Wondering if there is a way to connect my battery (xt60 connector) without throwing a giant welding spark as I try to connect the two? As I close the two ends together right about the point of contact it throws a giant spark, burns away one of the connector pins and chars the plastic part. I switch out the extra battery I have for my Haloboard all the time and it just throws a small non-eventful spark without damaging anything. They are both 10s3p batteries.
Any hints or tips on how to connect the the two connectors without welding my face to it, please?
Search the forum for xt90 loop key and look at the wiring diagrams and pics people have posted. Super helpful ideas on how to wire it up so you donāt get a spark.
Guys be careful to new peeps that is not quite right. What he needs is a XT90s, the little āsā means antispark. This fella wouldnāt have known that and might have bought normal XT90 connectors
It really does sound like youāve got some serious reading to do.
Generally youād have a break before your battery gets to your esc. That would be a loop key or antispark switch of some sort. A lot of people do just plug the battery directly into the esc with a xt90s (split enclosure vanguard style) and that acts as both an antispark and engagement.
Read some threads and look at some wiring diagrams, you really shouldnāt be handling a battery without this information.
Iāve actually picked up the xt60 connector, regular I am assuming, and I have them all soldered on there nicely, heat shrinked, and touched up w liquid insulation compound - both to insulate and help keep it together. Now I want to connect them but am afraid it will spark like hell again. How do they connect them at the shop when they are building them?
Pre built boards use antispark switches. It is just as switch wired in before the esc. So that you can turn it on and off. It is not a normal switch, you can purchase from forum members
Very little. Didnāt even know there were anti-spark xt 30/60/90 connectors available. The old one Iām replacing is actually an xt30 connector (non-anti spark), itās for my Acton Qu4tro. I bought the wrong ones (xt60) by mistake.
Not trying to arguer - maybe Iām not seeing something - but there is nothing at all in line between the connector and the solder points on the ESC board.
That is because the esc probably has its own switch for turning on and off then.
If you want to stop the sparks you need to swap the connectors to XT90s connectors. They have a little resistor that stops the initial spark from the capacitors