferrette]

As Chief said that spark is what let's you know you caps are up to snuff. Personally I prefer to hear that nice crisp snap when connecting my gear, let's me know I'm ready to rock. Not to mention it also grabs the attention of anyone who hasn't been around a hot 10S set up being powered up.

And RW - like your avatar, brings back some good memories of a better bygone time.

[kevinpratt823]

With 4S-6S voltage, I would not be concerned about the sparking at all, it would take years of that sparking to do any damage to your connectors. And as Fluid often points out, you want to see a big spark on the first hookup as it lets you know your caps are working.

If you had a high voltage setup like 8-10-12S, then I can see where this could come in handy!

Chief

I think he is running 8s, just worded it a bit different.


Personally, I am not familiar with the setup in the second pic, care to elaborate and explain how that is hooked up?

[785boats]

Gotcha Walko.
Quite a few people here use them. I haven't experienced any drawbacks. Only plusses.
Here in Australia we have to use a safety loop in our race boats so we put the antispark connector in the deck & plug the loop into it when it is time to power up & throw the boat into the water. The beauty of that is, we can be all taped up 1/2 an hour beforehand if we want because the final connection is outside the boat. Even if it is only an ordinary female connector & not an antispark one too.

Kevin.
The way they work is that the small ring at the top is insulated & separate from the main body of the female connector but is connected to it with some resistors.
When you plug your battery in (as the final connection in the circuit) you only just push it into that top ring. After a few seconds you will hear the ESC arm as the capacitors become charged. then you can push the male connector fully into the rest of the connector. No spark.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=jeti+anti+spark&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=jJqCU9fDNozdkgWos4DABw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1662&bih=883#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=DXU4eCAwkYqFtM%253A%3BQ_IwbFLjVLB0zM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.jetimodel.com%252Ffiles%252Fphoto%252FG19.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.jetimodel.com%252Fen%252Fkatalog%252FAccessories%252F%2540razeni%252F%2540cena%252F%2540od%252F20%252F%3B800%3B600

With 6s & up I find that every time I plug in & get that huge spark there is a splash of carbon that goes inside the female connector. After a dozen or so plugins the insides are black & I think must be a high resistance joint. Replacing them when they are glued into the deck can be a pain as you can imagine. The antispark connector saves that.

Here's a couple of pics of the 8s hydro & the 6s hydro

[walko789]

thanks all I really appreciate the validation-

Kevin- 785boats is correct, it's an 8s set up and his explaination is far better than this rookie coupd have said it. I took a small length of 10ga and put the female together with the anti spark so I can drop this inline of any 5.5mm connection. The small bit of red in the middle is actually wiring insulation. just putting the heart shrink on it now.

Don- thanks

RW

[kevinpratt823]

thanks all I really appreciate the validation-

Kevin- 785boats is correct, it's an 8s set up and his explaination is far better than this rookie coupd have said it. I took a small length of 10ga and put the female together with the anti spark so I can drop this inline of any 5.5mm connection. The small bit of red in the middle is actually wiring insulation. just putting the heart shrink on it now.

Don- thanks

RW

I think I get it, I have just never used that setup. Mine are all a seperate lead that I just touch to the batt connector for 5 sec then leave it aside and connect the batts. That seems like a pretty cool system though.