Lipo EC5 connector swap guide.

[@Funcentric]

Wow, finally used this video. A year later after watching this, I still remember your video. You saved me from having to buy a batch of new connectors! Just took the ec3 connector off my old ESC and swapped it with the deans on the previous one. Worked perfectly! Much appreciate your video! Thanks again!

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad it came in useful :)

[@bf1isabeast178]

One of the best vids on KZbin for ic5 connection, very informative 👌

[@WTFRCCars]

Thanks glad ya like it :)

[@Funcentric]

Not only that, but the video angle, quality of the video is great too.

[@ubreakitirepairit3569]

It's easy to prevent a short simply by disconnecting one of the old wires from the old connector and solder it into the new connector. You then you disconnect the 2nd old wire from the old connector and solder it into the new connector.

[@jaykees5424]

For new viewers! Attention. Solder wires normally with iron, but use small blue flame lighter for connector and fill it with tin. It warms up with lighter in 4 seconds, and it stays hot for a long time so you have to keep the wire still for a few seconds when you stick it in. Been using this for 15 years and not a single failure.

[@harbinger26]

Wouldn’t a hot iron do the same thing? What am I missing? Newb here

[@WTFRCCars]

Yeh it does :)

[@TexasWaters]

And if you going to use an iron over a torch , I would crank it up to 650F plus flux is your friend.

[@Tom-bo2wj]

Very clean job. Never use one of those clamps before might have to get one

[@WTFRCCars]

Yeh there cheap and work well to stop ya melting the plastic case :)

[@732002]

You can also pop the connector in the housing by hand while it is hot, solder set but too hot to touch. Have the other side of the bullet connector pugged in and push against a scrap piece of wood.

[@WTFRCCars]

You can but it melts the connector and they can pull out when you disconnect them

[@madsrcbuggy]

Very useful! I just ordered me some EC5 and IC5 connectors, apparently my decision to stick with Deans and XT60 doesn't last any longer, the RC cars are getting too damned big these days, ha ha! That soldering station provides some nice heat! I found that most of my frustrations when soldering is due to poor hardware...

[@WTFRCCars]

Yeh definitely need the heat to solder the bigger connections :)

[@reinierwelgemoed8171]

I have a large chissel tip Weller soldering iron and its a beast.

[@jerrywilson6921]

I just used a scrap piece of 2x4, drilled it to fit the size of the connector. Whatever works though!

[@stan230]

Where did you get that connector holder which brand is that?? Beautiful work

[@WTFRCCars]

It's one of these, I like them as they can take the heat out the plus so its harder to melt them when using a higher power solder station amzn.to/3FdhZhT

[@stanmustang3497]

Just ordered Thank You

[@tittentei7331]

Sorry all message. But i recently bought gens ace g2 with d plug/t plug. It stands in the paper (manual) for the battery that you should not do that. But maybe it stands on all battery type?

[@WTFRCCars]

Most battery manufacturers will advise against changing the connector as they won't honour the warranty if you swap the plug

[@CVBigTex]

BasherQueen makes a nice little jig you might want to check out. Looks like it could save a burned finger 😎🇺🇸

[@WTFRCCars]

I got loads of tool for it just CBA to go to the garage and get any lol it was snowing ;) I'll have a look though :)

[@CVBigTex]

@@WTFRCCars kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWSxg6WKobSppM0 Crazy simple item 👍

[@tittentei7331]

Btw. This was a very good video!

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad ya like it

[@solarsynapse]

Inquiry: Did the "bullet" connector terminals come with the plastic housing? It "looks" like the housing is an original design made for the terminals that press in from the back and your terminals are the copy design (Which I prefer.) that press in from the front. From what I have seen the original has the EC5 horizontal with + and - on one side and the copy has the EC5 vertical with + and - on both sides. The original has the bevel on the terminal towards the tip and the copy has the bevel on the terminal towards the wire. PS It is standard that the female pins are attached to the battery/source/power and the male to the device. Charger leads are the exception.

[@WTFRCCars]

Yeh they come as a set with the housings and I got then because they fit from the front, I always fit the male / female the way I do as they fit with the stock spectrum ESC on the losi LMT :)

[@jaredsayrc4947]

I just bought a spektrum charger but I have a Traxxas charger to so I'm making Adapter from EC5 to Traxxas or the other way around either or because I don't want to Void Warranty from either or company and I use spektrum radio and models are Traxxas and I can't make up my mind if I want Traxxas Technology or spektrum technology and I do have a lipo charge that's a hitec that I started with many years later because I started rc in 1988 with a clod buster and TL01 and EC5 and EC3 and Traxxas I really need to know what side need to be where so I buy connector off wish and don't know if I got copy or real EC5 or EC3 but I'm hopeful thinking the EC5 and EC3 are solider the same way

[@WTFRCCars]

Best advice I can give is to stay away from both traxxas and spectrum when it comes to electronics, their both over priced and poor performance for radios, batteries and chargers, as for ec5 and ec3 yes both wired the same :)

[@JagImaging]

Awesome vid! helped me a lot! Only burned myself a few times! lol

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad it helped!

[@gavinhou3261]

Thanks for the video.

[@DaleLadDaz]

Are the ec5 about the best for rc 1:8, 1:10 etc in terms of amp ratings? Is it ok to use ec5 connectors on lower power set ups too? I think it would be but best to check with those who know wha they are doing lol

[@WTFRCCars]

I run them on almost all my rc's and yeh ya can run them on low powered rc's too I do and they work fine if all your rc's RC same connector then you can use any of your Lipos :)

[@DaleLadDaz]

@@WTFRCCars that's exactly what I was thinking, move everything over to the one connector and its better for ease and amp rating/safety kind of thing... Brilliant pal, thank you!

[@relectric720]

Thankyou for the video. What kind of solder do you use.

[@WTFRCCars]

This stuff work well www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1PCS-60-40-63-37Tin-lead-Solder-Wire-Rosin-Core-Soldering-Flux-Reel-0-5mm-2mm-/334098085559?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 But any lead solder with flux/rosin core don't get lead free it's crap lol

[@tittentei7331]

Thanks. Can it be dangerous to change connectors?I have 4 battery with d plug that i want to take ec5 on. I will of course see your video finish. But i am little afraid:) And do you use Celsius or Fahrenheit on your welding machine? My welder machine can get 240 Celsius, i think! Got a new sub Man!

[@WTFRCCars]

So long as you don't allow the leads from the battery to touch it's very safe :)

[@tittentei7331]

@@WTFRCCars Thank you so much:)

[@oxfordrc1613]

Great info 👍🏻

[@miketube6662]

Great vid Just what i needed 👍 nice one

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad it helped :)

[@Funcentric]

Thanks for showing all this in real time with your tips. Much appreciated. I noticed however, that you don't use heat shrink. Was that a conscious decision?

[@WTFRCCars]

yeh you dont need heat shrink with the ec5 plugs as the metal contact is always covered :)

[@Funcentric]

@@WTFRCCars i see. Okay. Thanks.

[@WTFRCCars]

No probs :)

[@nickward5190]

Nice bud were did you get your solding stashon from bud becus that the one I'm looking for

[@WTFRCCars]

Hi mate it's from Amazon like is in the description

[@WTFRCCars]

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076J8MN15?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[@MIstastacks24]

Thanks for the vid man.

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad ya like it :)

[@MIstastacks24]

@@WTFRCCars not for nothing..these ec5 are the biggest pain in the arse to connect

[@Antmanlv]

thank you sir, subbed!

[@WTFRCCars]

Thanks 👍

[@nsvaluto48328]

The 450 solder iron temp is the centigrade or farenet?

[@WTFRCCars]

°c

[@nsvaluto48328]

@@WTFRCCars thanks

[@solarsynapse]

@@WTFRCCars 842F Hot!

[@jerrywilson6921]

I used a butane torch and pooled up a little bit of solder in the ends of the plugs. Made a little jig out of a scrap piece of wood. These couldn't be simpler to wire up

[@mhmdaach]

Which is better XT90 or EC5

[@WTFRCCars]

Not much in it just go with the one you have most of or like the best :)

[@roonimaka9365]

How did you not get zapped when touching both minua and plus?

[@WTFRCCars]

Because there's not enough voltage in RC lipos to zap you :) even 6s won't to anything so long as you don't touch both or them together there fine your body is not that conductive :) don't stick them on your tongue though that's conductive lol

[@roonimaka9365]

@@WTFRCCars ok thanks for teaching me

[@NormanWray-hi8cu]

Hello dear friends my smart technology airplane battery charger blows I think not to know how fix it thank😊😅

[@WTFRCCars]

I would not know without it being in front of me

[@NormanWray-hi8cu]

@@WTFRCCars how could I show you it in front of you by the picture are by the baizifu conversion kit brushless kit moto and a 48 voltage charger battery, the throttle has tree wire black red and white and the brushless has tree wire too black red and yellow is them all attach together separately. Norman Wray

[@WTFRCCars]

@NormanWray-hi8cu I see you have a brushless esc and motor, do you mean the esc is not working with the motor ?

[@NormanWray-hi8cu]

@@WTFRCCars hello sir it's a knew baizifu conversion kit brushless kit moto and the battery too but the throttle I don't know how to branches the wire attachments okay .

[@WTFRCCars]

That's not an esc/motor combo I've used so it's hard to say what would be correct

[@mohamadfaizul2154]

How many amp for ec5?

[@WTFRCCars]

Ec5 max amp draw is 120amp but a little above is fine for short amount of time ;)

[@phillybrc]

Thank you

[@WTFRCCars]

You're welcome

[@t.wadegonder1288]

I've just graduated to higher amp R/C cars. Most of my older batteries have male lugs on the battery side, female on the other. This includes a newer Traxxas. Since this is my first EC5 soldering, I want to get it right for future applications. Is it more normal to see the female on the battery side for these connectors (similar to a household wall socket but opposite my older batteries)? Is the larger plastic cover for the female side and the round part of the plastic cover for negative? (Of the plastic covers, the larger one has clear + and - markings. What isn't clear is which is which for female and male.) Finally, the male lugs seem to enter from the rear of the plastic cover, but the females won't enter from the rear. Is this normal? What is the correct way to enter the females and males? I've seen comments saying from the front and rear, each claiming to be correct and the other wrong.

[@WTFRCCars]

I wire them the way I do in the vid because it also allows you to use them with arrma and losi ESC's

[@WTFRCCars]

As for the connectors there are 2 sorts ones that fit from the rear and ones that fit from the front but you don't normally get them mixed in sets

[@jerrywilson6921]

@@WTFRCCars exactly what I did. I bought a Spektrum battery/charger combo and wired all my EC5s to fit.

[@BigCheese85]

Good video

[@WTFRCCars]

Glad you enjoyed

[@adityahr1039]

where best xt90, ec5 or ec8. thks

[@WTFRCCars]

I get mine from Amazon link in the vid description.

[@SandysTravels]

That's the easy end, I can't get the esc, males to lock in the connector

[@WTFRCCars]

There are 2 types of ec5 one that you clip in from the rear of the plug and the ones that you push back in from the front you have to look at the ramps on the pins, as for pushing them in I just use a small socket set that just fits on the pin and slide it in using that or a small piece of metal pipe

[@dirter38]

Can't you push the pins in from behind?

[@WTFRCCars]

No there are 2 different types of ec5 connectors and these will only go in from the front it also means that they don't try to push out the back when you plug it together :)

[@solarsynapse]

@@WTFRCCars But you push that type (The copy.) out the back to remove them, otherwise you will pull against the flat instead of the bevel.

[@ja5639]

Preciate it!

[@WTFRCCars]

Thanks 👍

[@nikolajc7617]

EC5 rated for 150 AMP´S i dont think so.

[@WTFRCCars]

It's a continuous 120amp and burst is actually well over that

[@nikolajc7617]

@@WTFRCCars Fake numbers, it wont hold that at all.

[@WTFRCCars]

Yep and lipos ain't actually 120c or 8000mah but guess that's the world we live in lol

[@FarmerFpv]

@@nikolajc7617 Genuine EC5 and IC5 connectors have been tested all the way up to 200a without issues. Not sure where you are getting fake from. If anything XT60 and XT90s are the fake ratings. As I have melted them together at 100 amps. They have no overhead. You must be an xt60 xtt90 fan boy. tsk tsk tsk.

[@nikolajc7617]

@@FarmerFpv And you believe anything you see dork.

[@neopositivity]

No one ever shows how to connect two male adapters SMH

[@WTFRCCars]

Not sure I understand the question ? Why would you ever connect 2 male plugs?

[@neopositivity]

@@WTFRCCars @WTF RC Cars Ive had situations where I needed to connect two male adapters before. But that was a typo lol. I'm talking about creating the male side of the ec5. I would imagine you can't just bang it in the way you can the female side. And pulling it through as hard as I can only results in the wire eventually popping out. I'm not a super technical under the hood type of guy but in all my years I've never been able to successfully build an ec5 connector.

[@WTFRCCars]

You mean this end :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bonXpZJre62Dbck

[@neopositivity]

@@WTFRCCars YES! Finally, someone who covers it all for the average Joe. Thank you WTF

[@WTFRCCars]

I do my best to help everyone :)

[@j.cabarga5971]

NEVER TOUCH SOLDER WIRE TO IRON!!!

[@WTFRCCars]

If you dont touch the iron with the solder then it wont transfer enough heat i have been fixing electronics for years.

[@solarsynapse]

How do you "tin" the tip???