How To Solder EC5 Connectors Step By Step

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[@dylanlumley4890]

Thanks for sharing Rich! Where do we buy those shoes mate?

[@franciscoduran3688]

I was wondering the same xD, cool shoes and cool video!!

[@ubreakitirepairit3569]

Super easy to get these in. Stick an unsoldered male (I think that’s right) connector into the soldered battery connector and compress them with a set of pliers. You’ll feel it click right into place. That works only with connectors that feed from the outside of the connector and not the wire side.

[@gaviscon4304]

Push them in from the back with a small screwdriver and they click in place,tried this way and its a lot harder u shouldn't need to hammer them in trust me as just done some myself.

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

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[@fiacost3343]

I do to use your method too but, I use a heat gun to soften the plastic a little before pushing the pins in. great video, thanks for posting it

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Love that value added tip

[@garysmith2172]

I have always pushed the plug in from the bottom, in 2 minds now, will give your way a go

[@popwall4297]

aren't you supposed to push a in from the back side

[@therealmakmillion]

They come in both front or rear load.

[@motosessions]

Billy kimber does whatever he wants

[@jpitner1]

Giggety

[@alansolko7696]

Nice shoes bro

[@joshuajkoplin]

5:15 just remove the tape from one side and tape up the other. To snap them together I evenly stuffed and packed some aluminum foil into an assembled female plug about half way in the holes. Then using channel locks you can use the female plug to line everything up perfectly in the plug and plug them together snap them together with the channels locks. Then using a small drill bit drill out the foil and you can use that female plug for an application. You can to the process with either male or female plug. Just need to pack the female with some aluminum foil about half way and EVENLY to get pressure to snap them together with channels locks on the plug.

[@rebelrcgang4018]

What if you have a lipo battery with the ec5 on it but your wax connector doesn’t work for it.

[@chrisreese2965]

How long does it take to melt the solder in the cup? Everybody always speeds it up. I am having no luck melting the solder inside the cup.

[@Tuidkskiwjdhdbd]

Going through this now figured out my deans gota go I was using the adapters they got so hot on my kaiju and kraton 6s the smaller deans stuff Seems fine not hot but I think you could be losing power for 3s and up

[@trentgalloway]

Pain in the butt! Why is Horizion using EC connectors? I went to XT60 for all my batteries and rigs and is really fantastic! Just getting some XT90's dialed in for the big red Mojave that is arriving at my door on Wednesday 😀

[@coltb123]

lol what a laugh! The hammer! Comedy gold!

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

The direction of the bevel on the brass tells mehow they go together! Cost mm 5.00 $ to do it wrong.assuming is mother of all mess up

[@Retrograde99]

I’m sticking to xt60 and maybe xt90 connectors this is just a short circuit risk

[@robcanthandlestupidy9249]

The actual gold connector cord pushes through the bottom of the ec5 connector that is the best fastest way❤

[@cwatson42785]

Thanks Ritchie baby!!!

[@ajlukelepuke]

How about the male end? No one ever shows how that

[@seanalessi7976]

what about the male plug instead of the female plug

[@haltomme]

Good video thank you

[@islandrc-duke1972]

Great info

[@PeterSiekiera]

Not bad but you do the sleeve after. It sucked for me to get the connectors on tight using your method…

[@ipvsix66]

sorry, it's not like that. you have to solder the connectors and push them towards the plug ...

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

no offence if you know how to do it why are you watching a video on how to do it....

[@rodhawkins5037]

I agree they pop right in the plug when they are still medium hot. I've also heated the plug with heat gun.

[@ipvsix66]

I wanted to see your method that is not necessarily the best. But hey, I did not mean to offend you but when we post "How to", we have to accept some remarks ...Without hard feelings

[@sam.bartle]

Agreed.. this way almost certainly breaks the tabs.. the gold plugs are sloped and designed to push in from the BACK of the connector and NOT the front. Doing it this way the plugs are likely to pop out the back and short together when trying to connect the completed plug to a device because forcing the gold plugs in from the front snaps the plastic collar inside.. (I watched the video.. tried it, it failed, bought a new connector again and did it again the right way after figuring it out when it failed)

[@Scoodee17]

It depend on what way the lips on the gold bullet are, there are 2 types

[@parker1ray]

Brother, you must not do extremely small soldering. I solder flight controllers on quadcopters that have up to 80 solder joints. I use a soldering iron that has extremely small changeable tips.

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

I should have watched this

[@NemonicsRacing]

What do you mean "you people?" 🤔... lol, jk... good video. Answered my questions

[@lachlangreen8389]

You should never blow on solder to cool it

[@andrewbrown8927]

Ec5 connectors suck they are a pain In the ass to put together. I’m in the process of switching to xt90’s they are so much easier to solder and put together.

[@popwall4297]

don't forget if you change the battery ends you to have a compatible charger

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Pop I have a box with $2-300 worth of leads for charging everything imaginable but you raise a good point for others! :-)

[@emersonpedro3944]

Show

[@petesmith9424]

All the gear… no idea🤣🤦‍♂️

[@hightttech]

I've never terminated an EC5 connector, and it looks like neither have you. I have, however, terminated 1000's of misc connections; and NO WAY manufacturer would require a hammer and punch 😆. This might be a "HOW TO NOT" video. I do love Weller -- my gun still has a VIP spot in my toolbox since the 1980's. Should have left the part in when the SPARKS flew and you mighta had a viral video.

[@frasersteen]

The insertion method for the bullets is incorrect.....as I found after much swearing. EC5 connectors have a large shoulder at the bottom and a smaller one at the top, so it can be pushed in from the bottom. This same shoulder should prevent you from inserting them backwards, it certainly did with me. This also means that when you pull on the housing you are pulling directly on the bullets in a way they are designed not to slide out of the connector. If they were designed to be applied as in the video they would slide down the wires more often. TL;DR, insert the bullets into the bottom of the connector, don't push it over the wires first.

[@ubreakitirepairit3569]

That makes total sense. Especially seeing that the bullet connectors are beveled / angled just above the solder cup.

[@Th3Build3r]

There are two different connectors, one that you insert from the top, then one you insert from the bottom, both work fine, just a fyi

[@Haley72692]

Wish I would’ve seen this before I fucked up one of my connectors watching this video lol

[@musk-eteer9898]

@@Th3Build3r you are right, i followed the exact way from the video and it turned out perfectly and my son try to shoved it in from the rear after soldering the bullets did not work out well so he had to redo and followed the video.

[@lexsteel12]

@Driftomaniacs. There is a simpler way to push in those EC5 bullets into the connector. You can use a male bullet with a channel lock plier to push in the bullets into the housing. Is a lot easier. No need to use a hex driver with a hammer. The channel lock plier extends, so you can fit it over the male bullet to push the connector in.

[@joshuajkoplin]

I evenly stuffed and packed some aluminum foil into an assembled female plug about half way in the holes. Then using channel locks you can use the female plug to line everything up perfectly in the plug and plug them together snap them together with the channels locks. Then using a small drill bit drill out the foil and you can use that female plug for an application.

[@ipvsix66]

no need for protection, cut one cable at a time and leave the other on the old connector, simple no?

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

good tip there! one of my doh! moments!!!

[@patrickhoyle8357]

Your "gently tap with a hammer" is funny, WHACK. Some say shove from top (you) some say shove from bottom. I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure :-)

[@TheEZGZ]

Isn't the learning curve fun! 😀 I did my first plug swap to the big 5. Soldered the bullets on first and tried to push them in from the back of the plug. I eventualy got it but new there had to be an easier way. Those darn plugs should come with directions. LOL Thanks for sharing

[@flipper2ify]

There is NOTHING "easy" about these damn connectors. The plastic is made of "cheese" basically, so it's not just a case of softening them by soldering, but all of the "lightly tapping" the connectors in which seems to destroy them for me. Also, to get a good solder joint, while keeping the insulation short, I quite often end up with a little bit of solder on the outside of the pins. This is fatal, I try to file off the solder, but once I've made the mistake it's curtains, the things won't go in the plastic, remove everything, throw it all away and start again.

[@RC-Flight]

Great video thanks for putting it up! I’m just getting ready to switch over my deans connectors to these EC5 connectors on my bigger lipo packs.

[@monkfry]

Damnit, I tried this and destroyed the housing. Saw another video about pushing them in from the back and it was super easy. Just saying you might want to try it and update this video.

[@emmanueldavis2010]

Thanks

[@musk-eteer9898]

thanks, trying to solder the male ec5 to a 12v car battery clamp and use my 4s lipo for emergency jump start, cars, motorcycle, lawn mower, gas rc planes prop spinner...etc.... I did exactly the same way you did and it turned out perfectly.

[@jaikram]

Ver strange. Some basic mistake here. I usually see plastic male part has female pins inside on BAT side. Plastic female part with MALE metallic pins on the LOAD/DEV side.

[@rcsendandblast1579]

Thanks dude. I knew you’d help us out. 😏👌🏻❤️👊😀 I needed a view so I could see what I did wrong. Sure it worked but I still needed help. ✌️🤘🙂 Bahahaha I’m omg I did mine backwards. Soldered the wire then put the plastic part on. It was hard. Worked but hard. Thanks bro. I needed this. But the male end can not be put in like that Will the make end be damaged. Or is it the same for the male end. That looked like a hard tap to get them into the plastic plug end.

[@Jursaw]

michael simard I think for the male ends (esc side) you have to pull the cable through the plastic housing while its still hot

[@jasonstatham3751]

For anyone watching this video, ec5 connectors DO NOT GO ON FIRST.. they simply push in later. No hammer needed

[@dylanwhite6539]

I hate these connectors honestly. I’ve thought about switching since basically no battery should with xt90 anti spark and few even ship with regular xt90

[@neopositivity]

Dont bang the make connectors like this!!!

[@jalee6587]

This is why xt90 connectors are way better far easier to solder and desolder and reuse.

[@JerseyStyle7]

Same for a Ht90 ??

[@jaredsayrc4947]

Smart cutting one at a time but I start solider the wire I just cute to next connector I use a soldering iron I hate those soldering gun

[@thatmadscientistfromny5362]

My connectors came with the pins installed from Arrma

[@backyardbasher]

lol this guy has no idea what hes doing, looks like hes never fitted one before.

[@owen8538]

Nightmare these connectors i give up dont bother with these

[@airbornerc4654]

Hey Rich! I need some help: When I was almost done soldering an EC5 on to my Venom 3s, I pushed one of the bullets down into the bottom of the connector like you demonstrated at 6:30. Everything was going great until a load of sparks sprayed out from the EC5 for a split second. I made sure the whole time not to let any leads or wires touch, so I have no idea how this occurred! Any idea what went wrong, and do you think my battery is ok? Anyway, great video, super informative, can't wait for all the content to come! 👍

[@nicholasmazzone3386]

8 minute video on a 5 second job…. Sick

[@miketube6662]

Them connectors are a shit idea

[@dis3nchant3d42]

Just started swapping these connectors on to some of my batteries for the Kraton 8s. Although it's a wee bit more work than an xt90 I kinda wish I started using ec5 sooner. I like the design and how clean they end up together. Essentially no need for heat shrink.

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

I've nearly swapped all mine over to these, just a couple of cars and packs to do.

[@derekquinones8614]

Ec5 and ic5 are compatible aren’t they?

[@KzS_Guenther_Luetjens]

@@derekquinones8614 Yes

[@abefavela6806]

Wow

[@Tuidkskiwjdhdbd]

Just changed the battery's for my bigrock to ec5. at least the 2s lipo with deans. I was using the connector. I have noticed the extra power its more kinda peppy I guess and I'm not sure but my run time felt longer at least for these 2s tom night I will changed all my 3s batteries to see if I notice a change with my 6s kraton. What about my redcat kaiju it came with deans so no connector bc my batteries are deans but I think deans being on a 6s truck is a lil silly from factory I wonder if it will feel different even though it can't handle the power it has lol

[@aussiedigger1441]

I have found some EC5 connectors are different. E-flight push in from bottom of connector and Rjx & other ebay special EC5 go in from top like in video. Housing are all the same but the bullet is different. There is a tapered lip that locks bullet into connector some face up & the other down.

[@Phoenix85hv]

hey buddy, I believe it would be better to make a solder coat on the wires before pushing them into the connector, also you have to wait sometime when the connector become hot to melt the solder on both sides, connector and wire, in this case, you will have best soldering work. I had troubles a few times when I solder my connections like you did, because of losing the soldering. Also, thick wires always become hot during soldering - so it's better to use some tooling to hold them in place.

[@markreardon8306]

Thanks Richey, the vice is the trick, I just couldn't push them in by hand. I love KZbin when you need to do something yourself. Great video keep up the awesome content.

[@damhoj]

With a decent soldering station you will get a much better connection. The soldering iron need to heat up to the correct temperature and the soldering tip needs to fit the purpose.

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

so a weller 260amp iron doesn't fit the job? Odd it seems to work perfectly for us in this video, and no offence if you know so much about soldering EC5 connectors WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WATCHING VIDEOS ON IT???? Too funny!

[@Rastamanas]

I'm looking for information everywhere and I just wonder can i use these connectors to connect my subwoofer and disconnect if I want to. Its about 750 watts at the moment but it might be over 3 kW some days

[@spartan-5795]

really helped me out with my redcat project, seen as I'm not too good at soldering myself its nice to have simple guides like this out there. : )

[@UmarAfzalAhmad12]

Thank you very mach 👍👍😄😄

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Glad to help out

[@cliffjones9922]

Thanks for this video. Got my Granite esc working again. Took me a little longer than yourself but got there in the end 😀

[@SuperJsToysChannel]

very useful thx

[@ChrisHirner]

Its not dumb, i like the sparks

[@jesselopezdrones4396]

Well hammer time. Other vids say to push in. I followed your steps. Thanks for sharing. 🙏

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Glad I could help. I had to fix one last night and had to watch my own video! Nicely back in place though!

[@TheCd5apple]

You soder then you push the pins in so much easier and that’s what they where designed for

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Shoot your own video and explain as this dog can still learn new tricks

[@AVFinfo]

Thanks! Спасибо! Очень подробно и интересно все показано в видео! Спасибо!

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

Thank you

[@RCModSquad]

Thanks a bunch! 👍🏻👍🏻🏎🏎

[@fokke1037]

Super clear, thanks for taking the time.

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

Thanks ...sure will next time

[@darincoppage918]

So where is the video on adding them to the esc. I see videos saying that the esc side is put in from the rear unlike the battery side

[@tropicthunderbolt]

There both put in from the back. I Always watch this guys videos so I see HOW MOT TO DO THINGS!!!

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

Because things have changed since my 1st rc truck ( blackfoot) i solder them i the wrong sequence

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

steve any questions just ask I've made more than enough mistakes for all of us!

[@henrytrampel8994]

You the man!!!!!!

[@richardcorfield9926]

What happened when you shorted it? How much of a bang/fire did it make and how quickly?

[@jaikram]

You don't want to do that. I got my hand burned once.

[@Daddyo1944]

good show Richie

[@adidastrev8689]

Appreciate the tips! Right on, Ritchie! Have a great day!

[@ROMPE_NALGAS_24-7]

Great video

[@redbull2007]

Do video for xt150

[@OmqTjs]

10 or 12 awg??

[@themetalghost154]

has anyone tested that adapters drop current? getting old when these 3s lipos come with Deans or XT60 then the ARrma brand I bought has EC5.. pain in the backside lol

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Shawn always go for the 'No Wires" connectors

[@themetalghost154]

@@DriftomaniacsRC Seems like there's just too many choices. XT90, EC5 now the no spark QS8 .. I'm old and cynical don't they know this? LOL

[@ishbonsai]

Very useful, was just thinking about doing some Ec5 connectors

[@popwall4297]

anishb1 don't forget if you change these you're going to have to have a charger that will accept them are some type of adapter

[@derekquinones8614]

What’s the best connectors to use nowadays I’ll be using mainly 6s in my rc truck? And do those deans to ec5 connector I seen you have are they safe?

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Okay if using adapters like me always buy the ‘no wires’ ones. If mainly using 6s I’d go with XT90’s or EC5 which work with the newer ‘smart’ ic5 connectors

[@derekquinones8614]

Driftomaniacs thanks for the reply I noticed when purchasing lipos they come with deans on the a lot so I’ll just buy some of them adapters

[@joescott5558]

Mine melted together and couldn't get the adapter off so I was forced to switch. Didn't realize these ec5s were a pain in the ass

[@devinlaporte1969]

Nice shoes 👍🏻thanks for the vid

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

Glad you like them! I have more pairs than my wife and daughter combined!

[@lilvfr400boy]

Just cut one cable at a time ? Leave the other insulated until the others done no tape needed 🤣

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

my sideboard is metal so from experience I do it with tape as I had the connector touch the bench and the loose wire did at the same time, big flash and a bit of smoke, more of a shock than any serious damage but made me think if it'd happened when I'd been upstairs it'd have been worse

[@lilvfr400boy]

@@DriftomaniacsRC if you have one cable still in the connector side you cant complete the circuit ? Its the same as insulation only you don't need to just do one cable at a time its really simple that way 🙂

[@S40TBS]

Ec5 what a crap connector !!!!!!!!!

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

why in gods name are you watching this video then??????????

[@Scoodee17]

They are only crap cos you can’t fix them on

[@errc2610]

You're not supposed to blow on the hot connector Rich. You're supposed to let it cool down naturally because if the solder cools down too fast it may become brittle also. 😊👍👌

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

thanks I didn't think you'd all want to wait for me to let it cool down on it's own! But yes 100% agree with you not to cool it too fast or the solder will 'crack' on you! blowing was the best I could come up with!

[@ipvsix66]

hammer ? wtf

[@wgh011]

It's better to do this one wire at a time, leaving the second wire in place in its plug until the first wire is secured in the new plug, it totally eliminates a chance of a short.