Blueshift
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What have you guys found to be the most convenient connectors to have for when you need to remove your battery?
Best connectors for convenience of battery removal.
- Thread starter Blueshift
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Anderson SB50.
Large contacts, handles large gauge wire easy, housing is easy to hold onto to connect or pull apart, is hard to pull apart by accident (won't just come loose), and housing can be bolted down easily into casings and bike if you use a slide-on mount for the battery.
If you need higher current than 60-75A continuous, then there are larger versions, up to hundreds of A.
Also...you can find them for cheap or free in old UPS or powerchair equipment.
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67956&p=1024700&hilit=anderson+sb50#p1024700
Large contacts, handles large gauge wire easy, housing is easy to hold onto to connect or pull apart, is hard to pull apart by accident (won't just come loose), and housing can be bolted down easily into casings and bike if you use a slide-on mount for the battery.
If you need higher current than 60-75A continuous, then there are larger versions, up to hundreds of A.
Also...you can find them for cheap or free in old UPS or powerchair equipment.
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67956&p=1024700&hilit=anderson+sb50#p1024700
spinningmagnets
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Anti-spark XT-90
arkmundi
10 MW
Anderson powerpole 45 amp rated, can be had many places.
markz
100 TW
Whats the application?
if eBike, AS-XT90
if eBike, AS-XT90
anon0973923
10 W
I like Anderson Powerpoles because they make it easy to design parallel/series harnesses
How frequently are you removing the battery, and how much amperage are you pushing through the connectors?
Anderson Powerpoles are a good first order recommendation, though - they come in a few different sizes, and are designed for repeated cycling. The common types are rated for about 10k no-load make/break cycles (something insane like 250 under 30A of current, though this might be for AC loads), though this will be fewer if you're connecting a controller without some sort of precharge resistor to prevent sparks.
Anderson Powerpoles are a good first order recommendation, though - they come in a few different sizes, and are designed for repeated cycling. The common types are rated for about 10k no-load make/break cycles (something insane like 250 under 30A of current, though this might be for AC loads), though this will be fewer if you're connecting a controller without some sort of precharge resistor to prevent sparks.
Blueshift
100 W
Syonyk said:
Not very often, but anything is better then the wire nuts i was using
I usually disconnect for bicycle maintenance, or charging in a different spot than where the bike is, due to extreme weather. So to answer another question, its an ebike setup. I have a ping 36v 15 ah battery.The power wires are pretty beefy ... perhaps like 10 gauge or bigger? I don't think i've seen a connector that works all the way from 8-10 gauge all the way to 14-16. I think the motor controller wire is about 14-16.
Right now I have the smaller wire wire-nutted to the big wire. It does spark when making contact, but im not sure if thats an issue at only 32v/15ah.
Um. Wire nuts? Did you by chance hang a ceiling fan while you were in there?
So, Powerpoles might solve that issue for you.
http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-powerpoles/powerpole-sets/
The 45A Powerpoles have three different sizes, but they're all compatible physically - the only difference is the size of the wire the connector takes. So, if you were joining a 10 gauge to a 14 gauge wire, you could just use two different connector sizes, and they'll mate perfectly.
Ignoring, of course, the question of why you have 14-16 gauge wiring on an ebike for anything... it's not big enough for power, way overkill for signal.
If you're only breaking the connection infrequently, and you have different wire gauges meeting, the Powerpoles will pretty much solve all those problems for you. And they don't mind the occasional arc while joining, because the point that makes first contact is not the load carrying surface - the website has a great cross sectional view that shows you how this works.
Get them, install them, be happy.
So, Powerpoles might solve that issue for you.
http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-powerpoles/powerpole-sets/
The 45A Powerpoles have three different sizes, but they're all compatible physically - the only difference is the size of the wire the connector takes. So, if you were joining a 10 gauge to a 14 gauge wire, you could just use two different connector sizes, and they'll mate perfectly.
Ignoring, of course, the question of why you have 14-16 gauge wiring on an ebike for anything... it's not big enough for power, way overkill for signal.
If you're only breaking the connection infrequently, and you have different wire gauges meeting, the Powerpoles will pretty much solve all those problems for you. And they don't mind the occasional arc while joining, because the point that makes first contact is not the load carrying surface - the website has a great cross sectional view that shows you how this works.
Get them, install them, be happy.
Unfortunately it's what many controllers, motors, batteries, etc. come with.Syonyk said:
Even supposedly high-power stuff sometimes has wiring that's completely insufficient to allow you to *use* it at the advertised rates. :/
markz
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amberwolf said:Unfortunately it's what many controllers, motors, batteries, etc. come with.Syonyk said:
Is it Igrnorance, or Cheapness?
dogman dan
1 PW
For your needs, Anderson power poles will work fine. 14g wire, select the 30 amp contacts. 12g wire, get the 45's.
Another good alternate, gold plated 4mm bullets from the RC drone world.
Another good alternate, gold plated 4mm bullets from the RC drone world.
