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Of course I saved my bag of genuine Dean's connectors for 7 years. . . then through the mountain nine months ago claiming I would never use them 
These batteries are terminated in counterfeit deans. The cars terminated in a different counterfeit Dean's. Of course they don't go together well.
my testing back in the 2000s show that the genuine deans, terminated inro the properly gauged wire, ran to spec every time.
The counterfeit cables melt if you push them too hard.
...
That brings us into connector standards*
....
I'm done with Anderson
DT is way too big
I never liked XT
Wago is not kid friendly
There is actually room for a big connector in the cars. Planes too. Weigh is more of a concern than volume...
... Whatever it is it has to very easily terminate to Noodle wire. I truly prefer a crimp...
The problem with deans and XT is they're both solder cup. It doesn't scale to machine building well.
...
Must be polarized
Must interchange with something good up to 10awg
Must be able to work with 8 AWG
Probably doesn't need to go much smaller than 16 AWG
... I am most interested in spring loaded gold bumps*
The real ones are not cheap
There require some kind of perfect fit housing....
... I'm thinking about... A connector that looks like the old Apple laptop connectors. Gold bumps with four really good magnets
... Spring loaded, non corroding, polarized, quick connecting, pull away, ....
...
Pull away is a very important aspect of a connector. Anderson power pole 45 crimped into 10awg is an astounding connector.
You can go wrong with them. All my power supply leads are intermittent at this point. They were also all reworked.
The key to an Anderson connector is getting a proper crimp. It can't be tweaked or bent or tight in the housing. It has to function as it's intended.
... If the contacts are bent or tweaked or soldered or fubar in any way... They overheat and melt a little... Which exacerbates the problem....
Runaway
...
Hmmmmm...........................
Ganged multi-pin solution
Spring loaded solution
...
All connectors depend on a spring.
All connectors depend on a method to fight corrosion.
All power connectors need a heat sink.
...
A compound bow (archery) demonstrates that you can get tremendous Force through leverage.
Wago does this
...
Anderson demonstrates that you don't need precious metal, just soft metal.
The problem with Dean's is the leaf spring design.
Spring is the failure mode in Anderson as well... The one thing XT has going is that the springs in the connection points are separated from the housing. Should the housing deform a little the spring still work.
...
Nema 5-15 depends on a spring. Have a look at this nice sample!
The failure was not the gray two prong adapter. The white plug came off of a very powerful wall heater. It melted into a socket last year....
As a test, I plugged it into this adapter and then plugged it into the wall again
That's why you use UL rated materials
S*** works
-methods
These batteries are terminated in counterfeit deans. The cars terminated in a different counterfeit Dean's. Of course they don't go together well.
my testing back in the 2000s show that the genuine deans, terminated inro the properly gauged wire, ran to spec every time.
The counterfeit cables melt if you push them too hard.
...
That brings us into connector standards*
....
I'm done with Anderson
DT is way too big
I never liked XT
Wago is not kid friendly
There is actually room for a big connector in the cars. Planes too. Weigh is more of a concern than volume...
... Whatever it is it has to very easily terminate to Noodle wire. I truly prefer a crimp...
The problem with deans and XT is they're both solder cup. It doesn't scale to machine building well.
...
Must be polarized
Must interchange with something good up to 10awg
Must be able to work with 8 AWG
Probably doesn't need to go much smaller than 16 AWG
... I am most interested in spring loaded gold bumps*
The real ones are not cheap
There require some kind of perfect fit housing....
... I'm thinking about... A connector that looks like the old Apple laptop connectors. Gold bumps with four really good magnets
... Spring loaded, non corroding, polarized, quick connecting, pull away, ....
...
Pull away is a very important aspect of a connector. Anderson power pole 45 crimped into 10awg is an astounding connector.
You can go wrong with them. All my power supply leads are intermittent at this point. They were also all reworked.
The key to an Anderson connector is getting a proper crimp. It can't be tweaked or bent or tight in the housing. It has to function as it's intended.
... If the contacts are bent or tweaked or soldered or fubar in any way... They overheat and melt a little... Which exacerbates the problem....
Runaway
...
Hmmmmm...........................
Ganged multi-pin solution
Spring loaded solution
...
All connectors depend on a spring.
All connectors depend on a method to fight corrosion.
All power connectors need a heat sink.
...
A compound bow (archery) demonstrates that you can get tremendous Force through leverage.
Wago does this
...
Anderson demonstrates that you don't need precious metal, just soft metal.
The problem with Dean's is the leaf spring design.
Spring is the failure mode in Anderson as well... The one thing XT has going is that the springs in the connection points are separated from the housing. Should the housing deform a little the spring still work.
...
Nema 5-15 depends on a spring. Have a look at this nice sample!
The failure was not the gray two prong adapter. The white plug came off of a very powerful wall heater. It melted into a socket last year....
As a test, I plugged it into this adapter and then plugged it into the wall again
That's why you use UL rated materials
S*** works
-methods
... Then someone was charging up 6s packs for a breather system. Light off.
